[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Circular] Circular, a new real estate company, is developing an ecosystem of sustainability-driven projects across agriculture, hospitality and housing that capitalizes on the unique economic and environmental benefits…

[Editor’s note: Originally published on Proptech Consulting.] In recent years, drones have revolutionized the commercial real estate sector, transforming how properties are marketed and managed. Originally linked to military and recreational uses, unmanned aerial vehicles now provide a suite of benefits that traditional methods can’t…

In the face of rising rates over the past couple years, RealKey aims to reignite the fintech and proptech communities in San Francisco by hosting a series of exclusive networking events across the city. One of which will be the Fintech/Proptech Symposium coming up on…

In the GEM Diamond community, we go deep on relationship building. A great example of this is adding our first international excursion to the calendar… GEM Walks the Camino, a seven-day journey starting in Sarria, Spain and ending at the Cathedral Santiago de Compostela. Taking…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Purlin] Purlin offers a suite of AI tools that improves efficiency in real estate transactions by facilitating communication and collaboration among real estate agents, clients, and settlement providers….

ReHome is a marketplace platform that helps resettled refugees by accelerating successful matches with secure rental homes. They help landlords and resettlement agencies bridge the gaps in their communications and clearly align timelines. They are currently raising funds to expand their mission to power the…

Part of our issue in addressing the US housing shortage is the real estate industry’s ability to efficiently and affordably build new inventory. To this end, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development hosted its fourth annual Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall in Washington…

For those interested in benchmarking your company’s stack, Michael Yang and the team at OMERS Ventures are partnering with Mosaic, Benchmarkit and Luke Sophinos to gather the data for a set of cross-industry benchmarks for vertical SaaS and software businesses. By participating in this survey, you’ll help yourselves and other founders like you: Know your goalposts…

[Editor’s Note: Originally published on Wreno.io.] For the last few years, multifamily property managers have been pinched by surging interest rates, rising resident expectations, and falling revenue margins — trends that have left some industry leaders gloomy. In the latest 20for20 survey of multifamily leaders,…

[Editor’s note: Originally published on One Room at a Time.] As many of you know, the co-living industry has seen its fair share of challenges and failures in recent years. Companies like Common, Quarters, Starcity, and Ollie have all shut down, leaving residents displaced, staff…