We’ve now published seven Geek Estate founding member interviews; Jennifer Kjellgren, Sep Niakan, Eileen Romito, Ryan Coon, Caroline Pinal, Joel Leslie, and David Marc Harris. The interviews are meant to give you a taste of current business priorities, products and trends to watch in 2018, and what they enjoy about being a Geek Estate mastermind member….

On the heals of Zillow posting the job opening for Jay Thompson’s replacement, it looks like Opendoor is looking for a brand ambassador as well. I came across their Social Media Community Manager opening in a Facebook group I belong to, and thought I’d post it…

There’s a CMLS webinar tomorrow (May 1st) those of you interested in the topic of MLS of Choice (see here for more context) may be interested in. More details: The recent changes to MLS policy by the National Association of REALORS® (NAR) means that association-owned…

I was just reading The Hard Truth about Original Content this morning about content. One part I wanted to highlight, which I 100% agree with: Better branding is ALMOST NEVER enough to unseat an incumbent. Literally a couple minutes later, I visited the Inman home page, and saw…

Zillow Group has a new career opportunity for some fortunate soul. Director, Industry Outreach. Aka Jay Thompson’s current job. The question is, who wants to replace Jay Thompson once he retires? I’m not sure who can fill such big shoes. Few are as like-able, humble,…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with  David Shapiro, co-founder of EquiFi Corporation. Without further ado… What do you do? I created EquiFi to be a blend of a Fintech and Specialty Finance Company. It offers an equity-based home financing product…

I’m certainly a fan of the new Century 21 branding. Below is an episode of Listings Bits: an interview Greg Robertson did with Century 21’s CEO, Nick Bailey. Happy listening. [via VendorAlley]

Did you know homes can unfold? I didn’t, until seeing the following video the other day. If you’re curious to learn more, look into what Ten Fold Engineering is working on.

The purpose of Geek Estate’s mastermind community is two fold: Curate the most incredible and diverse membership of real estate innovators, creatives, doers, and creators in the world. Make our members wildly successful in their careers building real estate companies. In this week’s member newsletter…

For those in New York City, the Spring 2018 real estate tech meetup is tonight at 6 pm. The topic is rental technology (a topic I’ve thought a lot about given Horizon’s sublet support), and they have a speaker, panel discussion, and BEER! Companies represented: Flip ( https://flip.lease/ —…