How do you reach and acquire clients in 2018? Start with answering what actual “pain points” (aka problems) buyers and sellers have? Buyer: Getting placed on (irrelevant and non personalized) drip email campaigns — meaning they don’t ever contact agents early on to ask them…

I was pleased to find another socially conscious brokerage this week — Giving Tree Realty in Charlotte. Short video: It’s no surprise I love their about page… What makes Giving Tree Realty different than all the other real estate companies? Our company is built upon…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the co-founder & COO of Agentdesks, Sanya Gurnani. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the Co-founder & COO of Agentdesks. Agentdesks is a free professional network for Real Estate Agents and Brokers where…

I received a “pitch” from a Keller Williams agent to download their app this morning… Customized tools to bring you the best experience in real estate search. Are you curious about what’s for sale in your community? Would you like to peek inside that house…

In this week’s private newsletter for Geek Estate members, I wrote a few thoughts looking forward to real estate tech in 2018:  7 trends and 3 predictions. If you’re interested in reading, apply for a membership here.

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Gonzalo Navarro, the Creative Director and Partner for ArX Solutions. Without further ado… What do you do? I run the main production office of ArX Solutions, one of the top 10 architectural visualization companies in…

I’ve long thought brokerages (or franchises) should place a manually created CMA on every listing in their “farm”. Publicly. Read this post from 2015 about a public marketplace for CMAs. You may have seen Zillow is testing “Home Tour Highlights” (Inman story). This is the first…

Are you going to be in New York for Inman Connect at the end of January? Are you more tech savvy than the norm? If so, why not attend…Hacker Connect? Who: Join engineers, developers, designers, product managers, database architects, webmasters and technology executives from across the…

Lemonade raised $120 million this week. When I saw they are doing peer to peer insurance, it caught my attention because home owners / renters insurance are both antiquated products in need of modernization. I poked around their website, and found this: How is Lemonade’s…

At the end of last year, I wrote a few real estate innovation predictions for 2017. The topics I predicted would see the most innovation: AI CityBldr Premier Agent Concierge Trusted Curation + Real Estate Search CRMs Partial Home Ownership In this week’s private newsletter for…