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…
In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the founder of Prismana, Pat Healy. Those who have been in the industry awhile know Pat is no stranger to real estate. He was an organizer for REBarCamp NY for many years, and formerly employed…
Organic SEO traffic is an increasingly competitive user acquisition channel for brokerages/agents — especially as the big players gobble up organic slots with domains like RealEstate.com. I do wonder whether SEO as a whole should be a shrinking or growing area of strategic investment. Rand at Moz published…
[Note from Editor: Originally published on Miamism] The subject of cryptocurrencies is HOT right now!! And when it comes to real estate, it’s going viral. In Miami, it’s about which agents are versed in crypto and which sellers are willing to price their properties in Bitcoin – ultimately…
In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the founder of igloohome, Anthony Chow. Without further ado… What do you do? igloohome is what I’ve been busy with – we help people manage their homes & properties through innovative technologies. igloohome smart…
Real estate offices used to be a necessity. Why? Buyers needed somewhere to look at MLS photo books with active listings. MLS books, of course, have been replaced by the internet, Zillow, and thousands of IDX sites in every market. No one needs to go to a real…
It’s no secret there is a consumer shift to faster transactions — on both the buy side and the sell side. Zillow Instant Offers (prior coverage here) and Redfin Now (prior coverage here) are both sell side initiatives I’m bullish on. FlyHomes is offering guaranteed closings on…
In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with the founders of EyeSpy360, Andrew Nicholls and Michael Valentine. I met Michael while attending the mipim summit, and was impressed with their virtual tour technology. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the CEO…
MetaProp announced their MetaProp Bridge at Columbia University. It’s an acceleration program for PropTech startups. This new 20-week global acceleration program connects up to 6 select PropTech startups from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to award-winning investors, experienced mentors and diverse real estate, technology…
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