Last week was spent at Inman Connect in NYC. The primary reason for the trip was meeting with potential enterprise partners for the recently redesigned StreetAdvisor.com. The other part of my time there was spent helping my dear friends at Giveback Homes with their Startup…

Retsly (Zillow Group) is putting on a hackathon – called zip.code – in early November (6-8) in San Francisco. Tickets and more info: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/410617812464632/ Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/zipcode-real-estate-tech-hackathon-registration-18726321933 Anyone going?

[Update: This event has been postponed] There are a few real estate folks meeting up tomorrow for a “tweet-up” aka get together (side note, every time I write/hear that word I think of Dale). If you want to join (I know it’s super last minute), details…

I’ll be in San Francisco from August 4th-9th. If you’re traveling into town for Inman Connect, or live in SF, and interested in meeting up — send me an email (drew at horizonapp co)…or, do the following: Download Horizon from an iPhone or iPad, and…

This coming weekend in Seattle, Zillow is sponsoring a hackathon with participation from the White House, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and offering up a $10k grand prize for the winner. It was announced a couple weeks ago,…

The NAR Board Of Directors voted today on long list of issues from the use of drones to take property photos and member codes of excellence to rules that require MLS boards to expand the data they provide for use on broker and agent sites through current IDX…

Going to a business conference is always fun, especially if you’re like me and you love what you do and catching up with old friends you haven’t seen in a while. Ahead of an event I am always stressing out over the blocks of time that aren’t…

I’ll be representing GeekEstate blog in New Orleans this week at the annual NAR Realtors Convention & Expo. The event will take place the 7th through the 10th. This year’s conference, “Realtors® in Full Swing,” is expected to draw more than 17,000 Realtors® and guests. If…

Realogy is putting on their FWD Innovation Summit this week in New Jersey… Beamly Closing Time CO Everywhere Curb Call Deductr GoConnect HouseHappy Lasso KISI Matterport Remotely Retsly Slide Bureau Smartexpose Zumper Congrats to all the participants. I’ll be anxious to see who walks away with…

Some things never change…I’m helping organize the next REBarCamp Seattle (though Rhonda is the real ring-leader), taking place mid-March. I haven’t kept count, but I would guess this will be about my 30th REBarCamp (most of them attended while I worked at Zillow)…and it’s always…