Another attempt at the history of the home opportunity I’ve written previously about: Centriq. HomeKeepr and HomeZada (see prior coverage here) are two long standing competitors — though there’s other recent entrants as well. I played with Centriq’s iOS version a bit yesterday. It seems straight…

Real breakthrough innovations don’t come along very often, in any industry. Real estate is no exception. What gets me excited is when products / businesses enabling consumers to do something they can’t do today (rather than just recreate the same wheel that’s been created 10 or 20…

I came across HomeView at Inman Connect this past week…another player in the history of the home arena. I just took a super quick peek at the product, and feel the “why use it” context is missing… but I’m sure they’ll iterate. (it’s not easy)….

I think the connected (aka digital) home is a massively, massively big space that we’re going to see a ton of innovation in over the next few years. My sense is connected home will end up merging with the history of the home opportunity I’ve been…

Speaking of architecture… Yes, it’s possible. Pretty cool, right? More reading here and here.

EnerScore delivers, you guessed it, a score of how much energy will cost for a specific home. They recently released an API: http://map-alpha.enerscore.com/#/api All those startups working on anything in the realm of “history of a home”, should certainly consider integrating EnerScores into your applications.

Super, another Product Hunt find, is taking a crack at easing the pain of home ownership. What is it? a subscription service that provides care and repair for your home. Become a member and we’ll pay to repair or replace covered appliance and home system…

Yeloha was on Product Hunt yesterday (see here). It’s a way to share solar power among neighbors. I don’t know about you, but I’d say the host benefits are a pretty compelling sell. What do you think? Would you rent solar power from a neighbor?…

I came across ClearStep via my friend Josh Maher: Received a letter in the mail about ClearStep – offering to buy 10% equity in my home – interesting model http://t.co/MN86FARiCP — Josh Maher (@JoshMaher) June 5, 2015 What is it: …tailored to the needs of…

Giveback Homes Members from all over the U.S. traveled to Nicaragua for one shared goal: To build a home for Josefa and her family. I was joined by Matt Curtis, Rebecca Brooks, Carrie Hill, Madison Hildebrand, Audie Chamberlain, Jeri Moran, Shaun Rawls, and Giveback Homes…