In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Jason Bangerter, the co-founder of Rentler. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m an entrepreneur and I have started and built a few different companies. Currently, I am CEO for Rentler, but have also…

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/ —…

It’s finally happening. Facebook is making a massive push into real estate by expanding the real estate listings portion of their marketplace. (via HousingWire). Obviously Facebook’s traffic is incredible. 2 billion actives a month. That dwarfs all other real estate competitors combined (Zillow, Trulia, Realtor, Redfin, Craigslist,…

I saw Rezi pitch at the NYC Real Estate Tech meetup a couple weeks ago. If you look at their home page, you’ll see their value proposition is as follows: Rezi is the rental equivalent of Opendoor. Cash is delivered almost instantly. Landlords are paying for…

A few piece of news to note on the AirBnB front… Partnered on an apartment complex optimized for home sharing. This gets them one step closer to being a major player in rentals, a trend I’ve written about a couple times. Via FastCompany. Starting tackling home…

In 2013, I said the following: Zillow, Trulia, and Move should make sure they don’t get blindsided in the rentals space (by AirBnB) a few years from now. I won’t say “I told you so”, but…there’s a bit of news on the “AirBnB and rentals”…

Cozy released renter’s insurance last week. A seamless way for renter’s to get renter’s insurance, and landlords to verify their tenants are actually complying with their lease agreement. The percentage of renters who actually carry renter’s insurance is quite low. From the press release: we’ve seen evidence…

Congrats to long time reader Yale Fox, the CEO of RentLogic, for the writeup in Bloomberg. I totally believe there to be interest in dirty laundry being aired about apartments (units & buildings) a tenant is about to spend thousands of dollars a month to live…

Cozy (previous coverage) released Cozy Pay… How it works: Set up your monthly payments No more worrying about how to get your rent to your landlord every month. Just connect your checking account and tell us where your payment should go. We’ll take care of paying…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Alex Lubinsky from Rentberry. Rentberry is a competitive bidding platform for rentals, and were featured in the Wall Street Journal this weekend. Without further ado… What do you do? Rentberry is a platform designed to…