If you haven’t looked at what CityBldr is working on, I’m here to tell you to change that. Your home could be worth more. Discover what a builder or developer would pay for your property – up to 89% more than leading market valuations. I…

For those who have been reading a long, long time — you may remember there used to be a Geek Estate Pro portion of this website (see here and here). It was a members-only area of the site which included a forum, as well as…

Idealestate? IDEALESTATE MAKES DISCOVERING YOUR NEXT HOME A DREAM IdeatEstate combines the best parts of Pinterest, Zillow, and LinkedIn, to create a better way for you to discover amazing homes, and meet the professionals who can help you take the next step. From a consumer perspective, I…

I thought I’d take a few minutes to highlight the companies taking part in MetaProp’s Pre Accelerator at Columbia University. The full list of companies: BlocPower (NYC) — Technology platform to make buildings and communities smarter, greener, and healthier. Doorport (NYC) — Starting with next-gen building…

The Global PropTech Awards are coming up in New York in October. The first annual Global PropTech Awards
 recognize individuals, technologies and organizations that have gone above and beyond to positively impact next generation PropTech. Finalists will be announced October 1st and Award Winners will be…

It’s safe to say virtually every single real estate technology product is plagued by distribution challenges in 2017. Some of you may have seen the news that Cloud CMA and Tom Ferry teamed up…see details here: Having the most prolific speaker in the industry promote your product is…

As mentioned, I’ve spent the last week in San Francisco at Hacker Connect & Inman Connect. It’s been a whirlwind of a week, and haven’t really been on a computer all week (which I’ve enjoyed). Before the weekend, I wanted to highlight a few of the…

Entrepreneurs: you’ve got less than one month to apply for MetaProp NYC’s 2017 class. Apply here (until August 15th). What are you waiting for?

Fifth Wall, a VC firm based in LA that has raised over $200M, is entering real estate accelerator game (see TechCrunch). The program’s goal: Fifth Wall’s Accelerator Program is a 12-month program designed to help early-stage companies: (1) get introduced to real estate companies and potential customers,…

I spent some time looking at TruePad, a real estate portal only available in Chicago (Inman coverage here). “Find the best valued homes”. I like it. Unlike the majority of approaches I see (aka search for home in city X), that actually seems like a differentiated value…