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Mastermind Summary

We released Part V of the category product review series for small landlord property management software, a breakdown of Avail.co.

– Drew Meyers

New Members

• Kristen Meyer from Sweet Living
• Umair Kabani from Peerspace
• Melody Foster from Zephyr Real Estate
• Scott Shatford from AirDNA
• Glenn Orgin from Richr
• Anthemos Georgiades from Zumper
• Jonathan Martis from Kleard
• Mike Long from john greene Realtor
• Natalia Karayaneva from Propy
• Ryan Rockwood from Virtual Results
• Kori Covrigaru from PlanOmatic
• Aaron Block from MetaProp
• Charles LaCalle from DreamIt
• Vincent-Charles Hodder from Local Logic

Member News

• Congrats to Propy for closing a California transaction with Michael Arrington’s venture fund.
• Sam DeBord was the most recent guest on Russ Cofano’s Gradually then Suddenly Podcast. Listen in here.
• Congrats to Sebastian Tonkin for getting Glide 2.0 out the door!
• Nice work by Christian Harris, one of the hosts of the reThink Real Estate podcast, for their great discussion with Rob Hahn.
• Congrats to Imprev for their new partnership with Climb Real Estate!
• Module’s First Achieved Zero Energy Ready Certification.
• Applications for the NAR 2019 iOi Pitch Battle (in Seattle, August 21-22) are OPEN. Apply Now.
• NAR’s REACH Accelerator is going global!
• CREtech announced their second set of confirmed speakers for their New York event in October.
• Congrats to all those companies represented by Geek Estate members who secured nominations for Inman Innovator Awards: Peer Reputation, Zavvie, Zillow, dashCMA, Endpoint Closing, Reasi, Compass, JP & Associates Realtors, Side, Reali, ListingBits & Industry Relations, Gradually Then Suddenly, Tom Ferry, RESO, Opendoor, and National Association of Realtors.
• Congrats to Aaron Block and MetaProp for adding Sheltr to the growing portfolio. Their announcement video is here.
• Congrats to Natalia Karayaneva for Propy’s selection as a participant in the NAR Reach program.
• Laura Brady, founder and CEO of Concierge Auctions, shares kind words about Giveback Homes in “The Value of Being Nice.” cc Caroline Pinal
• Nate Smoyer is relocating to Chicago to join Ryan Coon’s team at Avail (covered in Part V of our prop mgmt category review series), and Ryan was interviewed in Inside Real Estate.
• Greg Robertson and Dan Woolley made W&R Studios the first vendor to no longer accept new RETS feeds (locked), fully embracing the RESO web API.
• Congrats to Seth Siegler for his new role with “Office 22” (Labs) at eXp Realty. Those who have followed him for years know working in a skunkworks department is his dream job.

Transmission Topics

• Winning Trust Requires Making a Promise
• Wealth Building Isn’t What it Used to Be
• The New Gilded Age
• Raising Commissions is the New Black

JUNE MONTHLY RADAR

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