[Editor’s Note: The GEM is a real estate tech think-tank comprised of 500+ founders, executives, VCs, and practitioners. Our mission is to attract the 1,500 most forward-thinking, and diverse, innovators. Below is a sample of one of the in-depth startup briefings from our Blueprinting Proptech…

[Editor’s Note: We publish a Weekly Transmission for GEM members, a series of long-form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. Below, we look forward to 2022 with a range of predictions…

[Editor’s note: Originally published as a Radar entry for members of the GEM.] Public is a new demonstration website by CityBldr to show cities “how many additional people could be housed on all available public land within the city limits,” according to GeekWire. The data, covering 100 U.S. cities…

The Blueprint Sessions is a podcast for exceptional founders of exceptional startups that are disrupting the real estate industry. The goal is to provide a space for real estate startup founders to tell their stories to those who most need to hear them – potential…

Housing Lab is kicking off its second group of ventures to elevate creative solutions to the housing crisis and promote an equitable recovery from COVID-19. They are looking for solutions that address racial and economic inequities in the housing market Housing Lab offers: A $100,000…

Tim Hedberg from Motivo produced a short documentary about the exodus of families from urban centers like Seattle and the role zoning plays in that trend. While zoning is intended to create more affordable housing in large cities in response to growing demand, many families are being priced out…

[Editor’s note: Originally published on Linkedin.] COVID has demonstrated how fragile and interdependent many of the systems are that we know as “daily life.” Not unlike a Jenga tower, if one piece is removed, the entire structure can crumble. In this brief, I will make a radically…

Tomorrow (April 8th) at 11 am PST, Geek Estate is conducting a virtual discussion on affordable housing — facilitated by Matt Hoffman at HousingTech Ventures. It is a discussion, not a webinar…. so limited to 15-20 participants. If you are a founder/operator working on a solution…

Are you interested in the intersection of housing and technology, want to see demonstrations of emerging solutions from startup companies, and meet people from throughout the housing value chain? A Geek Estate Mastermind member, Matt Hoffman from InnovationVentures, has curated a great event, HousingTech Interactive,…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Atticus LeBlanc from Padsplit. Without further ado… Who are you and what do you do? Atticus LeBlanc, CEO of PadSplit, a co-living company serving low-income populations. We re-purpose existing housing stock by enabling landlords…