RaiseMe’s recent fundraising caught my attention: A startup that uses micro-scholarships to motivate students and demystify the cost of higher education. In partnership with over 300 colleges and universities, RaiseMe has extended over $2 billion in scholarships for milestones like an “A” in an AP course…

It’s no secret historical rates of return for real estate beat virtually every investment category. I’ve been thinking a lot about a question I touched upon briefly in last week’s newsletter: How does the industry get individuals to invest 10-15k into real estate, instead of bonds…

I was in San Francisco last week, attending RE BarCamp X and Hacker Connect, and, most importantly, socializing. Thus, the mastermind newsletter didn’t dive deep on one topic (like we did two weeks ago with IDX). Instead, I summarized the week’s takeaways. RE BarCamp X…

[Note from the Editor: This is a sample Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter (#37), which was published for Mastermind members last week. It’s the second newsletter we’re publishing publicly on the blog, the first was the analysis of Knock a few months ago. We’re making this…

The Geek Estate Mastermind was originally a combination of an email list, and a private Facebook group. A few weeks ago, I finally made the decision to migrate from a Facebook group to the community platform Mighty Networks. Why? A few key reasons. First, Mighty Networks’…

In the spirit of our Independence Day, and the veterans who make our freedom possible, the topic of last week’s Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #36 focused on Housing for Veterans and the GI Bill. Greg Fischer, a veteran himself who is clearly more qualified on the…

The topic of Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #35 was Car Buying, and the VIP Buyer/Seller Real Estate Experience. For the first time since 2012, I’m a car owner again. I shared some observations from the car buying process, and added a real estate lens to the…

I’ve written about category kings before: it’s what every startup should be striving for. There’s one unquestioned “Category King” in real estate. Among real estate portals (in the US), the clear, runaway king is Zillow Group. There will be “Category Kings” of various segments of the…

Since Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #32, which was about Hello Alfred, there have been two editions published. The topic of #33 was AccorHotels’ potential investment in Air France-KLM, while #34 talked about how the best locations move people somewhere else (written by Greg Fischer). #33:…

The purpose of Geek Estate’s mastermind community is two fold: Curate the world’s most innovative and diverse community of real estate creatives, doers, and pioneers. Make our members wildly successful in their careers building real estate companies. This week’s Geek Estate Mastermind newsletter (#32), I wrote about Hello…