There’s a real estate tech company based in my hometown Seattle that I’m a longtime fan of. No, I’m not referring to that industry tech titan I formerly worked for. Nor am I referring to a certain billion dollar tech-enabled brokerage, with a red logo….

Last week, Greg went deep on “Certainty as a Service”, as a follow up to his piece the previous week on certainty for all. When reverse engineering the components that add up to a sum of certainty that Opendoor and Zillow are selling into the…

Last week, I dove deep on pocket listings and the strategic implications of the 2018 landscape I laid out. The key question is whether the strategy of using pocket listings to build a buyer audience that sticks around after the market turns prove fruitful for…

Last week, I imagined a world where Zillow Offers is the greatest strategic mistake in the company’s history. Flipping houses directly adds significant operational complexity utilizing on the ground employees and contractors, with low margins. Was their original entry to the market, a marketplace enabling…

I don’t want to say I told you so, but…. Offerdepot: Get a side-by-side comparison of multiple options. We break down the costs and allow you to decide what’s best for you. It’s an agent team (The Kenny Klaus Team) offering their own form of…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Tyler Forte from Felix Homes. He’s a brand new addition to the Geek Estate Mastermind. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the CEO and Co-Founder of Felix Homes. We’re based in New…

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Brian Bair from Offerpad. He’s the co-founder and co-CEO of Offerpad, as well as has a background as a licensed real estate agent. Brian previously served as co-founder and managing partner of Lexington Financial, LLC…

Editor’s Note: Below is the Geek Estate Mastermind newsletter #18 from February (this week’s edition was #24). Prospective members often ask for a sample newsletter, so thought I’d post a past edition publicly as an example — particularly given the relevance of Knock’s model to yesterday’s Zillow announcement that…

The latest announcement from Zillow Group is going to send shockwaves through the industry… Excited to announce our newest business segment, an expansion of @zillow Instant Offers. Big things ahead. #MoveFastThinkBig #ZGLife https://t.co/H1GgbUucps — Spencer Rascoff (@spencerrascoff) April 12, 2018 Beyond expanding Instant Offers into…

The purpose of Geek Estate’s mastermind community is two fold: Curate the most incredible and diverse membership of real estate innovators, creatives, doers, and creators in the world. Make our members wildly successful in their careers building real estate companies. The majority of longer strategy, analysis,…