[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Flock Homes] Flock Homes’ offers a retirement solution for landlords by seamlessly exchanging their home for shares in a diversified property portfolio. By leveraging a 721 Exchange, a…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Fractional] A collaborative community-driven real estate investing marketplace, Fractional allows for friends and investing communities to share knowledge and collaborate on co-owning real estate together. Providing a path…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: PropStream] PropStream consolidates real estate data and tools for investors, agents, brokers, property managers, and other real estate professionals. Users gain access to nationwide property data sourced from…

Recession: Likely Correction: Maybe Crash: Unlikely Recession Housing Recession = Loss in Construction Jobs In the last 10 years, home builders have been busy. But, housing supply doesn’t have a cartel like oil suppliers have OPEC. So, most builders & many city councils got overzealous…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Groundbreaker.] A real estate investment management platform, Groundbreaker gives teams access to CRM, portfolio management, fundraising automation, distribution tracking, and real-time reporting. Its software also handles compliance and security…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Janine Yorio from Compound. Who are you, and what do you do? I’m Janine Yorio, and I’m a co-founder and CEO of Compound, a technology-enabled real estate marketplace that is reimagining how the world…

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 came across an article titled This Real Estate Startup Is Exploiting Zillow And Airbnb’s Blind Spot on Forbes yesterday. It’s about Revestor. First, let’s get the obvious out of the way. The headline is misleading; they are not exploiting a blindspot. Revestor is a B2B play,…

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Joshua Dorkin of BiggerPockets. I’ve known Joshua for many years, since he was one of the early real estate bloggers (in fact, Geek Estate continues to get regular traffic from this post…