Drew Meyers

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Ushering in a Car Free Future (Transmission #290)

A car-free lifestyle is a reality for millions around the globe. But who can realize this promise for Americans? In our latest essay, we examine the Culdesac apartment complex in Tempe, the poster child of a car-free future, and question what role will technology play in making the lifestyle commonplace

GEM Crystal versus GEM Diamond

Want to understand our content offerings? Wondering whether Crystal or Diamond is the appropriate offering? Read on… Content Types We publish three types of content for the GEM membership base: Radars, Transmissions, and Proptech Earnings summaries. Radars: Curated links and analysis blended with out-of-the-box ideas about real estate, startups, and

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Searching What Could Be, Rather than What Is (Transmission #287)

The vast majority of future homeowners don’t have the ability to picture homes differently than their current condition. This is interesting because many buyers plan to renovate the kitchen/bathrooms, finish the basement, or add bedrooms. Imagine a world where buyers could search homes based on what they could

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Real Estate’s Realty in a New Reality (Transmission #286)

Hey there, In one of our most thought-provoking Transmissions of the year (to date), we take to the future. Imagine waking up 11 years from now - 2035 to be exact. Real estate has been revolutionized by new technologies and has evolved with the time. How do buyers discover the

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It’s All in the Wood (Transmission #284)

As always, links surrounded by the ❇️ emoji indicate exclusive GEM Diamond content. If you would like to have access to all links, please consider GEM Diamond membership. Concrete, timber, masonry, steel—four of the most foundational elements of commercial and residential real estate. This statement is true now, but also

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The Long and the Short of Zillbnb (Transmission #281)

💡CRYSTAL TRANSMISSION: Thought-provoking long-form articles covering a wide spectrum from innovative shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war to the implications of floating cities seen from beaches far and wide. Curious? Additional examples. Proptech's Leader has Been Crashing Our

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Hardware is the Missing Piece to Cracking Bloomberg (Transmission #280)

💡CRYSTAL TRANSMISSION: Thought-provoking long-form articles covering a wide spectrum from innovative shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war to the implications of floating cities seen from beaches far and wide. Curious? Additional examples. Proptech's Leader has Been Crashing Our

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Deriving at Software Decisions with AI (Transmission #279)

As always, links surrounded by the ❇️ emoji indicate exclusive GEM Diamond content. If you would like to have access to all links, please consider GEM Diamond membership. Practicing agents, big and small landlords, and general contractors all have to evaluate the software that will serve as the spine of their

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State of the GEM 2024 (Transmission 278)

Editor's Note: The below essay was originally published for members of the GEM Diamond, Geek Estate's executive level networking group. This is the 4th year publishing our "State of the Union" (historical links at the bottom of this article) and we spend hours compiling

Looking Forward to 2024: Wild Wild West (Transmission #277)

💡CRYSTAL TRANSMISSION: Thought-provoking long-form articles covering a wide spectrum from innovative shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war to the implications of floating cities seen from beaches far and wide. Curious? Additional examples. Proptech's Leader has Been Crashing Our

Looking Back on 2023 (Transmission #275)

💡CRYSTAL TRANSMISSION: Thought-provoking long-form articles covering a wide spectrum from innovative shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war to the implications of floating cities seen from beaches far and wide. Curious? Additional examples. Proptech's Leader has Been Crashing Our

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Walking Down Memory Lane (Transmission #274)

💡CRYSTAL TRANSMISSION: Thought-provoking long-form articles covering a wide spectrum from innovative shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war to the implications of floating cities seen from beaches far and wide. Curious? Additional examples. Proptech's Leader has Been Crashing on

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Gifting is Great. But Getting Paid Back is Better (Transmission #273)

💡CRYSTAL TRANSMISSION: Thought-provoking long-form articles covering a wide spectrum from innovative shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war to the implications of floating cities seen from beaches far and wide. Curious? Additional examples: Proptech's Leader has Been Crashing Our

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Proptech Highlight: Owned Local Services (Transmission #271)

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Real Estate by Pieces: Is the Sky Falling or Just Splintering? (Transmission #269)

By: Sam Westelman Commission pressure is here. In the wake of Realogy/Anywhere ($83.5 million) and RE/MAX ($55 million) settling with the plaintiffs in the Burnett and Moehrl lawsuits, it’s clear a thing or two will change. Part of those settlements stipulate that agents are no longer

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Achieving Creative Product Nirvana (Transmission #267)

As always, links surrounded by the ❇️ emoji indicate exclusive GEM Diamond content. If you would like to have access to all links, please consider GEM Diamond membership. My goal with every GEM article, whether that be a Radar entry or a full-fledged Transmission, is to prompt deep thinking. To delve

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Short Curious. We’ve Got You (Newsletter #266)

Editor's Corner: Links surrounded by the ❇️ emoji indicate exclusive GEM Diamond content. If you would like to have access to all links, please consider GEM Diamond membership. Short-, mid-, and long-term are morphing into one. ❇️ Zumper made the jump last year❇️, and I asked “how long until Zillow

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Proptech Highlight: A Blanket Solution for a Nuanced Problem (Newsletter #265)

EDITOR'S CORNER: In this Transmission, we explore how Blanket's property management dashboard is being leveraged to build an off-market brokerage platform for property managers to help retain their doors under management. Trust me, it makes more sense as we get into it.  -DM Keep your doors

Geek Estate Updates

A Crystal is Born From the GEM

I started objectively covering the real estate industry back in 2007 via the Geek Estate Blog with a goal to keep tech savvy agents, brokers, and executives on the cutting edge of real estate technology and marketing. The term proptech didn't exist back then. Fast forward ten years,

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An Unlikely Pinch Hitter Knocks a Homerun (Newsletter #264)

We’re going on four weeks since the ransomware attack on Rapattoni Corporation led to the “paraly[sis of] servers hosting multiple listing services with hundreds of thousands of members.” Rapattoni’s Association Management System and its IdP were also brought to their knees. A week later, the situation had

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Don’t Discount the Merits of a Friction-full Transaction (Newsletter #263)

Friction is good, not bad. At least in a residential real estate context. I know, I know … not many entrepreneurs believe that. But home is where family and community are built. It provides residents with a sanctuary, and a form of wealth creation while they seek prosperity and success. This

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Transparency Rules, Secrecy Drools (Newsletter #260)

There are few who would argue against the benefits of transparency in business. In the wake of the Enron scandal, increasing transparency was the driving factor behind passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, which penalized destroying, altering, or fabricating financial records. Public companies are forced to disclose pretty much

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The Best Possible Housing Deal (Newsletter #259)

I’m a pyro. Always have been. Guilty as charged. Bonfires are my jam. Growing up on a lake, bonfires were an occurrence multiple times per week throughout spring and summer. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a love for fire means the 4th of July was a

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A GEM of a Personal Jam (Newsletter #247)

Failure’s a real bitch isn’t it? And it’s a topic we don’t talk about nearly enough. I experienced my first jolting failure in 2017: the end of the road for my travel startup. That moment served as a critical stepping stone on my personal journey. Five

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Stock in Down Payments (Transmission #245)