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Banking Real Estate in the Clouds (Newsletter #242)

💡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

State of the GEM Diamond 2023

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of our 239th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM Diamond members on January 11th, 2023.] Collectively, the GEM Diamond is a diverse community of proptech innovators spanning every role, sector, and geography. While the biz

Looking Forward to 2023: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of our 238th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM Diamond members on January 4th, 2023. Please note that some links are GEM Diamond Exclusives] For two straight years our central prediction theme was climate (2021

The Sexy Tortoise

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of Part I of our 238th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM Diamond members on January 4th, 2023.] It’s 2023, and founders need to be ready to answer a question seemingly nobody has cared

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Burn the Boats

WRITTEN BY: BEN RUBENSTEIN In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the beaches of present-day Veracruz in Eastern Mexico with 600 men set on plundering unimaginable treasure from the Aztec Empire. Before embarking on the inland journey, he said something remarkable. “Burn the boats.” The takeaway was obvious: There is no

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Proptech’s Leader Has Been Crashing on Our Couch This Whole Time (Newsletter #232)

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Reimagining the Real Estate Advisor of the Future (Transmission #223)

The once ubiquitous travel agent has been under attack for years—since Expedia, and even before that. I recently came across Fora Travel, a “business-in-a-box” for the next generation of travel agents—now called travel advisors—that just raised a $13.5 million Series A. It promises a modernization of

GEM Diamond July 2022 Radar

Below is a wrap-up for the month of July with the most interesting analysis & commentary from the GEM Diamond. Beyond the content side of our business, we curate proptech dinners, lunches, walks, and happy hours around the country. Member gatherings are taking place at Blueprint (Las Vegas), iOi (Los

Blueprinting Proptech: Foxy AI (Series II, Part VI)

Editor’s Note: The GEM Diamond is a real estate tech think-tank comprised of 600+ 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 series that

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The Elusive Feature of Branded Rentals (Transmission #208)

People like to know what to expect when engaging in new experiences. They crave consistency and minimize uncertainty.  Hotel brands satisfy that craving across geographies. This is no different than Starbucks’ systemized coffee recipes, and WeWork’s predictable workspaces. You know exactly what you’re getting when you interact with

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The Topic No One Will Touch with a Ten Foot Pole (Transmission #200)

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. For our 200th Transmission (wow…that’s a lot), I thought I’d reach for a blast from the past and modernize the

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A House to Unite Proptech (Transmission #196)

💡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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Blueprinting Proptech: PadSplit (Series II, Part III)

Editor’s Note: The GEM Diamond is a real estate tech think-tank comprised of 600+ 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 series that

Filling the Emerging iBuyer Vacuum

[Note from editor: 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 is this month’s sample Transmission.] NOVEMBER MONTHLY TRANSMISSION BY DREW MEYERS Originally

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Corporate Property Rights Bonanza (Newsletter #182)

💡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

The Future Prop-Aquapreneur Paradise (Transmission #180)

Many of you have no doubt seen Waterworld, the classic post-apocalyptic Kevin Costner film in which most of Earth’s land is submerged due to the polar ice caps melting. It was the most expensive movie ever filmed at the time. I loved the film as a kid, partly due

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Divorcing Real Estate Commissions (Transmission #152 Part II)

[Editor's note: Originally published on the XBroker.] Guest authored over on the Moderne Ventures blog a few years ago. Super relevant today as new developments in the form of class-action lawsuits by Big Tobacco conquering law firms and the Department of Justice, seeks to reign in artificially inflated

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A Waking of the iBuying Elephant

[Note from editor: We publish Bi-Weekly Transmissions for paying members of the GEM Crystal that consist 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 is a sample Transmission] There were five. Now, we’

Small Landlord Property Management Software Landscape in 2020

[Editor’s note: These are the conclusions from the category product review series for the small landlord property management software sector. Originally published in the Geek Estate Mastermind.] From the outset of our category product review series—a test of the value of business intelligence as a service—we took

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Real Estate Needs TLC, Too

[Note from editor: We publish Bi-Weekly Transmissions for paying members of the GEM Crystal that consist 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 is a sample Transmission about a company I’m

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Burning the Agent Effigy Once and For All (Transmission #53, Part I)

By: GREG FISCHER [Note from editor: We publish Bi-Weekly Transmissions for paying members of the GEM Crystal that consist 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 is a sample Transmission, written by

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The Bank of Coliving Is Ready to Shine (Transmission #96)

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. Real estate and finance tech are converging at a breakneck rate. For both homeownership and wealth creation, the financing power for an upgrade

A New Geek Estate Path: Smaller is Better

There’s immense power in being comfortable in your own skin. And I mean immense. It brings clarity. It enables prioritization. It eliminates FOMO. It gives you a path to follow. It allows you to measure success. Perhaps, most importantly, it enables you to say no. If this is true

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Allyship: The Critical Building Block (Transmission #87)

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. If you’re to succeed as a founder, advocates and supporters are not only desired, but required.  You need people to pull you