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Paving The Yellow Brick Road to Funding (Transmission #305)

Fundraising is hard. The markets suck. Investors are risk averse. Proptech isn’t a shining sector.  All that’s true, I get it. It’s Blueprint week, and virtually every proptech VC will be on the ground in Las Vegas by Wednesday. Many, many founders have opened rounds in the

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Artificial Portal Wars (Transmission #304)

With every company on the planet seemingly infusing AI into everything, it’s no surprise we’re seeing natural language models infiltrate real estate search. Zillow entered the ring in 2023, and this week, the upgraded experience references “additional criteria when searching for homes using natural language, including commute time,

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An Irreplaceable Value Proposition (Transmission #303)

There is a long history of technology companies aiming to reduce agent commissions, or displace them entirely. Now that the changes from the NAR settlement have gone into effect, a fresh wave of ambitious entrepreneurs are attacking the commission pie. Shay pitched itself as the "the first self-representation platform

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Fairness and Efficiency in Agent Compensation (Transmission #302)

💡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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The Proptech Space Race (Transmission #301, Part I)

💡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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A Block Approach to Ownifying Houses (Transmission #299)

WRITTEN BY: BRAD HARGREAVES This week, Brad Hargreaves explores Ownify's "bricks" fractional ownership model as one of the promising approaches in the landscape of players working to unstick the housing market. Last week, Pierre Calzadilla suggested that driving agent adoption after partnerships requires detailed contracts, pre-launches

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Aggregation of Value (Transmission #294)

Aggregation of value can prove immensely useful in business and partner development, as I realized early in my career at Zillow. I detail how value aggregation playing out in the evolving brokerage landscape, and provide a few ideas for how revenue tech leaders should use the strategy in their GTM

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Proptech Highlight: Multi-Family Composting Made Easy (Transmission #293)

In our latest essay, Drew Meyers explores how Demi’s composting solution for urban multi-family residences could help lead to a food waste-free world. Let's get to it...

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Tooling and Templating A Path to the Top (Transmission #291)

In our latest essay, Nate Smoyer details how creating tailored tools & templates can boost organic traffic and lead generation, positioning your products as a natural next step. Let's get to it...

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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

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Controlling the Real Estate Software Canals (Newsletter #289)

Written By: Nima Wedlake [Adapted from What's Interesting in Real Estate Tech? From The Appraisal] Vertical software companies have proliferated over the last decade. Across real estate and construction, there are now specialized products for roofers, commercial kitchen operators, pool service companies, and even flooring retailers. Venture firm

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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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Driving Adoption with Water Efficiency (Transmission #285)

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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

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Flipping the CRE Script: Paying Your Tenants (Transmission #276)

Written by: Duke Long  [Adapted from Duke’s newsletter on December 14th, 2023] 💡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

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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