Airbnb for student accommodation

**UPDATE: This article was originally written on 17 Jun 2014 as a resource of which start-ups are focusing on this ‘pitch’ and my take on how they can win. Over a year later, I’d like to explain why in a clearer manner. Enjoy**

The Property Tech I would invest in

I’m was about to invest in a property tech company (I didn’t).

I don’t have much money so, instead of taking a portfolio approach, I wanted to put a (relatively) large amount into one company I think will have the biggest impact. (Caveat: I…

Is @Opendoor Homes the best home buying experience ever created?

I spend a lot of my time advising people on how to search for property and how to negotiate on price. The look on people’s faces is heart-breaking when they see how complex and frustrating it will be to find a home.

RIP Easyproperty

On the day Easyproperty launched its online service to sell your home for cheap, CEO Robert Ellice marched through the West End celebrating/mock-mourning the death of high street estate agents.

For me, there was no small irony in a start-up business mocking their incumbent…

Your Property tech is shit

I’m retired now, so I read a lot. There are some incredibly smart people building incredible technology to solve real, hard problems.

And then I stumble upon blog posts by ‘real estate tech entrepreneurs’. And I can’t help but think they’re simply the…

When online estate agents raise capital, buy Rightmove shares

Online agents, which have been active in the market since 2008, are largely unprofitable businesses.

This is typified by the large amounts of capital being raised to maintain such small businesses…