@Dave MeyerI'd love if the ecosystem included more entrepreneurs OTHER than within real estate specifically. 

I will say that what drove me to work at this company is the fact that I truly believe in Connected Investors, the company’s mission, and love how our ecosystem of buyers, sellers, and lenders are all in one place - I understand people on BP are skeptical of Connected Investors so I wanted to respond to this thread and state that we care about each and every one of our members and their success, and are actively working to improve the customer experience and software.

Chad Tate I'd encourage you to think about the ecosystem of money and how it works as you're thinking about the use of debt.When you borrow capital from a bank, you're basically saying: "I think I can get a higher rate of return from this money than the interest rate I'm paying the bank."

This means networking and forming partnerships.5) Everything is a connected dynamic eco system with symbiotic relationships that only will propel you and your students to the #1 spot in their business.I would like to believe I made an impact on the lives of MANY people with our course and that alone is mindboggling to me.

I have been out of the BP community for quite some time and It was nice to see a subject post related to my industry.We were the first real estate brokerage to embrace and support short-term rental under the sharing economy in South Florida back in 2013 when Airbnb was getting hot and the business ecosystem surrounding Airbnb started to pop out.

The "glass treehouse" is in Eagles Nest, which is very much it's own eco-system and has a plethora of amenities not available to people outside of the neighborhood. 

But as a universal statement of Real Estate as a whole, no, asset classification matters and has it's own eco-system and cycles. 

I've got 3 properties and I use the Nest ecosystem from Google. 

Because Detroit is "working from a position of history and a position of strength with regards to the ecosystem, it’s a great place for the center to develop,” Stevens said.California-based Edmunds analyst Jessica Caldwell said it's logical for Detroit to see these investments because of the existing infrastructure, workforce and having the Detroit Three headquartered here.

@Kory Sheldahl I'm a tech nerd as well (and learning to code right now) - intersted in overall proptech / real estate software ecosystem.