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  • Notarize and Title Resources Partner to Support Fully Digital Closings

    NOTARIZE

    Lenders and title agents will leverage Notarize platform to optimize the closing experience for customers Notarize, the first digital platform to legally notarize documents online, and Title Resources, a leading title insurance underwriter serving independent title agents throughout the United States, today announced a partnership to expand online notarization for real estate transactions. Together the companies will enable lenders, independent title agents and customers to benefit from fully d…

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  • RERL-1531- Dana Dunford – CEO at Hemlane

    REAL ESTATE RADIO LIVE

    Whether you manage 1 or 100 properties managing them has remained the same. Today technology is changing every aspect from maintenance to legal contracts to make things faster, easier and smarter for investors. Hemlane CEO, Dana Dunford, returns to RERL as she talks with Joe about managing rental property on your terms. Specific topics include: Agent liability issues Cyclical and linear market cycles Everything about investing outside California How will cryptocurrency and blockcha…

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  • 7 Tech Tools CRE Brokers Can Use to Up Their Property Marketing Game

    CRETech

    An entire universe of information is at our fingertips but we’re not necessarily smarter. Perhaps there is too much information to choose from! In commercial real estate, the same is somewhat true. There are so many different tech tools out there, which ones should commercial real estate brokers use to step up their property marketing game? We’ve narrowed it down for you – here are 7 that will definitely get visitors to stop and take notice : #1: 360° Video Since adding a 360 degree video …

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  • On-demand storage startup and WeWork partner Livible raises $16M to expand nationwide

    GEEKWIRE

    Seattle-based startup Livible has raised an additional $16 million in funding to fuel a nationwide expansion of its storage service. Startup veteran Terry Drayton founded Livible in 2013. The company, previously known as Storrage, experimented with different business models before landing on its current offering: an on-demand storage service that picks up a customer’s belongings, takes them to a secure warehouse and then drops them back off at the house as needed. Livible also uses apps and Q…

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  • The Future Of Real Estate Brokerages

    GLOBEST

    NEW YORK CITY—With news such as Eastern Consolidated’s closing, the coming of blockchain, and Cushman & Wakefield reportedly operating at a loss for the last three years, should brokers be worried?…

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  • PropTalk: 5 Questions with Steve Weikal of the MIT Center for Real Estate

    HQO

    Welcome to PropTalk, a new series on our blog where we interview the most influential and prolific thought leaders in the commercial real estate tech industry today. Know someone we should feature? Email me at katie(at)hqo.co. Otherwise, sign up for our once-a-week newsletter so you never miss a PropTalk again. First things first, why am I interviewing Steve Weikal? If you aren’t familiar with Steve Weikal, well… sit back, grab a cup of coffee, and get ready. (PS – huge mistake on your part …

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  • The Best Airbnb Clones for Cars, Boats, and Other Rental Services

    MUO

    There are plenty of benefits to renting your next vacation stay through Airbnb, but that’s not the only peer-to-peer service that makes rentals easy. You can use these Airbnb-like alternatives for renting cars, office space, boats, and much more. Airbnb for Cars ZipCar requires a monthly membership fee. Car2Go’s selection is limited. And standard car rental services are often inconvenient….

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  • Arlo adds a smart doorbell to its home security offerings

    TECH CRUNCH

    Netgear home security spin-off Arlo just added another key hardware piece to its growing portfolio of connected devices. The Arlo Audio Doorbell is a kind of Ring/Nest (to which it bears a pretty striking resemblance) competitor that sends calls to the homeowner’s smartphone every time someone buzzes the door. Visitors can either talk to the user or leave a voicemail message. The product runs on two AA batteries (getting around a year of use, according to the company) or can be wired directly i…

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  • A VC who just raised $22 million to invest in startups reveals one thing you should never say to a female investor

    BUSINESS INSIDER

    Clara Brenner is an up-and-comer in Silicon Valley tech investing. Her firm, Urban Innovation Fund, just raised $22 million to invest in startups. Brenner says something that “grinds her gears” is when founders and CEO say, “Hey, girls,” in emails to her and her female cofounder. While calling women “girls” may not be intended to be patronizing, according to Brenner, words matter in the workplace.

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  • Big Tech is Throwing Money and Talent at Home Robots

    BLOOMBERG

    Science fiction writers and technologists have been predicting the arrival of robot butlers for the better part of a century. So far domestic robots have been relatively pedestrian: robot dogs, vacuum cleaners, lawn mowers. Rosie of “The Jetsons” fame? Not so much. That may be about to change. Behind the scenes, big tech companies are funding secret projects to develop robots. Amazon.com Inc. has been working on a robot version of its Echo voice-activated speaker for a while now and this year…

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