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  • CRM for CRE: Just do it yourself…

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    How many times have you heard someone say, “I wish someone would build a killer CRM tool just for CRE!”. There are already a dozen or so CRM tools built specifically for CRE folks. Immediate examples which come to mind include (in no specific order, other than alphabetical): ACT! CRE Apto AscendixRE ClientLook CRE-Link PowerBroker Propertybase REA RealHound REThink And I am sure I am forgetting some other big ones… The real issue is not the lack of solutions, but instead, an unwillingness to…

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  • Clip-on Lenses for Your Cell Phone Camera

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    With the generous megapixels in most new cell phone cameras, for most purposes there’s no need to carry a separate digital camera. But as with most cameras the basic lens might not be the best for taking building shots. For horizontally oriented buildings for example, you need to stand at such a distance that you end up with a strip of the building between a large swath of sky and parking lot. You could use a panoramic photo app but images from them end up an odd size – long and narrow. Fine for…

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  • Property Capsule: All your deals now fit in your pocket

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    If you haven’t heard of Property Capsule, you need to check it out. The product description from their website: The Property Capsule is a cloud-based technology platform that helps you manage and present your property portfolio. All of your property data, such as property overviews, agent contacts, site plans, tenant lists, photography, maps and demographics is kept in a central repository. Property information can be updated easily in the system using a simple web based interface, compatible wi…

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  • Get out of the office with Google Street View

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    One of the apps I use on a daily basis is Google Street View. It is rare to find an application which is multi-dimensional in the sense that it can serve such a wide range of needs – on both mobile and desktop. Google Street View is embedded in most mobile mapping applications and allows users to preview landmarks on the way to an unfamiliar destination. The Google Street View can also be embedded into any website and can be extremely useful for property listing websites. View Larger Map Google…

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  • ClientLook’s Virtual Assistant

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    If you’re not familiar with ClientLook, it’s a cloud based CRM developed specifically for CRE. There are several different ways you can use it – as an easily accessible repository for your contact/calendar info that syncs with your other apps, a project collaboration tool and/or a way to keep track of all your deal activity. And if the social Scoop feature wasn’t enough to make you give it a try, maybe the new Virtual Assistant feature will. ClientLook provides you with a phone number and email…

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  • Roambi Flow: Next generation market reports

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    Just about every national commercial real estate brokerage firm publishes some type of quarterly market report, normally in a boring PDF format. And at the end of each quarter, you’ve either got to wait for an email or visit the broker’s website to download their newest report. Imagine downloading an app which would not only deliver quarterly market reports directly to your iPad, but would allow you to interact with each chart, rather than just seeing the same old up/down from previous quarter a…

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  • PlanGrid: Blueprints on your iPad

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    Second only to commercial real estate’s addiction to the fax machine, is the construction industry’s addiction to blueprints… Enter PlanGrid. From a recent TechCrunch article: PlanGrid is a cloud-based service that delivers blueprints as PDFs directly on the tablet; then people working in the field can use these instead of paper-based versions. When a modification needs to be made, that can be directly noted on the plan, in the app. That is subsequently updated into a new version. PlanGrid’s t…

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  • SnapGuide: How-To do…. anything

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    SnapGuide is a clever iPhone app that makes creating a “how to” guide simple. Using a template like interface, you add titles, text, photos or video snippets and with a few more clicks, create your guide. Reorganize elements by dragging them to their new location. Then publish it on the SnapGuide site, share it on social networking sites or email the guide (you’ll get the guide URL that way, too, to use on your website or blog). The interface is a work of art: “I was immediately floored by how w…

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  • HelloFax: A cure for CRE’s facsimile addiction

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    HelloFax allows users to Throw away their fax machine! Tell me more, you say? We’ll let HelloFax do the explaining: You want to go digital, but ancient legislation and old regulations require that you fax. We let you go paperless, while also letting you work with old technology. No need for expensive software, desktop solutions, or printers & fax machines. Everything you need, we provide. Manage documents Some of your most important documents go through our system. We help you manage and kee…

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  • MagicPlan: An Architect in Your Pocket

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    I continue to struggle with how Augmented Reality Applications can benefit the commercial real estate industry. TechCrunch recently pinned an article on MagicPlan 2.0, in which they commented: Augmented reality isn’t always totally pointless. Sorry if you think it’s hugely useful to see an augmented view of tweets around you just by holding up your phone, but I like to find slightly more advanced applications using the technology. One such app, MagicPlan, fits that description. From the two-yea…

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