How Data is Warming Up the Commercial Real Estate Cold Call

By Richard Sarkis, Co-founder & CEO at Reonomy Data is Warming Up the Commercial Real Estate Cold Call Due to a heavier reliance on data for prospecting and outreach across the industry, commercial real estate cold calling is not quite as “cold” as it used to be. Traditionally, when making a cold call, a big chunk of your conversation would be dedicated to simply trying to understand a prospect and their needs. Now, with access to the right data, most of that information can be foun…

Exclusive Interview with CEO and Founder, Enrico Kürtös of Inreal Technologies GmbH

Inreal Technologies (“Inreal”) is a 7-year old technology company that provides fully-integrated virtualization tools to real estate developers, project managers, and asset managers in both commercial and residential space. The company specializes in providing virtualization toolkits to real estate professionals for projects that are in design phase and pre-construction phase. The company’s robust technology and easy-to-use tools will empower its clients in many ways when they are getting ready …

Sax LLP Knows What They Are Talking About When It Comes To Security and Protection

Insecurities About Security. Guilty as charged, I admit I do shit about protecting myself from viruses and theft as it relates to my digital life. I know I am not alone, and most companies are as guilty in exposing themselves to cyber vulnerabilities as their professionals. As more and more cyber thefts occur, it seems as if as a society we are getting immune to what seems like daily headlines of massive digital breaches, which is nuts as more and more of us are sharing and posting more an…

Starry Announces Strategic Partnership with Related Companies and Launch of Starry Internet in New York City

Starry and world-renowned real estate firm Related Companies partner to provide cutting-edge, new choice in broadband internet service to Related’s portfolio of diverse residential properties including significant portfolio of affordable housing; Starry expands its footprint outside of Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, DC with launch of service in New York City this fall.

WeWork’s Real Estate Chief On Management Deals, New Players In Coworking And Why WeWork Could Weather A Downturn

It’s been a year of milestones for coworking behemoth WeWork. It announced a $3B injection from Japan’s SoftBank Group, which would value the company at $45B, making it second only to Uber as the most valuable startup in the country. In September, it became the biggest private tenant in Manhattan, with more than 5M SF under its control in the borough. Across the city, WeWork has more than 7.2M SF in total footprint, according to the company’s figures, and is in 95 cities worldwide.

Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management Arm Teams With Skyline AI To Bring Artificial Intelligence To Real Estate Investing

DWS Group is joining the wave of commercial real estate companies buying into artificial intelligence. The asset management arm of Deutsche Bank has entered into a structured partnership with Skyline AI that includes a minority ownership stake, DWS Group announced in a press release. DWS plans to use Skyline’s technology to assist in identifying, managing, buying and selling institutional-grade commercial real estate assets.

Vacation Rental Management Firm Vacasa Launches Multifamily, Short-Term Rental Arm

Vacation rental management startup Vacasa is launching a new service aiming to capitalize on the further integration of multifamily and hospitality. The company, headquartered at The Heartline building in Portland, Oregon, announced the debut of Vacasa Multifamily in a press release on Nov. 14. The new branch will partner with developers and property managers to optimize and manage vacant units for the purpose of listing them as short-term rentals on Vacasa.

Avi Dorfman, who calls himself a Compass co-founder, sues for $200M stake

Four years ago, tech entrepreneur Avi Dorfman sued Compass and CEO Robert Reffkin, claiming they implemented his ideas and then cut him out of the action. It turns out Dorfman is aiming to collect nearly $200 million from the firm, recently valued at $4.4 billion.

PropTech challenge winners are best for real estate business

Software developers, real estate tech companies, brokers, owners, and investors came together for the Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) PropTech Challenge held at The Rudin Family Project’s Forty One Madison Avenue. Participants competed for a grand total of $50,000 in cash and prizes across four challenge categories.

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