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Notarize Raises $20 Million Series B: How We’re Transforming a Massive Yet Untouched Market

Notarize
5/18/2018

It started with a simple idea: that anyone can notarize documents online, anytime, anywhere. Before Notarize, this was merely a dream. The notarial act is a centuries-old practice that was largely left unchanged. Anyone who’s had to track down a notary, wait for one to visit their house, or urgently need one after business hours or from overseas has probably questioned (like I had) – isn’t there a better way?

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Earnings recap: Traditional brokerages chase profits while digital rivals see revenue soar

The Real Deal
5/18/2018

While the future of brokerage remains uncertain, after the most recent quarter Wall Street is bullish on the tech upstarts. Though digital firms like Zillow and Redfin posted big losses, revenue soared in the first quarter. William Blair analyst Stephen Sheldon, who projected that Redfin’s revenue would grow 30 percent this year, said the business model “can challenge traditional residential brokerages for market share without having to take much to perform well in the coming years.”…

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The New Closers: Why PlanGrid CEO Tracy Young Is One Of Commercial Real Estate’s Next Market Leaders

Bisnow
5/18/2018

When Bay Area native Tracy Young was in her late 20s, she discovered a glaring problem in construction. While working on a Kaiser hospital in Northern California, the then-project engineer lugged around 50 pounds of paper in a cart doing quality control inspections and recording findings.

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Office software startup Workframe raises $9.5M from Newmark, others

The Real Deal
5/18/2018

Commercial property software startup Workframe raised $9.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Newmark Knight Frank, the companies announced Wednesday.

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Wall Street Landlords Are Firing Up Their Home-Buying Engines

Bloomberg
5/18/2018

Wall Street landlords are back in action.
Institutional investors bought more single-family rental homes in 2017 than in previous year, the first increase since 2013, according to data compiled by Amherst Holdings LLC.

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Bridge CEO & Accelerate 2018 Speaker Jeff Shaw on Why the Tenant Experience is All He Thinks About

VTS Blog
5/18/2018

Jeff Shaw, CEO and principal of Atlanta-based commercial office operating company, Bridge Commercial Real Estate, is a leader with many plates in the air. He’s charged with leading the firm’s leasing and property management operations across its 9 million square foot portfolio in 15 states. This sees him actively working with his team plus more than 50 agents at any one time to enhance the deal process and mitigate any risk….

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MIT Center for Real Estate Convenes Global Gathering of Industry Leaders

MIT CRE
5/17/2018

Panelists at May 21-22 World Real Estate Forum to Focus on Technology, Innovation, Growth Markets, Cross-Border Capital, Development Opportunities The MIT Center for Real Estate announced today that it will host the World Real Estate Forum on May 21-22, 2018, an unparalleled gathering of more than 400 industry thought leaders, distinguished faculty, innovative researchers and alumni who will engage in a wide-ranging conversation about the global real estate industry. The World Real Estate …

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Exclusive Q & A with #CREtech Sponsor: Hemlane

CRETech
5/17/2018

Hemlane is a technology for real estate professionals dedicated to providing a better option to manage long term rentals. Today, Hemlane has nearly a 98% retention rate from its customers across the United States. Our team at CREtech recently caught up with Hemlane to learn more about their site, strategy and vision. What does your site do? Hemlane is the property management platform for residential and multifamily real estate investors. We automate the administrative tasks and connect…

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What the 2017 DNA of #CRE survey told us about brokers

Buildout
5/17/2018

Every year, with our DNA of #CRE survey conducted with theBrokerList, we survey brokers in firms of all sizes across the country. This is what we found out about brokers in 2017:

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Driving New Levels of Transformation and Innovation in Commercial and Corporate Real Estate, Realcomm | IBcon Celebrates Their 20th Anniversary

The Registry
5/17/2018

Realcomm Conference Group will be celebrating 20 years @ the Intersection of Commercial and Corporate Real Estate, Technology, Automation and Innovation at their annual Realcomm | IBcon conference, which will be held on June 6-7 (June 5: Precon | June 8: Tours) at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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