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  • Podcast #162 Duke Long 4 Reasons Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Is Failing NOW! And You Can’t Stop It!

    Duke Long Blog

    You can’t, you think you can but no, you can’t. What does it take to have a competitive real estate company today? At at least the basic level it should be what? Are you sure or are you just hoping it won't change until you retire? The Evolution of REX. Prototypes, Seed Rounds, and Beta. By definition, a quant is an expert at analyzing and managing quantitative data. Seems like a pretty basic thing. For commercial real estate as with most of the business world, it is the way all business is…

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  • Every Great Idea Is Just around the Corner: How to Make it Happen

    Jonathan Schultz Blog

    Did you know that some of the biggest companies around today came from humble beginnings? By now, almost everyone knows Apple’s origin story and how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak spent endless hours hand-building computers in their Cupertino garage. What you may not have known was that Amazon, which is now the largest online retailer in the world, started as a bookstore in 1994. Jeff Bezos ran the company out of his garage and didn't even sell his first book until a year later. So In my mind…

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  • FIFTH WALL AND RUDIN MANAGEMENT… A PROFILE.

    Michael Beckerman

    Q&A with Michael Rudin, Senior Vice President of Rudin Management Fifth Wall and Rudin Management are household names in their respective businesses. Fifth Wall, the largest real estate focused VC. Rudin, one of NYC`s most respected, largest and active developers. But, what do they have in common? They are partners in Fifth Wall and both companies obviously are passionate about technology. One of the most exciting and important trends in the CRE tech space is how owners/occupiers and brok…

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  • StrideUp wants to help you buy a portion of your home

    TechCrunch – All Stories

    StrideUp, a U.K. startup founded last year by Sakeeb Zaman and Rohan Trivedi, both formerly of Deutsche Bank, wants to make shared home ownership more readily available within the private housing sector. The company, which launched in the summer, lets you buy a portion of your home while you continue to rent the remainder. The idea, Trivedi tells me, is to provide an alternative to a mortgage, a form of financing that is increasingly out of reach for many. Citing official figures from 2016, the …

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  • WeWork reportedly plans to buy Meetup

    TechCrunch – Fundings & Exits

    WeWork reportedly plans to buy Meetup Posted 40 minutes ago by Catherine Shu (@catherineshu) 0 SHARES Next Story Doctolib raises another $42 million for its medical care scheduling service Co-working space giant WeWork will acquire Meetup, according to Crunchbase News. The report says Meetup chief executive officer and co-founder Scott Heiferman shared the news with employees at a company-wide meeting on Monday. WeWork declined to comment on the report. TechCrunch has also contacted Meetup. Repo…

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  • Latch and Comelit Partnership to Compete with Amazon Key

    CRETECH

    Thanks to an exciting new partnership between Latch, a smart access system provider, and Comelit, a world leader in intercom systems, the first complete intercom and smart access solution for all multifamily and commercial buildings will be introduced in 2018.With other smart access systems, smartphones can be used in place of keys, cards, or punch codes, but with a catch. Until now, most systems required users to be present on location to gain access with a mobile device. Not with the new syste…

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  • Alternative Assets

    EquityMultiple Insights – Blog

    Alternative Assets Nov 27 2017 | by EQUITYMULTIPLE Staff A brand spanking new Portfolio dashboard Real Estate Crowdfunding: Game-Changer, Tech Tool or Top-of-Market Mania? The Modern Alternative Assets Landscape A growing body of evidence suggests that greater exposure to alternative assets can boost portfolio returns and offer downside protection alongside a portfolio of traditional assets. At a basic level, alternative assets are defined as those offered outside of public markets and are less …

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  • 3 tips to win more business with client reviews and success stories

    Apto Blog

    “Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.”- P.T. Barnum The more people flock to your business…the more people will flock to your business. P.T. Barnum’s words are something every broker should take to heart, because positive reviews and client case studies have a magical way of bringing you more clients. This is especially true in commercial real estate, where relationships are king. You need to share your success through every channel available. According to BrightLocal’s most recent survey, …

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  • The Amazon effect: The e-commerce giant has infiltrated every major asset class in New Jersey — with no signs of slowing down

    Real Estate NJ

    By Joshua Burd Amazon has long been known for having a profound impact on the bricks-and-mortar retail business. But as it turns out, that’s only one piece of the story of how the e-commerce powerhouse is transforming commercial real estate. New Jersey is poised to feel that impact as much as any other state in the country. The company’s fast-growing footprint in the state’s industrial market has been well-documented since 2013. But Amazon has now captivated the world of corporate real estate an…

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  • Uber Hack Clouds Valuation as SoftBank Readies Bid

    Wall Street Journal – Technology

    SoftBank Group is expected to proceed with an offer to buy billions of dollars worth of shares from Uber Technologies’ stakeholders, but the security breach involving 57 million Uber accounts could change the investor’s evaluation of the ride-hailing company’s shares.

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