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  • Real estate gold rush: it isn’t always the miner who gets the gold

    JLL Edge Blog

    Real estate gold rush: it isn’t always the miner who gets the gold October 5, 20170 CommentsBy JLL Edge October 4, 2017 By: Andy Poppink, Managing Director, JLL This writing is based on a keynote presentation I delivered at the DisruptCRE / JLL Live event held in San Francisco on September 14th.   “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”  — Henry Ford That’s the point of innovation, isn’t it? We often really don’t know what we want or need until someone like …

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  • RECOGNIZING THE BEST OF THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TECH INDUSTRY… WITH THE #RETAS!

    Michael Beckerman

    When I first got started in the commercial real estate tech sector in 2011, the industry felt kinda like a ghost town. When you met someone in the sector, it was like a surprise meeting… “Wow cool, you`re in this business too?!?!”. There were literally only a handful of us. Mostly NYC-based. We knew it was early, that it was going to be hard and that things were going to take a long, long time. Fast forward six years later and I am still in awe of how fast the sector has actually grown and …

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  • Choosing the best technology for your real estate business

    Inman News – Features

    Why do you choose certain technology over others? If you're like most agents and brokers, you look for tech that expands your business, increases profits and boosts efficiency, but that checklist might be too long to fulfill right away. Instead, choose tech that kills it in one thing: simplifying your business processes by doing your work for you. Do this, and the rest will fall into place. Watch Curaytor’s Jimmy Mackin, Opcity’s Ben Rubenstein and Remine’s Leo Pareja take the Connect stage…

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  • Why You Should Add Video to Your CRE Listing: Video paints a true picture and drives leads

    RealMassive Blog

    You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Toggle navigation Sign up MarketsPricingProducts EngageAccessExposureInsights Company AboutContactCareersMedia BlogLoginSign Up Why You Should Add Video to Your CRE Listing: Video paints a true picture and drives leads Posted on: Wednesday, October 4th, 2017, under Uncategorized. Commercial real estate listings are all about the visuals. High-quality photos are obviously essential, but adding a video to yo…

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  • PropTech finalists announced ahead of next week’s global summit in New York

    Real Estate Weekly

    Some of the men and women at the forefront of the real estate technology revolution have been named finalists in a global search for the very best. The winners will be announced at next week’s NYC Real Estate Tech Week by the Manhattan-based incubator, MetaProp NYC, which is issuing the awards to recognize the individuals, technologies and organizations that have gone above and beyond to positively impact next generation PropTech. Due to an overwhelming number of responses — more than 100 total …

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  • The Search Is On: It’s Prime Time for Amazon’s Second Headquarters

    RIS Media – Real Estate

    Last month, Amazon launched a national sweepstakes tied to an announcement that it would be investing in a second headquarters (HQ2) in North America. The competition will be fierce, if the Seattle base is any indication of HQ2's potential success. The winning city will be welcoming billions of dollars in direct investments to the local economy, billions to public transport and tens of thousands of jobs. Here's a breakdown of Seattle's success thus far: While Seattle residents are…

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  • Online real estate marketplace Ten-X acquired by private equity firm

    Silicon Valley Business Journal – Local San Jose News

    Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners has purchased a majority stake in online real estate marketplace Ten-X, it said Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ten-X, previously called Auction.com, maintains dual headquarters in San Mateo and Irvine. It had raised about $142 million in three rounds of funding, according to CrunchBase. Its marketplace offers both commercial real estate and residential properties, an area where it competes with consumer home listing sites Zillow and…

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  • Alexa, what do Amazon’s new Echos mean for real estate?

    Phoenix Association of Realtors

    The smart speaker market — think the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple’s upcoming Homepod — has exploded into becoming the next tech battleground, and real estate brokers and agents might want to pay attention … InmanInman

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  • Four Technologies That Make Nurturing Leads Easy

    CRETECH

    Ask any real estate professional what task eats up the majority of their time, and chances are lead nurturing will be amongst the top three. Claim some of that time back for more important tasks that grow your business. How? Lean on the automated processes that make lead nurturing less time-consuming and better at converting.1. ChatbotsFor real estate agents and brokers, answering basic property queries consumes valuable energy. Emails or texts like, “Do you have any 1000 – 1500 square foot offi…

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  • Metro area including North Jersey is top contender for Amazon HQ2, firm says

    NJ.com – Real Time News

    The metro area including North Jersey earned the top ranking among contenders seeking to become home to Amazon's second headquarters and the potential 50,000 workers it would employ, according to a research firm. The Anderson Economic Group, a Chicago-based research group focused on economics and public policy, ranked the New York metropolitan area as the top of the list, though it does have one main detractor, said spokesman Jason Horowitz. "Despite ending up dead last on the cost of …

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