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Build-a-Bot: Tools for Real Estate Chatbots

CRETECH

6/21/2017

What’s invisible, available 24/7, and helpful to real estate professionals? A chatbot, of course! While chatbots aren’t completely new, advances in artificial intelligence technology have led to a rapid expansion, making their implementation one of the hottest tech trends for 2017. Now chatbots learn from inquiries versus parroting preprogrammed responses, can sync with additional data to be more responsive, and are incredibly easy to program. With a little tech savvy, any real estate profession…

Tech Centers That Aren’t Silicon Valley & the Real Estate Companies Already There

CRETECH

6/20/2017

Silicon Valley is not the exclusive hot spot for tech incubators. The Valley’s increasingly expensive cost of living, for employees and startups, is spurring innovators to seek alternative locations. New technology centers in more affordable regions of the United States bring economic prosperity to these regions. Since real estate happens everywhere, it’s no surprise that the tech hubs are fostering new ideas that push forward the industry. See which real estate tech leaders calls a hub outside …

RealtySares

CRETECH

6/20/2017

CONTACT David Claffey, Marketing and Public Relations Manager, RealtyShares THE SCOOP David reached out to me to share his company’s big news. Really impressive. RealtyShares is a very successful real estate investing platform. Perhaps THE most successful. They have raised some serious money from some of the leading VC’s in the world. Obviously the announcement that David shared of who is joining their team reflects not only their company’s growth and maturity, but also how there is…

MIT Center For Real Estate

CRETECH

6/20/2017

CONTACT Steve Weikal, Head of Industry and Alumni Relations, MIT Center for Real Estate THE SCOOP I can’t believe it took me this long to connect with one of the most important people in real estate tech…Steve Weikal! As head of Industry and Alumni Relations at the MIT Center for Real Estate, Steve and his team are on the leading edge of all things tech in the real estate sector. Unfortunately I was traveling during their MIT World Real Estate Forum on May 18th and 19th but I heard …

Five Things I Learned At Realcomm San Diego

Michael Beckerman

6/20/2017

I was fortunate to have been asked to speak on a really great panel by Jim Young, Founder/CEO of Realcomm, at their conference last week in San Diego. It was my first trip to a Realcomm event so there was a lot for me to absorb. Had a great time hanging out with some friends and colleagues in the real estate tech sector. While the event was huge with over 1,000 people in attendance, I think I worked it pretty good and came away with these five impressions:1. Jim and his team, led by Howard Berge…

Hey, Retailers: Find the Perfect Vendor 4URSPACE

CRETECH

6/20/2017

Every now and then something makes you go, “duh! Why hasn’t someone thought of this before?” That’s the initial reaction when someone discovers 4URSPACE, an online marketplace connecting retailers or project managers with the right vendors for all of their projects. Find architects, general contractors, permit expeditors, and more professionals with experience working in a specific geographic area.Talk with 4URSPACE CEO Stefano Sanchini and the concept makes perfect sense. Stefano spent 23 years…

Virtual Xperience

CRETECH

6/19/2017

CONTACT Stephanie Davis, COO, Virtual Xperience THE SCOOP I had an absolute blast meeting Stephanie and getting a demo of their really cool VR product. VR is one of the most active sectors in real estate tech and after writing so much about it on my own blog, it was fun to finally take a test drive! What is really unique about what Stephanie and Jeff Maurer, CEO, are doing in the VR space is they are taking floor plans and creating an amazing virtual experience for builders and real…

This is how you build a successful startup…

Michael Beckerman

6/19/2017

Q&A with Neel Naicker, Co-Founder & CEO of AMP TechnologiesI had the pleasure of meeting Neel Naicker on one of my recent trips to San Francisco. I was really, really impressed. I confessed to Neel that I hadn’t heard much about AMP Technologies and so it was fascinating to learn what they have under the hood at their tech company. One of the most impressive takeaways I got from my meeting with Neel was that his site is completely self-funded and is now generating significant revenue. I …

A Beginner’s Guide to Fix and Flip Ventures

CRETECH

6/19/2017

House flipping is all the rage. Television networks are flooded with shows that flaunt home renovation, real estate, and the exciting world of flipping homes on a dime. It seems so simple– buy a rundown residence, knock down a few walls, break out a hammer and nails, and voila! They make over $50,000 in profits. Easy right? If it were that easy, there’s no doubt that everyone would be in on the business. The reality is much different. House flipping is risky business, and without the right know…

MIKE’S WEEKLY PICKS: MY FAVORITE 12 RE TECH READS…

Michael Beckerman

6/16/2017

Here are my favorite Real Estate Tech reads from this past week. Happy reading! Bay Area Research Rant: Tech Cities 1.0 Report – San Jose (Silicon Valley) & San Francisco Top ListBlog – Cushman & WakefieldCushman & Wakefield released its inaugural tech report this week – Tech Cities 1.0. It’s a look at the top 25 tech markets across the U.S. as…

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