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Ask any commercial real estate marketer to name the top three trends in marketing today, and virtual reality is guaranteed to make the list. Virtual and augmented reality tech continues revolutionizing how CRE professionals market properties. Startups like VirtualAPT, Matterport, VRGlobal, FeelEstate, tout the engagement benefits of VR marketing across the industry, but not much has been said about what features matter when …
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Like most business owners, Chris Meyer found the lending process tedious and drawn out. In ten years of running various businesses, he applied for fourteen loans. Each required over two months to assemble the loan package: three years of business and personal tax returns, a personal financial statement, and an application for each bank. One day, he reflected upon how many people he didn’t know had access to his most private …
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Twice since we rang in the New Year, Yahoo announced a huge company-wide hacking breach exposing billions of user accounts. They are not alone. Hackers have breached a California lawmaker’s website, revealed a new bug in the Apple iPad, exposed AdultFriendFinder accounts, targeted LinkedIn and Dailymotion. Cyber security vulnerabilities are a huge concern for all businesses. Exposing confidential consumer information is a huge blow to any company’s bottom line. …
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Long before artificial intelligence chatbots started trending, we had Twitter bots. These programmed AI’s ranged from the weird, like @everyword that tweeted every word in the dictionary, to the awe-inspiring @dscvr_epic that tweeted a new satellite photo of Earth every day. Some social media managers consider them spammy. Depending on their purpose and programming, this could be true. When used correctly, Twitter bots can be a powerful marketing tool. …
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Founders Ryan Freed, Corey Loftus, and Francesca Loftus started hOM after seeing how lifestyle amenities extended Ryan’s mother’s stage 3 cancer diagnosis from two years to eight years. He wanted to make these amenities more accessible for everyone. Amenities are a huge selling point in today’s tenant-occupied real estate spaces. hOM makes offering these amenities painless. The company takes underutilized spaces inside residential and commercial properties and transforms them into locations for …
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The essential modern office space checklist: location, amenities, parking, size…and internet connectivity? Yes, reliable internet connectivity is a non-negotiable feature of the current working world. That’s because the majority of businesses rely on Internet service to operate. It’s not just Internet access for email: cloud access, VoIP, big data, and SaaS providers depend on connectivity. In our report, The State of Office Connectivity, WiredScore found that 78% of office workers ranked reli…
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One day, in the not too distant future, virtual reality will be able to eliminate, or at least blur, the limitations of space and time. For retailers, the reality of this opens a world of possibilities. The (Virtual) Reality of Tech in Retail SimonCRE
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Booming job growth in Silicon Valley is changing multi-housing development. While thousands of new jobs are added year-after-year, the housing supply is unable to keep pace with the demand. In response, tech companies are building housing for area employees. Tech Companies Respond to Housing Crisis HFF
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Back office duties famously drain valuable staff time better spent on essential functions. Thanks to new technology solutions that track every aspect of their job, property managers work more efficiently. Managing vendors, running invoices, and lead generation run automatically with the right system. Top property management software is easy to use, integrates into other software, and offers mobility that property managers value. …
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Technology has reshaped how CRE professionals conduct and manage every aspect of business over the last decade. What started as long databases in Excel are now sophisticated automated systems integrated with contact databases, email, and accounting systems. The number of startups addressing industry pain points continues blossoming. Right now specific CRE markets are witnessing growth in technology development. The top trends reflect the progress underway in big data, smart cities, and process a…
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