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Valuate by REFM

Have you ever spent a frustrating 15 minutes vetting operating cash flow line items between ARGUS and Excel, or struggled to model complex cash flow waterfalls using Excel? Getting an IRR lookback formula correct isn’t an easy thing to do, particularly if there is more than one LP. Now, there’s a better way. Introducing Valuate, from REFM: Commercial real estate sellers and investment sales brokers use Valuate to share interactive asset-level financial projections with prospective buyers of mul…

1-800 Number for your #CRE Business

Photo credit: netcelerate I’m currently in the process of launching a product to help real estate appraisers manage their work flow and needed a phone system. While email and collaboration tools have really taken over much of communication, people still like to have a human-level conversation. In addition, clients and prospects gain more confidence when they can reach somebody in the company if they have a question or need to go into detail. I Can’t Hear You It became quite obvious that I need…

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Spacelist’s approach to a new CRE Marketplace

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Bill MacEwen of Spacelist.ca. Spacelist has become one of my newest favorite listing sites. Not because it makes my life easier (I don’t need to search for commercial real estate in Canada), but because the site serves as a great example of how Commercial Search 2.0 should look and feel. Spacelist.ca is on a tear, listen to these stats – 368 Firms using the site Currently home to 12,500 listings totaling 136,000,000 square feet of available space Thi…