Password protect your Dropbox file links

For many CRE professionals, DropBox is the go-to file storage resource. But many times, you don’t want to provide a public link to information. Now there is a way to password protect these file share links – with Passdrop. Passdrop is a cool little app (*still in beta) which allows anyone with a DropBox account to password protect file share links quickly. Other cool features include – Unlimited Links The title kind of says it all. Share as many secure links as you want. Send it Then Don’t wait…

The Real Estate Tech World: A Win-Win Sector

SquareFeet.io organizes search like never before

If you’ve ever searched for commercial office, retail or industrial space, you are probably already too aware of just how fragmented listing information can be. In order to ensure you don’t overlook an opportunity, you’ve got to search how many sites?… Maybe a dozen, right?! Loopnet, CoStar, Showcase, Xceligent, your local CIE, maybe an MLS, and now even niche sites like OfficeSpace.com, 42Floors, The Square Foot, RetailMLS. I know I am forgetting others. How do you efficiently aggregate all t…

Suitey wants to change the way you look at residential real estate (and I, for one, think they are on to something big!)

Appraisal Flow Early Access

Image credit: Daily Mail Tame Appraisal Chaos For quite some time I’ve felt that there’s got to be a better way for us appraisers to manager our workflow process. Most of us have been making due by juggling an out-of-sync excel job file, crusty calendar software and all sorts of home grown solutions like dry-erase boards and paper job logs. This is a time consuming and outdated process that makes little sense in the age of smart devices (iPads, Androids), web apps and the cloud. The majority of…

CRE Radio Tech Update Podcast

CRE Radio’s Howard Kline recently hosted Steve Wayne of ProspectNow and me for a Tech Update show. Over the course of an hour and a half, we touched on close to a dozen apps. You can listen to a full recording of the show on CRERadio.com. Below, I do my best to list the apps we mentioned during the show, with links to each in case you are interested in learning more. LeaseMatrix – Lease analysis for tenants and tenant advisors. Read the CRE App Review of LeaseMatrix» ProspectNow – Find the conta…

CRE Apps on CRE Radio

I am excited to be a featured guest on CRE Radio’s CRE App Show on May 31st at 12:00 PST. Along with host Howard Kline and Steve Wayne of ProspectNow (one of our top 5 apps for brokers). Show Description The one thing that never changes is that everything changes. That’s particularly true in the world of tech, which seems to be changing at an ever faster pace. It’s tough to be competitive in today’s business environment unless you keep up to date with the newest developments in tech and we at CR…

AOL Alto Mail

Image credit: The Verge AOL Alto: A new way to think about email Yes, you read correctly, that AOL. What was once the most popular email service (You’ve got mail!) faded into obscurity after loosing market share to first Yahoo! and then later Google’s Gmail, which has held it’s place as the most popular free email client since launching in 2004. As a long-time Gmail power user, I’ve learned several techniques and implemented a number of plug-ins to enhance my email work-flow. However, with the r…

Let’s reinvent the search for office space

I’ve been thinking a lot about how folks search for office space, lately. In general terms, once the need is identified, the steps in order to lease new office space are to – Define the targeted area and create a list of suitable availabilities Decision-makers give a thumbs up or down for each property on this list Contact the owner or owner rep to schedule a property tour and/or request a proposal Tour spaces and review proposals Eliminate properties as tenant preferences and market conditions…

Floored: 3D floor planning like never before

Floored creates fully interactive, digital versions of real-life interior spaces. Floored offers 3D scanning, data refinement, and design services. The Floored process precisely captures any space in three dimensions with photographic detail. Then, using a combination of sophisticated algorithms and manual reconstruction, they further refine this data. When they’re done, the plan is available online, ready for interactive exploration from any browser. The end product is truly and impressive res…