Making an app demo is easy, but making a good app demo is HARD. We’ve make half a dozen or so demos for LeaseMatrix, and I can’t say I am thrilled with any of them. This morning, I happened across a ToutApp video which I think is the bomb. Why? It identifies the problem It provides [...]
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Ever struggled to explain which floor or side of the building the suite you have listed for lease is on? If so, it’s time to check out Cube Cities. Cube Cities brings the search for office space to Google Earth. Similar to 3DCRE’s 3D virtual tours, Cube City’s virtual flyovers can have a high impact, [...]
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Compstak has gotten a lot of great press latest, including coverage in Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch. From their CrunchBase profile: CompStak uses a crowd-sourced model to gather real estate information that is hard to come by, difficult to compile, or otherwise unavailable. CompStak’s wedge into the market is a platform for the [...]
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LeaseMatrix recently updated their Property Level lease analysis reports to include a rotating Street View image. The question is: being that this is really a financial analysis report, id this feature beneficial, or is it just a distraction? Check it out for yourself by clicking the “Street View” button in the upper right hand side [...]
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Its been about 6 months since CoStar’s acquisition of Loopnet and we’re beginning to see the writing on the wall as to CoStar’s plan: CoStar Seeks to dump old Loopnet Space in San Francisco CoStar Group is putting the former LoopNet headquarters at China Basin up for sublease, but so far is not answering any [...]
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Too much stuff to read? Try out Summly for iPhone/iPad. It works 2 ways. In the search scenario, enter your keywords and instead of returning a bunch of cryptic titles, it provides a brief summary for each web page returned. Click on one and you’ll get a condensed version of the article – 3 bullet [...]
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If you haven’t heard of Property Capsule, you need to check it out. The product description from their website: The Property Capsule is a cloud-based technology platform that helps you manage and present your property portfolio. All of your property data, such as property overviews, agent contacts, site plans, tenant lists, photography, maps and demographics [...]
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Trade Area Systems (TAS) has one of the most robust mobile Trade Area mapping and research applications in today’s marketplace. What does TAS Mobile do? From the company’s product description: TAS Mobile on the iPad gives you mapping, demographic reports, aerials and bird-eye imagery as well as access to you company’s TAS Unity knowledge-base wherever [...]
Continue Reading →I have been amazed by Coy Davidson’s willingness to share his blog stats. My first reaction is always, “Why would Coy share this treasure trove of information??” Then, it occurred to me. For as much as we gripe and beg for CRE data to become more open and transparent, if we are overly protective of our [...]
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Ever feel like a single camera angle is not enough, but don’t have the budget to create a 360° virtual tour? Now all you need is 99¢ and an iPhone or Android device. 360 Panorama by Occipital: Beautiful panoramas made easy. Take stunning 360 panoramas everywhere. 360 Panorama turns your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad [...]
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