Image credit: cnet Gmail Compose Feature: How to Disable While Gmail is generally a really great cloud email service, sometimes they roll out features that are odd or just plain bad. Gmail Compose is one of them. I’m not sure what what the Gmail folks had for breakfast the day they released compose, but apparently they think writing [...]
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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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Do you get jealous when you participate in someone’s webinar that uses high tech video conferencing software? Wish you could have access to a similar application to conduct team meetings, client presentations, even virtual property tours to an out-of-state client, but without the high cost? Well, do you have a Gmail account? Then you have [...]
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In 2010, Duke Long proclaimed, “Commercial Real Estate Must Kill the PDF.” YES, IT IS TIME! Why? We sit here every day and get our inbox BLASTED with how many e-mail PDF’s of property from sources all over the world? What is the point? The time has come indeed. And if flyer.io has anything to [...]
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I am sure everyone by now has heard of QR (quick response) codes. There are several free websites that allow people to generate a free QR code but almost all lack in assisting to deliver content that is optimized for a mobile device. Typically one would have to hire web developers to re-engineer their website [...]
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CMBS.com’s Leads application is an invaluable resource for CRE sales and mortgage brokers, as well as investors. This web-based tool allows users to search for securitized loans which are maturing, watch listed, specially serviced, in foreclosure or REO. From their product description: An affordable, web-based way to find and manage leads for CRE refinancing and [...]
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CRE Console has built a great little electronic confidentiality agreement application which anyone can use for free. After creating an account, it only takes 3 steps to automate the entire investor registration process using the same old PDF confidentiality agreement you’ve always used. How do they do it? Here’s how they explain it: How does [...]
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LeaseMatrix is a new, web-based lease analysis tool for tenants and tenant advisors. How is LeaseMatrix different than other lease analysis tools? From their website: User Friendly Software Don’t be limited by software licenses, downloads or updates. LeaseMatrix’s website allows you to easily summarize every lease proposal – anytime, anywhere. Share & Collaborate Share every [...]
Continue Reading →How many times have you heard someone say, “I wish someone would build a killer CRM tool just for CRE!”. There are already a dozen or so CRM tools built specifically for CRE folks. Immediate examples which come to mind include (in no specific order, other than alphabetical): ACT! CRE Apto AscendixRE ClientLook CRE-Link PowerBroker PropertyBase [...]
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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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