RealPage-Yardi Lawsuits Show the Folly of Focussing Only on Revenue
For years, real estate companies have been using technology to help them maximize the revenue of their properties. Many multifamily landlords use software created by…
Lease Lengths Shrink as Corporate Occupiers Focus On Flex
Last fall, amid a chaotic time of tech layoffs, slumping office space demand, and continued interest rate hikes, data emerged that office occupiers were looking…
The Man Behind the RealPage Lawsuit
When you become an editor of a publication, you get lots of unsolicited emails for possible article ideas. Most of these are blatantly self-serving and,…
How Automation is Taking the Pain Out of Commercial Property Leasing
On its surface, commercial real estate is a simple business. Decide between buying or building a building, then find tenants, sign leases, rinse and repeat.…
So Much For the Ecosystem Approach to PropTech Software
In the autumn of 2019 I was invited to moderate a panel at MRI’s user conference. For those of you not familiar, MRI is a…
PropTech API Integrations? Now You’re Speaking My Language
‘Data is the new oil’ has become a popular refrain as our digital economy becomes the world’s most valuable asset. If that’s the case, then…
Is Open Data in Commercial Real Estate a Pipe Dream?
Sometimes big ideas that have been circling in the atmosphere for a long time finally get codified and set in stone. These events are often…
Commercial Real Estate Broker Tech Stack Starter Pack
Brokers have always been seen as tech-averse, clinging to their Rolodexes and file cabinets rather than adopting the digital world. This has become far from…
Hello Alfred’s Acquisition of Bixby Reveals Ambitions Beyond Concierge Services
This week Hello Alfred, a resident experience company, announced the acquisition of property management software Bixby. I was especially excited by the news because I…
Don’t Believe the PropTech Hype
If you have been paying attention to the stream of predictions coming from PropTech world, you would think that we are on the precipice of…