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CRETECH June 25, 2013

Keeping track of your daily email interactions can be a hassle. Prepping for a meeting with a prospect or a colleague often means time spent combing through your inbox for your latest conversation or searching for their latest activity. Sometimes you need very detailed information that only your well-kept CRM system can give you. However, for those times when you need just the latest conversati...

CRETECH June 18, 2013

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 li...

CRETECH June 10, 2013

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, 42Fl...

CRETECH June 02, 2013

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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...

CRETECH June 02, 2013

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 ...

CRETECH May 29, 2013

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 (

CRETECH May 19, 2013

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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...

CRETECH May 15, 2013

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...
CRETECH May 08, 2013

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 re...

CRETECH April 24, 2013

So, you're apped-out to the hilt at work. You've figured out what CRM application makes you more productive, what document storage app is the easiest to use.... but, what about when you go home? I recently moved to a new place and took the opportunity to splurge on some new technology I've been eyeing for awhile.

The Nest Thermostat The first one I am mo...