How many times have you gotten completely shut down by someone on a cold call?There are certain biases and misconceptions about commercial real estate brokers out there. Some you may find based in reality, while others probably seem unfair. Yet for those who take the high road, work hard, and operate with integrity, getting blamed for others’ misconduct or laziness can be infuriating. At Apto, w...

Both New York City and Newark made the list of finalists for Amazon’s new headquarters, along with 18 other cities, from Toronto to Miami to Los Angeles. It’s obvious what comes next: Amazon wants each city to compete for the prize of 50,000 jobs, adding tax breaks and other sweeteners to their proposal. It is a tried-and-true practice for businesses that are looking to move or expand, one tha...

A wave of startups are focused on building robots that could reimagine the way real estate is rented out or sold. Nowadays, we’ve already seen innovations such as robot real estate agents, robotic architects and also “bots” that can create videos of homes, thereby freeing up agents to focus more on their clients. Android is working with touchscreen According to the Wall Street Journal, robot...

WeWork is opening its wallet to give office brokers bigger cuts if they fill coworking spaces. The $20 billion startup signed agreements with CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL in North America, giving their brokers a 20 percent fee on a one-year lease and 5 percent on expansions and renewals, the Commercial Observer reported. For the last year, WeWork has been offering individual brokers 10 pe...

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