Wibbitz is Changing the Way We Intake News

How many of you have the time to read this entire article? I’d hope that all of you would, but that’s simply not the case in a world dominated by easily-accessible video. And it seems that Wibbitz has taken notice and has decided not to do me any favors, either. Wibbitz is a new text-to-video application that (albeit counterintuitive) wants to make people stop reading and start watching. Designed for the iOS platform, Wibbitz uses algorithms that learns from user feedback and instantly turns tex…

Video Messaging: A New Way to Interact with Clients

We’ve talked about the benefits of using social platforms to interact with clients and build your brand, but how many of you have taken the next step and decided to use face-to-face video calls to improve your communication skillset? That’s right, video messaging. Technology is a rapidly moving train, especially in the real estate tech world, and if you aren’t adopting free, web-based video chat services into your digital toolbox, you’re once again a step behind. Here are three programs you shou…

Brian Williams: Shocking! Really??

RealScout: A Consumer Friendly Portal for Real Estate Agents

Simple. User-friendly. These are key words that consumers attach themselves to when it comes to mobile applications in today’s technological world. They also apply to people using applications to shop for houses online. And while there are a few popular choices for out there house hunters —namely sites like Zillow and Trulia—many times user-friendly sites don’t carry the same content for real estate agents. Thankfully, a company called RealScout is attempting to give all real estate agents a fig…

Real Estate Tech Investing Continuing to Rise

Billions. If you happened to wonder how much money has been invested in real estate tech startups in the last few years, the answer is billions. And that number is on the rise. In September 2014, more than $4.5 billion exchanged hands following Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia and News Corps purchase of Move Inc., respectively. That was quickly followed up by investors who dropped $300 million into real estate tech startups in the final quarter alone—for those counting that’s more than double the …

Property Capsule: Your Entire Property Portfolio in 1 App

Bring your commercial real estate portfolio into the modern age by choosing the mobile application that’s built for managers on the go—Property Capsule. Alleviating the need for pre-printing and shipping of leasing materials, Property Capsule allows you to quickly and easily present your portfolio to potential tenants or clients in real time, with just a quick flick of your finger on an iOS device. Using the Property Capsule database, your information can be as large or small as like, adding mo…

[guest post] What’s Networking Worth to You?

The following is a guest post from Jonathan Schultz, Founder And Managing Principal At Onyx Equities Networking and collaborating happens on a daily basis. You search for people, their connections and what they can offer you, what you can offer them, with a simple click of a button. With sites like LinkedIn and in other cases, Facebook, connections can be made quite easily, but how many of those connections lead to your end objective? How many of those connections went no further than the initi…

Keycafe: A Uniquely, Novel Idea

In real estate, we have to manage a lot of keys to a lot of houses. It can be cumbersome, confusing, and sometimes a total pain in the rear. But Keycafe, a Vancouver startup, thinks it can change all that. Using RFID-enabled keys and carefully-designed lockboxes, Keycafe wants to turn neighborhood cafes into key-exchange locations. Why, you may ask? Keycafe founders, Clayton Brown and Jason Crabb, created an easy way to manage access to your home or rental property online, “without any upfront …

ProHatch Enters Crowdfunding Real Estate

In just a few short years, crowdfunding has become a household name with contributions raises proving that anyone can raise money for anything. Everyone’s heard of Kickstarter, IndieGoGo and GoFundMe; great stuff for consumers, but it’s not quite investment. Enter the JOBS Act, new SEC exemptions, and general solicitation, and crowdfunding comes out of the kitchen to take a seat in boardrooms as a truly viable alternative for capital formation and investment.  Early adaptors are proving that reg…

FAA Awards Real Estate Companies Commercial Use Drone Exemption

The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced that they have issued a drone permit to a company in the real estate sector for the first time. Tierra Antigua Realty in Tucson, AZ, was the lucky real estate group given such a permit specifically for “enhanced aerial footage of buildings.” However, the exemption specifies that the commercial drones must an observer watch both the drone and the on-ground pilot at all times, and that a drone must not leave the operator’s line of sight. Tierr…