GMail Contact Sync with LinkedIn and Twitter

Some of CRE’s most relevant bloggers continue to pin articles on how they’ve leveraged their social media network and contacts. Here are a couple great posts on the topic: 16 Ways I Use LinkedIn for Commercial Real Estate Duke Long, March 27, 2011 Twitter Appears to be the Social Media of Choice for CRE Service Providers Coy Davidson, April 4, 2011 My ROI on Social Media for 2012 Patrick Braswell, October 4, 2012 Heck, ICSC even has a Social Media Pavilion. So, you’ve got 500+ connections on Lin…

LINKED IN? OR LINKED OUT?

Lockitron – Keyless Building Entry Using Your Phone

Who doesn’t love a great tech start-up story? How about one that has huge potential in the real estate industry? Lockitron can essentially change the way we function within commercial real estate, residential real estate, property management, and more! What is Lockitron? Lockitron replaces your keys with your phone.With Lockitron, you can instantly grant family, friends and guests access to your home or business from anywhere in the world using your internet enabled smartphone. For $149 and no …

Google Voice – Free Calls/Texts/Transcribed Voicemail

I am trying to think of the last time I dialed my voicemail inbox on my cell phone. It probably was around January 2009 when I switched from a Blackberry device to my first Android powered smartphone. For whatever reason I find dialing and navigating my voicemail system just a huge inconvenience and it really sucks the life out of me! Because of this, one of my top favorite apps of all time is Google Voice. Google Voice has to be one of the most powerful, underutilized apps on the market. It is …

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Mobile: Is it technology that real estate pros really need?

Website Listing Engine Alternatives

Loopnet LoopLink Probably the most prevalent industry solution, Loopnet’s LoopLink allows companies to have all their listings on Loopnet automatically posted on their own website. Pros One-and-done solution: If you’ve got a CRE listing, most likely you’re going to elect to post it on Loopnet. Using LoopLink allows the posting to go live on Loopnet and and your company website simultaneously and avoids double data entry. Cons Formatting is not that customizable, and if done poorly, it is glarin…

Google Maps Begins to Include Indoor Imagery

Using Google Maps, users can now see indoors. Here is an example of a Google Business Tour: View Larger Map From what we can tell, business owners cannot upload their own tours, but rather, must engage a Trusted Photographer. This is a shame because it would be cool if users could upload their own 360° Panos to Google Maps. Maybe Google could provide a way to filter out user-submitted content, if the viewer prefers less “professional” tours be excluded?…. While the user-submitted 360° pano to…

Real estate could use more technology “disrupters”

Catylist Mobile: An alternative mobile listing search app

While most readers are probably familiar with Loopnet, Costar and Xceligent and their mobile apps, some may not be familiar with Catylist and their mobile app. Rather than building a native app, they have elected to use jQuery Mobile’s framework on which to build their app. One thing which is awesome about jQuery mobile, is that you can actually use it – and it is fully functional – in a normal web browser, not just your mobile device’s browser. For instance, here is what an office space search …