One of the key concerns that every real estate developer is battling in today’s market reality is optimizing the effectiveness of their sales teams. Although the current climate is challenging and everyone looks forward to better days ahead, the fact is that a focus on better tools and process should be a factor in any […]

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I just ended three days at this year’s Real Estate Connect show in San Francisco.
This is my third year at Connect and it’s impressive how much the event has grown and how the audience is evolving. The Inman News crowd is mainly rooted in general brokerage real estate but they continue to tap into high tech […]

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More and more of today’s consumers are demanding higher speed bandwidth in their daily lives and hoteliers are tapping into the trend. In fact, a growing number of business travelers base their hotel decisions on bandwidth speed and price.
Recently, I spent a few nights at the InterContinental in San Francisco (great architecture, superior service and […]

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Navigating through the sea of audio visual delights on display at this year’s Infocomm 2008 trade show in Las Vegas, a few undeniable trends are emerging. The first is that the transition from analog signage to digital displays is well under way, driven by solutions ranging from corporate communications to retail and every possible application […]

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There is an interesting trend developing in real estate - buyers are getting younger while sales agents are getting older. As this continues, builders and developers are discovering that technology can be a key tool in appealing to this new generation of home buyer. Lauren Baier Kim of the Wall Street Journal (RealEstateJournal.com) explores this […]

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