June 19, 2013

And Now for Something Really Useful – SquareFeet.io

squarefeet.io

You know how you’re searching online for listings?  You find something you like, maybe print the page, send it to yourself and/or your client or jot down the info.  Or you’ve got a client who’s searching online doing the same thing.  Next thing you know you’ve got a stack of papers, files and emails to [...]

Big Data for CRE

big data

This week’s post is a little late (in case anyone noticed) since I was attending the Counselors of Real Estate mid-year convention in New York City.  The sessions were great with lots of information from experts on major CRE topics. The first one I’m going to write about is Big Data.  This panel consisted of [...]

How to Avoid “The Letter”

copyright trolls

If you haven’t yet received a demand for settlement letter from Getty Images or other photo distributor yet, one is probably in your future. You grab a photo from a photo sharing site or Google image search results and put it on your blog.  Maybe you attributed the photo to the photographer or the site [...]

Adventures in the Egnyte Cloud

egnyte

For the past year, one of my projects has involved transitioning Window’s Server networks to Egnyte’s cloud hybrid network.  It’s called a hybrid network since it involves an on-site/local server or storage device as well as a remote server.  The two servers sync with each other so you’ve essentially got two copies of everything – [...]

Stories from the CRE Tech Support Staff

tech support

Almost daily I get to see how a lot of agents use technology.  They’re really no different than any other group.  Just like anywhere else, some agents get it, some don’t and most know enough to get by.  So what do agents look like to the “support” staff?  Here’s an inside view. Most Annoying Request [...]