Real Estate, Technology and the Internet of Things
I will be joining Jeremy Crawford, the CEO of RESO, on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 10:00am (PST) / 1:00pm (EST) for a FREE webinar to discuss how real estate brokerages can benefit from data standards and how their involvement in RESO (Real Estate Standards Organization) can actually shape these standards. The one-hour webinar is entitled, “Unleashing the Marketing Power of RESO for Brokers” and…
Inman News is hosting its first ever Hacker Connect. The one-day event will take a deep dive into real estate tech and explore timely topics such Bots, API’s, security, data standards and more. The agenda was created by industry tech leaders and I’m proud to have participated on the advisory panel that helped curate the events agenda and content. You can view the full agenda…
Maker Faire celebrated its 11th anniversary last weekend at the San Mateo Event Center in San Mateo, CA. Billed as the “Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth” the event certainly lived up to its reputation. There were IoT devices, 3D printers, drones, robots, live music and a plethora of whimsical projects and experiments. With 150,000 visitors and thousands of exhibitors, I did my best to…
Last week, Google released GBoard, a keyboard for iOS that lets you easily search, add emojis, attach animated GIFs, glide type and more. The keyboard works in any app: Notes, Messages, Mail, etc. The app has been well received by iOS users and is super easy to configure. Here’s the setup process: 1: Go to the App Store and download the app 2: Launch the…
Online criminals are targeting the real estate industry. In fact, they consider the industry to be low-hanging fruit. I recently contributed a few best practices on how to protect yourself against wire fraud scams and other cybercrime in the Inman News piece, “Scam steals closing money by hacking agent, escrow email.” Let’s examine the crime a bit more closely. A real estate transaction includes a substantial…