There is a version of professional due diligence that looks, on the surface, like everything is being done correctly. The architect has followed the local building code. The developer has signed off on the design. The project meets every statutory requirement. And yet, when the first-floor lobby floods following a heavy rainfall event, none of ...
The advanced air mobility industry has spent years assuming urban air taxi networks would arrive first, capitalizing on dense populations and high-value routes. Reality is proving the opposite: rural vertiport networks are progressing faster, securing sites more easily, and building operational infrastructure while cities debate regulatory frameworks. Lisa Wright, architect and founder of Landings, has ...
From Where is expanding its boutique hotel directory as demand from properties accelerates following the platform’s initial launch. The platform is adding hotels across US cities based on criteria that weigh both design quality and guest experience data. The expansion reflects growing interest from boutique properties seeking new revenue beyond traditional room bookings, particularly as ...
The real estate referral network is broken – not because agents aren’t trying, but because the infrastructure they rely on was never designed with independent brokers in mind. Missed calls, disjointed tools, and a referral process that depends on personal memory and text chains have created a silent revenue leak that most broker-owners don’t even ...
When Mukul “Micky” Lalchandani tells clients that the NYC luxury condo market has a transparency problem, he is not being provocative. He is describing something measurable. Buyers at the $5 million-plus price point are making some of the most consequential financial decisions of their lives. And yet the tools available to them – broker opinions, ...
In commercial real estate, some of the biggest hits to NOI never show up as a single dramatic failure. They show up as hidden networks, redundant systems, stranded CapEx, and technology nobody owns strategically. Bill Douglas, CEO of OpticWise and co-author of Peak Property Performance, has seen the same preventable patterns again and again: owners ...
The rise of remote work has quietly created a gap in how employers support their teams. When employees work from an office, a broken HVAC system or a plumbing failure is the building manager’s problem. When they work from home, it becomes theirs. Matan Slagter, CEO and co-founder of Armadillo, identified this gap early and ...
Most team leaders in real estate spend their mornings reviewing pipeline numbers. Jeff Biebuyck, co-founder of the Frontgate Real Estate Team at Compass in Los Angeles, spends his Fridays running what he calls a mindset meeting – a session with his 60-plus agents that has less to do with contracts and more to do with ...
If you’ve toured a property, applied for a loan, or signed a lease recently, you likely interacted with artificial intelligence (AI) without realizing it. In commercial real estate, AI now works behind the scenes to speed up property searches, flag risks, and generate listing materials. What was once a buzzword is now a practical tool ...
Buying or renting a condo in West LA once meant endless online searching, slow paperwork, and price estimates that rarely matched reality. Today, artificial intelligence is changing the process behind the scenes—making some steps faster and cheaper, while introducing new risks and uncertainties. If you’ve come across listings with flawless photos, instant loan pre-approvals, or ...
The self-storage industry’s pandemic boom has ended. Rents are declining, and supply now exceeds demand in many markets. Yet some operators are outperforming peers, not by slashing prices, but by aggressively improving operational efficiency. Rather than focusing solely on filling units, successful operators are investing in back-office systems that save time and reduce waste. This ...
The self-storage industry built its reputation on simplicity: rent out a unit, collect a payment, repeat. But as new supply outpaces demand and margins compress across North America, technology vendors are making the case that the industry’s low-tech traditions are becoming a liability — a claim that mid-market operators are weighing with cautious interest. Luke ...
DALLAS, Texas – TrueFocus Automation is reporting client return on investment timelines of weeks to months rather than years, as title insurance companies accelerate adoption of robotic process automation and artificial intelligence solutions to address labor shortages and operational efficiency pressures. The Dallas based company, founded by title insurance operations veterans Jimmy Lewis and Sridhar ...
Title companies evaluating automation solutions face a decision that extends far beyond technology selection: who owns the code that runs their operations? Jimmy Lewis, Co-Founder and CEO of TrueFocus Automation, has watched this ownership question become the deciding factor in automation deals, particularly with larger title operations concerned about long-term costs and data security. “Some ...
