From Where has released a curated holiday-focused storefront collection featuring products that have proven popular with both short-term rental hosts and their guests throughout the year. The collection addresses dual markets: hosts seeking to upgrade their properties and guests purchasing items for their own homes after experiencing products during stays. The timing capitalizes on ongoing ...
Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 Weather influences property operations in ways that aren’t always obvious until something goes wrong. Extreme heat can turn a maintenance ticket into a health-and-safety emergency. Freezing temperatures can turn a small leak into a burst pipe. Storms create a cascade of issues, from clogged gutters to ...
Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 For all its innovation, real estate remains an industry divided by its own technology. Within businesses, the software that runs marketing, client management, and property operations often can’t share data or workflows. Across the industry, the problem repeats on a larger scale: brokerages, MLSs, vendors, and ...
Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 In commercial real estate, value is no longer defined only by location, size, or rent. Increasingly, it’s defined by intelligence: the data a property generates about how it operates, how efficiently it uses energy, and how people move through it. From sensors that track utility use ...
By tracking on- and off-market performance in real time, listing services can now give agents concrete evidence to guide clients weighing private sales against full public visibility. Off-market listings have always existed, but the rise of private brokerage networks and pocket listings has pushed the trend into new territory. Some large businesses now encourage sellers ...
The race to launch urban air mobility has dominated headlines, but the real infrastructure opportunity for electric aviation may lie where 80% of Americans actually live: outside major metropolitan centers. Lisa Wright, founder and CEO of Landings, is building a network of over 2,000 vertiport and charging stations specifically designed for rural and secondary markets. ...
Drone adoption in real estate isn’t just about cutting-edge tech. It’s about getting answers early enough to make decisions with confidence. Competition for buildable land remains intense in many regions, and even a small delay can mean missing the right parcel or overpaying for a site with hidden complications. At the same time, surveying businesses ...
At first glance, small-bay industrial and self-storage centers look almost identical – low-rise boxes lined up along a highway, quietly collecting rent. But the similarities end there. The two sectors serve very different customers and are reacting in very different ways to today’s economy. Small-bay industrial centers, or “flex space,” cater mainly to tradespeople and ...
In an industry known for calculating the exact return on new countertops or carpet, most commercial real estate owners have no idea what their digital infrastructure is worth – or that they don’t actually own it. Bill Douglas, CEO of OpticWise, has spent over three decades witnessing a peculiar phenomenon: commercial real estate is the ...
Thousands of real estate operators across America manage billions in assets, executing deals that consistently generate 15-25% returns. Most qualified investors will never hear about them. Mor Milo, co-founder of Relli, puts a number on this disconnect: “Only 5% of people who qualify to invest in these deals know they exist. 95% of the people ...
For decades, the self-storage industry has relied on a simple rule of thumb: a healthy market should have about eight square feet of storage space for every resident in a given area. The formula has guided billions of dollars in development and investment decisions, offering a quick way to gauge whether a market is underbuilt ...
Teddy Abdelmalek reveals which technologies deliver real returns versus expensive distractions Property technology (PropTech) continues to flood the market with promises of operational transformation. For owners, the challenge is simple but critical: how do you separate genuine ROI solutions from costly gimmicks? Teddy Abdelmalek, Senior Vice President at HH Redstone, has developed a clear framework ...
Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 As new rules curb the buying and selling of borrower data, mortgage lenders are rethinking how to earn attention – and trust – in the digital age. For decades, much of the mortgage industry’s marketing machine revolved around data lists, aggressive follow-ups, and volume-driven outreach. The ...
Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 As 2025 enters its final quarter, the slowdown in traditional commercial real estate shows little sign of easing. Office vacancies remain elevated in most major metros, and retail is facing yet another round of restructuring as consumer habits shift. Against that backdrop, investors are rethinking what ...
Frontgate Real Estate’s Jeff Biebuyck on the irreplaceable human elements that define successful real estate practice The real estate industry faces persistent speculation about artificial intelligence replacing agents entirely. This narrative misunderstands both AI’s capabilities and the fundamental nature of property transactions. Technology enhances agent performance without eliminating the human judgment, emotional intelligence, and relationship ...
