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SMB Service Provider Marketing Automation: Driving Offline to Online Commerce | Nine Four Ventures

‘Generally speaking, services-focused SMBs in flooring, painting, plumbing, roofing, etc., historically concentrated their efforts within a hyper-local geography to service their immediate local community. However, that changed when the Internet, acting as a conduit, connected those SMBs with customers from outside their existing network.’

Could Short-Term Rentals Actually Boost A Building’s Valuation? | Bisnow | Stay Alfred

‘On the surface, the math is fairly simple: Short-term rentals bring in more revenue than long-term rentals. By leasing a few floors of multifamily units to a short-term rental operator, developers and owners are able to lock in market or better-than-market rent rates and boost their top lines.’

Nicole Urquhart-Bradley Joins Bowery Valuation

Bowery Valuation, the first tech-enabled commercial appraisal firm, announces today that industry veteran, Nicole Urquhart-Bradley, MAI, is joining the firm as Head of Strategy and the Head of Bowery’s new Washington D.C. office. Bradley brings more than 30 years of commercial appraisal experience to the company, most recently as the President of Valuation & Advisory for the Americas at Cushman & Wakefield, where she oversaw a team of 600 employees across 65 offices that valued more than $1 trillion in commercial real estate assets in 2017. At Bowery, she will focus on opening the firm’s D.C. office and leading expansion nationwide.

Three Ways Technology Can Help Protect Your Real Estate Investment | Forbes

‘There are many elements investors need to be aware of when entering into any real estate deal, and now we have the technology needed to make the process more efficient and streamlined. Overall, incorporating tech tools can help to truly transform the process and protect your asset.’

The evolution of technology in CRE and how it’s changed the industry | Houston Business Journal

‘Technology has allowed us to become more efficient and thorough with our due diligence as tasks are completed in a more expeditious manner. As technology rapidly evolves, it’s of the upmost importance that we stay up to date with trends because it will continue to change how we do business.’

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