Category Archives: realtybytes

Numbers Game

If you want to buy or lease real estate, find a broker. But if you just want to get a full picture of the real estate in a specific geographic area, then find the census enumerator that worked the block. … Continue reading

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Human Unpredictability

Humans aren’t rational. So why should financial theories assume that they are? That’s the question writer Chelsea Wald posed in Crazy Money, in the Dec. 12, 2008 issue of Science. It’s a reasonable question, she explains. Even the experts seem bewildered by the current … Continue reading

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Stopping Mobile Spam

Commercial real estate professionals love their smartphones…and so, apparently, do spammers. Continue reading

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Online Property Scam Raises Questions

Technology has changed the way properties are bought and sold. But it’s also created a world of opportunity for fraud and scams. Just recently, the National Association of Realtors warned that its name is being used as part of a … Continue reading

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A Glimpse of the Future

“This is not science fiction, nor is it Hollywood imagineering. Every single thing here is something that could be real.” Continue reading

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Interesting Thoughts

A lot of factors affect commercial real estate. Just consider the potential impact of the ones in this video from a Sony executive conference in Rome last year–then answer, “How do I prepare for the next ten years?”

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