Facebook and your Small Business

According to a post by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s News Feed is going to see a major overhaul in the near future. After an exhaustingly long year of explosive news (and fake news) sharing on the social network, Facebook titans have finally decided enough is enough....

Giving Existing Multifamily an Edge

There’s no beating the newest, shiniest apartment project, right? Wrong. Though the appeal of cutting-edge finishes and technologies can’t be denied for certain demographics, with the right branding and positioning, older multifamily communities are seeing occupancy rates increase and even rival their newer competition. Can...

Social on Autopilot? Not so fast.

Life in the digital age has made ‘set it and forget it’ the go-to mode for managing every aspect of our lives – from paying bills to managing the temperature in our homes. But, if you’re ‘setting and forgetting’ your social media efforts, we have...

How Technology is Changing Commercial Real Estate

Until recently, Commercial Real Estate was an industry relatively untouched by technology. Sure, platforms like LoopNet made the process of marketing a listing easier and younger brokers may have spent some time on a social media presence, but the daily ins and outs of brokerage...

Got Tech? If You’re Selling a House this Year, You Should.

Technology. For a long time, it seemed like integrating high tech features into the daily functions of a home was light years away, something more akin to the Jetsons than reality. But, in just the past few years, smart home technology has entered the public...

Have we found the key to brick and mortar’s future?

Welcome to one of the biggest retail seasons of the year. With the holidays right around the corner, consumers across the country are scrambling to cross everyone off of their list before the big day. And, as we get further into December, we’re all reminded...

RE Trends 2017: Is Your City Smart?

When you hear the term ‘Smart City’ you may be inclined to envision the streets of the world’s educational meccas. However, in the world of Real Estate, Urban Planning, and Development, that term is taking on a completely different meaning. Today, ‘Smart City’ refers not...

Building Multigenerational Homes for the Next Generation

"Family" (CC BY 2.0) by laurel marie photography This year, The Pew Research Center identified a growing trend in multigenerational living. This means that more and more families are returning to what was once considered an antiquated lifestyle where parents, grown children, and even grandchildren all live together under...

Material Design: Teaching you to brand like Google?

For a few years, ‘flat’ has been the reigning buzzword in the design world. Clean, sharp lines with little shading or drop shadow paired with simple vectors and plenty of white space have provided a respite from the once popular ‘3D’ look of the early...

It’s Time to Tell a Story.

It’s a question that has haunted marketers for generations, and seems to have only been amplified in the oversaturated digital age – how do you get your consumer to stop and pay attention to what your post or tweet has to say? Even better, how...