Dynamic platforms supporting the monetization of properties.

People are becoming increasingly creative about ways to generate income these days, including monetizing the property they live on. The most obvious example of this is Airbnb, which has been around since 2008 but exploded in the years leading up to the pandemic. And though business certainly suffered during the first several months of 2020 (revenue plummeted about 80%),  it has since rebounded as people resumed traveling. In fact, since they can work from anywhere they are often staying for longer periods, which means opportunities for hosts to create modest side hustles to six-figure revenue streams.  Others are renting out areas of their land as storage space or for events such as weddings, or growing crops on the property for sale at farmers’ markets.  Whichever avenue you choose, you’ll soon find that it is like running any small business,…

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A new way to think about improving your estate communications.

“Every act of communication is a miracle of translation.” This quote by novelist Ken Lui is both humorous and discomforting. When we really think about the different and often nuanced perspectives people can have about well, everything, it does seem like a miracle whenever we reach a consensus on where to eat, let alone the big-ticket issues like raising children and where to live. Communication has also changed drastically over the past few decades. Things were complicated enough when the primary means of conversing was face-to-face or over the phone, but at least we were able to read non-verbal cues and intonations in each other’s voices.  Now, we have to be very strategic about choosing the right words (or at least soften them with an emoji) to convey the right message and tone via text, email, and social media.…

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Estate management software for remodel or renovation projects.

The past two years have brought an incredible boom to the housing market, with an estimated 15.9 million people filing change-of-address forms with the US Postal Service. Many were escaping large cities, while others moved closer to family members to lessen the sense of isolation. Countless others stayed put but renovated their homes to accommodate a new workspace or revisit projects they had shelved back when a large part of their day was spent commuting. For those in real estate and related fields, it was a time of unprecedented, nearly overnight growth, and they had to quickly find more efficient ways of doing things in order to keep up with it all. This explains why these industries, which had typically lagged in implementing technology, began relying more on digital tools, including estate management software for remodel or renovation projects,…

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