How real estate technology can ‘catch up’
Published Apr 8, 2015
Updated Dec 21, 2023

I love technology. I love real estate. And, I love all those who provide technology to the real estate industry.
But, we’re behind. We are a bit bulky, we don’t move quite as quickly as other industries, and we roll products out to people who may or may not be excited that they have a helpful new tool.
So, I drafted a letter published on Inman to my fellow technology vendors about why we should all work better together through APIs. The time is now to:
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Make it easy for our clients to adopt our value propositions
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Communicate that doing business with us is easy as pie
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Enable our partners in the industry to help us innovate
Let’s move faster, together. Read the full article here.
Jenna is Updater’s VP of Marketing and a published ReloTech expert. She’s an endless seeker of knowledge, a lover of craft brews, and a huge Philadelphia sports fan. Follow her on X here.
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