The software industry is big on knowledge sharing. It’s part of the reason that software development and simple but useful applications have become mainstream. Techdirt has a post around the GNU GPL that got me thinking again around freedom in real estate. Real estate is as locked down an industry as it gets when it…
Engineer Week! – Technical Sales
As engineers, we are often brought in to play the role of technical expert during sales meetings. This usually entails walking through the specific processes that are applied, how the tools and equipment works and giving the client a comfortable feeling that they will be in good hands once the project is engaged. Typically this…
Engineer Week! – Socializing
I love nerd culture. I recently researched Reverse Polish Notation jokes for fun. Dilbert and The Big Bang Theory are the height of cultural humor. Google is good, Microsoft is bad, Apple is a weird mix of amazing and terrible. Pick your stereotype. I fit many. Many of us believe that we need to suppress…
Engineer Week! – Pocket Protectors?
Fashion is not a strong topic for most engineers. Needless to say, many of us are known for lack of color coordination let alone forward fashion sense. For me the traditional grey or navy suit with a white or blue shirt is about all I go for. I know it matches, looks good and goes…
Engineer Week! – Writing
Engineers get a bad wrap for our writing. Technical writing they call it. So let’s all be honest now – the bad wrap we get is legit. Engineers suck at getting a message across simply and efficiently. For all of our focus on getting to good solutions and making processes more efficient, we have a…
Engineer Week! – Technical Trouble
I’m going to take some time this week to talk about engineers in real estate. A topic near and dear to my heart. My focus is going to be around how we can improve and do better. Because let’s be honest, engineers can have a bit of an ego that needs to be worked around…
Differentiate!
Over time every business, product or service becomes a commodity. As people realize there is a market for it and competition increases there is a drive to standardize and begin competing on price and process. Sometimes it happens slowly and others times it’s pretty quick. To be successful you can’t compete the way everyone else…
Fantasy Economics
Hello, my name is David and I love Fantasy Baseball. I’m in a keeper league where I have a custom built application to help me understand which players should excel next year and which are the hidden gems. I am constantly looking for new ways to stay ahead of my competitors (and I even won…
Real Estate Analysis
You’ve finally come to the conclusion that something needs to change. The way you are managing your portfolio today cannot continue if you’re going to support the goals of the business 5 years from now. But you have a whole lot of locations and no idea where to start in developing a plan. Before you…
Patience
Our modern world is all about instant gratification, immediate turn arounds and prompt responses – even at midnight on a Saturday. To differentiate you have two options – respond faster than anyone else or show patience and timing. In reality, how many messages require a 5 minute responses? Think about how peaceful it is to…