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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all about training computers to digest, comprehend, and act upon large amounts of information. A number of use cases for AI have entered the real estate scene. Artificial intelligence is: So, have the machines finally taken over?
What happens in the crypto market doesn’t stay in the crypto market for long. As bitcoin and other digital assets rise in popularity, real estate will be affected. After all, when people make profits, they often transform their earnings into housing wealth. With that big picture in mind, let’s take this moment to check in …
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In April 2023, in a U.S. first for cryptocurrency, Coinbase enabled bitcoin purchases of Texas real estate. In June 2023, real estate in other “select states” will be available. The company behind the integration is a startup named MyEListing. Based in Cedar Park near Austin, Texas, it’s a free-to-use marketplace for investors. MyEListing displays both …
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“Incredibly sturdy, bizarrely anti-fragile”: that’s bitcoin, according to Anthony Scaramucci. Most of our readers likely remember the name. Anthony Scaramucci was a White House communications director for that fleeting, ten-day period back in July 2017. Scaramucci worked at Goldman Sachs quite a bit longer (1989 – 1996), and now runs the hedge fund SkyBridge Capital. …
“The Next Hot Housing Market Is Out of This World,” announces The New York Times. “It’s in the Metaverse.” The metaverse is an online landscape, which people visit using their own digital twins. Metaverse real estate deals, says the Times in its recent article, happen on the blockchain — a “digitally distributed public ledger that …
Web3 (Web 3.0), the next-generation internet, is already keen on houses. Let’s consider a home’s digital twin in the 3D internet world known as the metaverse. Three-dimensional models of homes are among the real estate world’s leading-edge tools. According to the Web3 tech firm Matterport, “Digital twin technology has found a natural home in the …
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Jamestown, a $13 billion real estate investment and management company, sees the metaverse as a place to explore real buildings. The company’s been investing in metaverse infrastructure and design firms. What is the metaverse? It’s a new phase of the internet. It integrates virtual and augmented reality, creating a shared environment for people to converse …
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Chandler, Arizona is a city with futuristic flair. Just southeast of Phoenix, it’s where Alphabet, Inc. (Google) deploys driverless Waymo One cabs to glide through perfectly lined streets. And now, the City of Chandler has a real estate brokerage that’s certified in cryptocurrency. The agents at Integrity All Stars, part of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona …
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The internet and the smartphone help with all kinds of tasks. But can technology support accessibility at home? Property-related technology, or proptech, can indeed. To start, tech innovations can make housing safer. They can monitor and improve indoor air quality. They can warn us about potential outages of basic systems in our homes. Smart …
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Mark Masih is a Philadelphia real estate agent and an investor. Masih has been an agent for some time with Compass Realty, selling homes in Philadelphia. Recently, Masih bought a West Philly property, then nicely renovated it. When Masih listed it, the home was described as containing a unique and special “fixture” — a closet …
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