Inman Review: Beans Tour is an app for managing home tours

The Inman technology review of Beans Tour finds the real estate app to be a well-designed, navigation-driven mobile solution for buyer’s agents to create and manage property tours. Continue reading

Blockchain-backed Blimp raises $200K to reinvent the real estate deal

Blimp, a real estate industry business software that provides cryptocurrency in exchange of transaction data, announced in a press release that it has secured its first $200,000 from investment company Dispersion. The funding is part an effort to raise… Continue reading

Inman Review: Holofy Spaces is leading the vertical video tour revolution

Based in London and rooted in retail, this video tour app gives users a simple, cool way to explore homes and reduces the anxiety many agents have about creating listing videos. Continue reading

Inman Review: VoxDirect makes text marketing simple

A “MailChimp” for text marketing, VoxDirect is a mobile app for both major operating systems, helping agents schedule and leverage text messaging for lead capture and nurture. Continue reading

Blimp’s blockchain partnership will incentivize leads to share information

Deal-collaboration app Blimp has announced a partnership with Home Network Foundation, an organization using blockchain to decentralize the transaction, in a press release. Continue reading

Browse second-home opportunities on updated Pacaso app

Pacaso’s mobile app allows users to browse available homes, share them with aspiring co-owners and friends, and be alerted to new properties or changes to those they’re following. The company’s intent is to democratize second homeownership. Continue reading

Inman Tech Review: JetClosing is fueling mobile adoption of digital title and escrow

Maybe it feels to some that such a light, easy product can’t handle the financial and metaphorical weight of a closing, but JetClosing is an app that proves otherwise. Continue reading

Referrals, not leads, are the heart of Buffini & Company’s CRM

Referral Maker is a CRM for members of national coaching company Buffini & Company. The smart, relationship-driven solution centers on referrals instead of the race to add more features or earn unqualified online leads. Continue reading

Kleard Now launches app for self-guided tours of vacant homes

Kleard Now is an app that will allow buyers to tour homes without an agent present via verification and a smart lock. Continue reading

New app Asteroom makes creating 3D home tours easier, and cheaper

New app Asteroom is a 3D tour product for Android and iOS that sells a panoramic mount in conjunction with a fisheye lens attachment and editing software for just $59.95. It claims that tours can be finalized in 15 minutes or less. Continue reading