This has been a difficult situation--landlords going bankrupt and commiting suicide, families who would otherwise not be homeless are now out on the streets. Hard to tell if this will end up being a bad as '08.
Texas Courts Open Eviction Floodgates:
https://t.co/ZFMx184qKF
Looking forward to seeing this applied at scale in commercial real estate, where there stands to be more innovation as new tech is literally heating up the space.
Cooling homes without warming the planet: The startup @transaera is using a class of materials, advanced by MIT Professor Mircea Dinca for over a decade, to create a more energy-efficient air conditioner. https://t.co/haci2fmb1J
This is a huge step forward in bringing cryptocurrency into Wall Street and Main Street. Anticipating many exciting institutional applications just around the corner.
Forbes: Visa Will Start Settling Transactions With Crypto Partners In USDC On Ethereum.
https://t.co/1KTYtJuc67
The demand side of the distressed market: "Real Estate Investors Desperate to Spend $250 Billion Hoard." My bet is on purchasing notes/CMBS, but the unresolved tension remains on how institutions can humanely treat in-place tenants.
https://t.co/cP0Jbb0V0t
Breaking: Federal eviction moratoriums extended until the end of June.
Press: Ban on renter evictions during COVID-19 pandemic is extended.
https://t.co/jhN0zdXIt4
Amongst the chatter about defi, here's different angle that may advance the progress of reaching the unbanked: making digital cash available offline.
Bloomberg: Billionaire-Backed Swedish Startup May Have Digital Cash Fix.
https://t.co/2bk47gwus2
With the de-densification of large metro areas, it'll be interesting to see the impact of jobs in non-traditional areas for knowledge & tech workers.
SF Gate: Smaller California Cities Top Our List of the Hottest US Markets for Real Estate.
https://t.co/Q78yDx6sT5
Standardizing service has its merits, but is business' internal surveillance for the sake of efficiency justified, or will eroded trust net a negative in performance?
Delivery staff must consent to AI surveillance in their vans or lose their jobs.
https://t.co/8HGwk97bcn
One of the larger, statistically supported reasons why COVID is not "just like the flu." I had a friend in their early 30's with an active, fit lifestyle go on disability and have his career impaired because he could only work a few hours a day.
https://t.co/PYAfdZbzOI
Instead of fast-tracking discrimination with vaccine distribution and pretending nothing is wrong, how might we crack open AI's black box by empowering BIPOC to be a part of the algorithm development and de-biasing processes?
https://t.co/cbLPyXrq8w
Well, it's happened alot faster than I thought: the first REIT based on digital real estate assets. Hopeful to see how this can inspire more efficiencies and transparency with real funds. https://t.co/FiUnya1Amf
@LindseyNagy Great meeting you today and enjoyed the conversation. Looking forward to future discussions on bringing peace of mind to built world spaces.
Congrats to the VTS and Rise teams, looking forward to seeing this partnership push the tenant experience to another level.
VTS to acquire office-tracking app for about $100M.
https://t.co/OYgsbu4AYc
via @GoogleNews
Anyone else find this wildly ironic? In an effort to manually develop new unbiased AI, biased humans skew efforts that in turn bias the AI they're creating.
https://t.co/KU4PlvN07g
The good news: this is a promising advancement of decentralized health monitoring. The bad news: do you really want Google to have this type of data?
https://t.co/SmoiImRYJR
The (Zoom) fatigue is real. The culprits: "excessive eye contact, constantly watching video of yourself, limited mobility of being stuck at your desk, and more energy spent identifying social cues." Time to turn off that self view and get moving.
https://t.co/XzwxsJ9SWE
First hotels expanding to AirBnB, now office operators delving into rental homes. I'm bullish on this sector as this has promise in use as a platform for working hubs as well.
JLL gets in rental home business.
https://t.co/aRAYBPpQ9T