Author: Building Engines

  • 4 Common Deployment Data Questions (and Answers!)

    Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite subject: data. There’s a saying out there which goes, “Stuff in, stuff out.” Well, maybe it doesn’t go exactly like that, but you get the idea.

  • 3 Tips for Mastering Your Property Management Software

    Congratulations! You’ve decided to implement a brand new property management system. After carefully reviewing numerous operations service providers and applications, license agreements have been signed; tenant and equipment data has been collected; and you’ve set a target date for your tenant launch. The next (and most critical) step in the deployment process is to prepare…

  • Risky Business: Shark Diving and COIs

    Recently my wife and I went on a shark diving trip. We departed from Fairhaven, MA and traveled about 90 minutes out to sea. After stopping at our destination, the captain threw out the chum and my wife and I got outfitted into our dive gear. We dove into the water to setup the finishing…

  • The Property Manager’s Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse

    The undead have overtaken cities in frenzied masses. Does your property management team have what it takes to stay alive?

  • Google Glass & Oculus Rift: CRE Tech Trends Just Got More Interesting

    We were excited to be able to attend the NAIOP Trend & Technology Marketing Conference in Boston last week. The two-part conference highlighted innovative marketing trends and technologies that have been recently adopted in commercial real estate.

  • Building Engines Announces New VP of Engineering, Rob Ehlert

    We’re excited to welcomes Rob Ehlert to our senior management team as Vice President of Engineering. His appointment is a seminal step in the expansion of our engineering efforts and heralds an innovative era of product and platform enhancement.

  • And the Award Goes To…

    Congratulations to Implementation Project Manager Nick Krone on receiving the 2014 Q3 Building Engines Mission Award.

  • Your Website = Your Success

    The days of flipping through ads of a phonebook are over. Sending a pamphlet through the mail gets placed in the junk pile without a second thought. If a customer is going to find you, it’s going to be online. And in a highly competitive Commercial Real Estate market, your online image can go a…

  • The Tenant Retention Playbook

    The best way to ensure high occupancy rates is to house happy tenants. As simple as this notion is, executing it is a completely different ballgame. In light of the well-played Patriots game last Sunday (Patriots vs Cincinnati), which allowed all us New Englanders a sigh of relief, let’s relate this back to the rough…

  • Building Engines Proudly Sponsoring BOMA Boston’s Fallfest

    We’re excited to be attending and sponsoring BOMA Boston’s annual Fallfest, which takes place tonight at 5:30 p.m. at the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston.