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Real Tech SF 2013 is excited to announce the participating Sponsors and Starup Alley companies for this month’s event.
Here are the four Gold Sponsors, who will all have full-length exhibitor tables at the conference:
- Reesio – Next generation transaction management platform for real estate agents (no separate accounts needed)
- Realtor.com – Property search site operated by Move, Inc.
- ChargeAds.com – Empowers online publishers to expand and diversify ad inventory sales.
- Cloud CMA – Creates reports for real estate agents that can be used to win new listings.
Here is the one Silver Sponsor (non-exhibitor), who is also our sole media sponsor for the event:
- Realty411 — Publishes online and print media, and organizes events for real estate investors.
The Startup Alley portion of the event is comprised of 23 technology startups within the real estate space that will be demo-ing their disruptive, innovative products:
- Happy Inspector – iPad app for property inspections.
- Wigwamm – Auctions for rental property.
- Storefront – Marketplace for short-term retail space (pop-up stores, etc.)
- RealtyShares – Online crowdfunding for real estate investments.
- HomeZada – Allows homeowners to track maintenance, remodels, and other home data.
- Zumper – Apartment rental searches from verified brokers and renters.
- Producers Forum – Handles off-market/off-MLS transactions.
- iManageRent – Online property management for landlords, tenants, and building providers.
- Benutech – Online transaction management for real estate agents.
- EZ Coordinator – Online transaction management for real estate agents.
- Cozy – Online property management with a focus on payments and screening for landlords.
- Onvedeo – Video hosting and marketing platform for real estate agents.
- Keyzio – iPhone app to match home sellers/buyers that might not be actively looking.
- Comvibe – Online property management for companies with a focus on maintenance.
- MagicPlan – iOS app for capturing floor plans using the sensors in a tablet/phone.
- GoRefi – End-to-end, cloud-based app for refinancing a home online without an agent.
- HomeSmart Advantage Realty – Online brokerage with a deep focus on technology.
- Proxio – Global marketing product that helps agents market their listings worldwide.
- ListedBy.com — Online real estate marketplace with live bidding auctions.
- DoormanSF – Online property management for landlords in San Francisco.
- Pendo Rent — Online property management for landlords.
- Local-Insights — Predictive analytics, data visualization, and filtering.
- Kwelia — Uses predictive date to calculate what apartments should rent for.
Mark Thomas, Co-Founder & CEO, Reesio
“Superior technology for real estate agents”
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Realty411 EXCLUSIVE Media Sponsor for Real Tech SF
Brought to you by Reesio, RealTech SF 2013 brings you up to speed on all of the latest real estate technology developments and gives you an in-depth preview at what you can expect to see hit the market over the next year.
Our all-star lineup of speakers will blow you away with their tremendous domain expertise. Our Startup Alley featuring the hottest new real estate technology startups demo-ing their cool new products will leave you in awe at what is out there. And of course, our networking and happy hour will give you the opportunity to meet with industry leaders and potential customers.
Here are a few of the speakers that will be presenting:
Paul Levine, Chief Operating Officer of TruliaKathleen Philips, General Counsel of Zillow
Steve Pacinelli, VP of Real Estate Events from Realtor.com
And there will be many more!Of course, there will be lots of networking opportunities to mingle and meet with industry leaders. Given the high caliber of speakers and startups who will be presenting, the event is expected to draw between 400-500 real estate brokers, agents, investors, buyers, sellers, and other industry professionals.
Tickets are on sale right now, but are in limited supply, so be sure to register today!
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* National Real Estate Insurance Group
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The Real Estate Indicator Is Screaming “Buy”
I just locked down a 2.875% interest rate, fixed for the 15-year term of the mortgage. No points. With rates like these, I find myself rethinking the idea that I want to pay off my mortgage.
I can do a lot better than 2.875% investing the money. If I just sock it away in gold, I bet I’ll come out way ahead. Finding investments that clear such a low hurdle is not that difficult.
Right now is a great time to do this, if looked at from a historical perspective. The 10-year Treasury rate is 1.64% as I write. That is what investors are willing to accept to lend money to the US Treasury for a 10-year term. It seems absolutely crazy. But the Treasury rate we see is something of a forced smile.
The US Federal Reserve, as you know, pledges to keep rates low. So interest rates — probably the most important prices in the whole constellation of prices — are essentially the victim of price fixing. This will have sickening consequences down the road for the US economy, the stock market, the US dollar and more. But for now, it is a license to print money by borrowing cheaply and investing in rental property.
To see why, you have to understand that Treasury rates are the platforms on which borrowing rates stand. I was a banker before I started writing newsletters. I remember following the “Treasury curve” (all the Treasury rates for different terms) with great interest because we priced our loans off Treasury rates. So if I were in banking today, I might quote a rate of 250 basis points over the 10-year Treasury rate. That would be 1.64% plus 2.50%, for a rate of 4.14%. The rate would change as the Treasury rate changed, or until locked in.
So that’s why Treasury rates are so important. Now let’s look at cap rates.
A cap rate is a real estate term you should know. It’s easy and intuitive to understand. It is basically the return you earn as an owner in the property. So if you buy a property for a million bucks and it generates $100,000 in profits for you after expenses, then the property has a 10% cap rate. (The $100,000 divided by your $1 million purchase price.)
The cap rates available in real estate are attractive when viewed against the 10-year Treasury yield. A wider spread between the two means you can earn a wider profit margin. As you can see in the chart below, the post-2008 spread is the widest it’s been since the great 2002 bottom.
So this idea — as with almost all investment ideas — has a limited window of opportunity. When the low interest rate party starts to get into the wee hours and the barmen look ready to make a last call, we’ll have to diligently step for the exit to beat the rush. That won’t happen until at least 2014.
Another caveat to my bullish real estate call is that you have to be a little picky. Not everything is cheap. Already, some of the best properties in the biggest cities are at full price. You get much better value if you look at secondary cities.
As I’ve noted before, the opportunity in real estate is especially attractive because there is still a lot of debt coming due. Including 2012, and through 2016, there is $1.7 trillion in commercial real estate debt coming due. (In Europe, there is nearly a trillion dollars of debt maturing in just the next three years.) Borrowers will have to refinance that pile. They will likely have to put cash in the deal — or sell. The latter creates great opportunities for real estate investors.
My own 2.875% mortgage reminded me of the advantages afforded those with good credit and their ability to borrow at super-attractive rates. The same is true in the corporate world. Now is the best time to use these advantages in real estate investing since 2002.
This article post was provided courtesy of Marco Santarelli with Norada Real Estate Investments (www.NoradaRealEstate.com)
Norada Real Estate Investments helps take the guesswork out of real estate investing. By researching top real estate growth markets and structuring complete turn-key real estate investments, we help you succeed by minimizing risk and maximizing profitability.
