Author Archives: Elias "Landy"

Happy New Year to all our followers and hope that 2021 brings about a better year.  Obviously, these words have been echoed across all industries and with Covid continuing to make life difficult and uncertain. Now, more than ever, it is important to find ways to keep our industry going and to be DYNAMIC. Let’sContinue reading “THE FUTURE OF OFFICE REAL ESTATE:WILL IT ALL REALLY BE ONLINE?”

In this article we start to dive into some practical examples. The aim of our articles is to get to apply theoretical thinking to practical examples. https://assetmag.co.za/issue86/index.html?page=122# In this article we merely scratch the surface by reviewing some applications created by REITs. Sure, we know that there are suppliers who create apps and systems thatContinue reading “Asset Magazine #4: Whats app with that?”

Ummmmm what happened to episode 2 guys? Well our second article of this series was very similar the article we published on our page, which looked at Emira as a case study. So if you keen reading this article follow this link. The third instalment looked at breaking things down into some practical steps andContinue reading “Asset Magazine Ep #3: How do I become more Proptechy?”

In July 2020 we started a series of articles to be published in Asset Magazine focusing on the topic we love, PROPTECH! The only difference with these articles is that the focus is primarily on the REITs and how they approach Proptech and innovation. In this series we will be providing a short definition ofContinue reading “Asset Magazine Article #1: REITs and Innovation”

We had the privilege of having Steve Nson on our latest podcast episode. Steve is the founder of AnySizeDeals.com  which is the premier real estate platform for finding partners and closing deals. AnySizeDeals Week is described as an annual “Festival in Real Estate Innovation”, and this year it takes place from September 8-11,2020 at TheContinue reading “Proptechtalk – Episode 5 – Guest Speaker Steve Nson”

In this episode we discuss whether acquiring a degree is something the property agents/professionals should acquire in the future. We look at whether a degree specifically in property agent’s functions would provide any benefit, and what challenges this may bring. Stephen Roulac was the inspiration for this article with his research on the industrial revolutionContinue reading “#proptechtalk – Episode 4 – Do property agents need a degree?”

For the Academics out there or those interested with the actual theories and models as quoted in academic literature, I suggest you jump over to the thesis document where I detail a comprehensive list of strategic innovation theories. My intention here is to appeal to those not keen on reading pages of academic jargon, butContinue reading “Dissertation – Chapter 2 Literature Review – PART 1”

In Episode 3 we carry on the discussion on Proptech and the journey of a start-up. Chatting about real issues that have acted as barriers to entry and how they were overcome (or not!) If you have a few seconds please let us know what you think about Proptech in the poll below.  

We did it! Episode 2 is up and running. Although we miss the professional services of Vodcast, we just could not help ourselves but get our podcast out there. Sure the quality may not be top notch, but the content is. In this episode we chat to Michael Savvides from Parkupp (find out more aboutContinue reading “#proptechtalk Podcast Episode 2 – Proptech Start-Up Journey”