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Work from Home or Office

Is it time to return to the office full time?

Is it time for employees to be working in the office full time again? We have tackled this topic before, but it only seems right to address it again. The politically correct answer would be: The decision to return to the office is ultimately up to each individual employee and their employer. Each company should consider emplo...

Consolidate Your Applications

Is All of Your Portfolio Data & Metrics Integrated in One App?

Are you using one app to do all the work? If Not, Why Not? While there is a tremendous amount of quality real estate apps for specific one-dimensional purposes, wouldn't you benefit from having all your key portfolio data and related performance metrics integrated in one place? Lease Administration, Transaction Managemen...

Reason to invest in CRE

Six (6) Reasons to Invest in Commercial Real Estate

Commercial real estate has always been one of the most reliable investment options, irrespective of the market cycles. According to studies, despite the havoc caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in most other sectors, CRE is still going strong. In addition to this, recent developments in the sector have opened doors for the next-gen...

Know your business denominator

Your Portfolio Denominator - Part 2

In our October blog we outlined the process for understanding your 'Portfolio Denominator'. As you know, managing real estate portfolios remains very complicated and now also integrates many aspects of operating, sales, HR, sustainability, and workplace data. Below we have provided additional perspectives along with processes fo...

Know your real estate and business better.

Do You Know Your Portfolio Denominator?

Managing real estate portfolios has, like almost everything else lately, become harder than ever. Changing work environments, employer and employee preferences, capital and real estate markets, fluid portfolio requirements, all with their respective high amount of data flow to say all these pressing aspects make your job chal...

Parking ratios with hybrid work schedules

Flexible Workdays: What About Flexible Parking Charges?

There are plenty of articles out there referencing a new 'hybrid work environment' as a result of the Covid pandemic. In fact we have written a few articles ourselves discussing how effective working from home can be, and we asked if and when employees are coming back to the office. However there are some topics related to flexi...

Make a Building Stacking Plan with Excel

How to Make a Building Stacking Plan using Excel in 6 Steps

Building Stacking Plans For Data Visualization Everyone who is responsible for multi-story buildings that house multiple tenants values a great stacking plan. They provide easy to understand data visualization as to which tenants are where, how much space they occupy and what their occupancy status is. They are much easier to...

Employee Coming Back To Office

Are employees ready to come back to the office?

As the 2021 summer is set to kick off on June 20, more and more businesses are hoping to use this time frame as the starting point to return to the office. Whether is it a slow transition process over the summer months or a hard target date, many companies feel this is the time to try to return to the office and attempt to get b...

Is Working Remotely Effective For My Business

Is Working Remotely Effective For Your Business? Can You Prove it?

Thank goodness the Covid pandemic seems to be finally coming to a closure here in the United States. Obviously depending on the state or county you work or reside in, the experience and timing is different. However, there does seem to be an overall feeling that people are heading back to the office. Or are they? As reopening pla...

Covid Ruined Golf

Covid Ruined Golf as We Know it - and other Funny Covid Issues

In pre-Covid Golf, courses were relatively easy to get tee times and play. Go online, find a time, sign up, play. With Covid, that has all changed due to the massive influx of new players (and we use that term loosely). Early in the crisis, people seemed to be working longer total hours while at home. With nowhere to go to or t...

Keep your passwords safe

10 Best Practices to Keep Your Passwords Safe

Passwords are not something to be taken lightly. You need a strong password to keep your online information safe. Here at Real Clear Software, we take data security very seriously and is a top priority. We believe that a client's data is essential to continued success and it is vital to protect that information. Unfortunately...

Retail Real Estate Portfolios

Your Retail Portfolio Needs Repositioning - Do You Have Tools to Get You There?

Every Retail Company Is Under Intense Operating Pressure. While some companies are benefiting, most are experiencing changes from strategic re-positioning to a complete contraction. Franchisors are transitioning from franchise development to franchisee protection. For real estate departments, the hard work has just begun. The p...