Guides, comparisons and practical notes on real estate software, development, sales and management.
2026-09-08
What software a corporate real estate team needs to evaluate and steer owner-occupied group property from one place: the five figures per site, the decisions they feed, the tool categories, and where REPM fits.
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How to choose a property management platform for a large multifamily portfolio: the four workloads that decide it, what Aareon, Haufe, DOMUS, iX-Haus and Immoware24 are each good at, and where a portfolio layer fits.
Read2026-08-15
Most CRE software was built for landlords, so tenant rep software is really a landlord CRM in disguise. Here is what breaks, and what tenant-side-native means.
Read2026-08-14
A practitioner's guide to the tenant representation process, from space requirement and market survey to net effective rent, negotiation and a signed lease.
Read2026-08-13
How tenant representation software models the deal on Microsoft Dataverse: requirement, market survey, options, net effective rent, lease and commission.
Read2026-07-19
Invoiced costs are the last number to move. Why committed costs catch an overrun months earlier, and why a Nachtrag needs its own approval rather than a silent edit.
Read2026-07-18
A developer's software has to be good at one asset in depth. An asset manager's has to aggregate many at once, quarter after quarter, without a rebuild each time.
Read2026-07-17
Tenant rep software compared: AscendixRE, Occupier, LeaseUp, RealNex, AnthemIQ, Gravitate and REPM. What occupier-side tools must do - requirement, market survey, proposal comparison, commission - and how to choose.
Read2026-07-17
Most German portal traffic runs through a handful of names, and most of it speaks OpenImmo. What that covers, what still needs a fixed connector, and where inquiries end up.
Read2026-07-16
What a GP catch-up is, where it sits in the distribution waterfall, and how a 100% vs partial catch-up changes carried interest. With worked examples for private equity and real estate funds.
Read2026-07-16
How much rent a landlord can add after modernization work, what costs actually count, the per-square-metre cap that applies regardless, and the notice requirement.
Read2026-07-16
A corporate real estate team needs different portfolio analysis than an investor: cost per site, lease versus own, ESG and space. The tool categories, compared honestly.
Read2026-07-15
Your GoBD retention duty does not belong to your software vendor. What a typical SaaS export window actually promises, and why the contract term matters before any of it is tested.
Read2026-07-14
Why lenders test debt yield alongside DSCR, how a longer amortization schedule can flatter one and not the other, and what happens when a covenant trips.
Read2026-07-13
Compare the best onOffice alternatives for 2026: five options for developers, owner-operators and landlords, with honest pricing.
Read2026-07-13
How the German security deposit actually works: the three-month cap on cold rent, the escrow and interest rule, paying in installments, and a realistic return timeline.
Read2026-07-12
Landlord software or a spreadsheet? A practical tipping point by unit count: index rents, prepayments and the annual statement, and what to test for free.
Read2026-07-12
A buyer's guide to real estate investment software: deal calculators vs portfolio suites vs a lifecycle system of record, the return metrics, and an FAQ.
Read2026-07-11
How the German Nebenkostenabrechnung works: deadlines, the 17 recoverable cost types, allocation keys and required content, step by step from one record.
Read2026-07-11
Compare the best real estate portfolio management software for 2026 by fit, features and price, from developer cost control to landlord tools.
Read2026-07-09
What the GoBD require of German real estate firms: revisionssicher archiving, immutability, the Verfahrensdokumentation and retention periods.
Read2026-07-02
How REPM runs on Microsoft Dataverse: role-based security, field-level access, auditing, EU data residency, Power BI, Web API and your own tenant.
Read2026-06-30
A plain explanation of real estate portfolio management software, what it covers, and how development and property management belong in one system.
Read2026-06-30
How a property system publishes, updates and withdraws listings on ImmobilienScout24, and why one source of truth beats re-keying.
Read2026-06-25
OpenImmo XML reaches most German portals via transfer folders; the ImmoScout24 API is real-time but IS24-only. Coverage, media and effort compared.
Read2026-06-18
What the 2020 WEG reform changed: the administrator's duties, how owners pass resolutions, Hausgeld, the Wirtschaftsplan, and key deadlines.
Read2026-06-11
How to calculate an index-linked rent under section 557b BGB: the VPI formula, a worked example, the text-form notice rules, and common mistakes.
Read2026-06-04
How a real-estate fund or JV splits cash between GP and LP: return of capital, 8 percent preferred return, GP catch-up, then the 80/20 promote.
Read2026-05-21
NOI, cap rate, DSCR and IRR defined with worked numbers, how they relate, and why they belong on one asset record not a spreadsheet.
Read2026-05-07
The eight DIN 276 cost groups (KG 100 to KG 800), the three detail levels and six cost stages, plus how REPM turns them into a live cost cockpit.
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