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Document automation is nothing new. Microsoft Word has been helping us for decades with features like mail merge, but despite years of technological advancements, the commercial real estate industry has not been able to truly benefit. Why is that, you ask? The simple answer is because the commercial leasing process is different. And much more […]

Version Control is a set of features that brings property owners and tenants together on the same cloud-based lease-drafting platform to streamline edits, eliminate the confusing redline process, and take conversations out of email and into an environment that makes collaboration easy.

Expectations Versus Reality A Constant Struggle for Attorneys Client Review By Gabriel Safar We’ve all been there, setting what are seemingly realistic expectations for an event — like a fun family beach vacation. But then, the reality is that it rains the whole trip and the kids constantly fight. Forces outside of your personal control […]

If you’ve ever spilled a glass of milk, congratulations! You’re familiar with what physicists call entropy. And if you’re not a barbarian who leaves spilled milk on the floor, you’re also familiar with the fact that cleaning up the milk is going to take some energy/work. Entropy describes what is essentially a natural tendency for […]

“How does LeasePilot actually work?”   “What’s the difference between LeasePilot and other document automation tools like A, B, and C?” These are questions we get all the time, and answering them in a way that is clear, concise, and not overly-technical is a challenge. LeasePilot doesn’t quite fit into an existing product category, so […]

The commercial lease drafting and revision process is a waiting game: The tenant waits for the first draft. Then you wait for the tenant’s lawyers to review. Then you wait for everybody on both sides to find time get on a conference call to negotiate changes. Rinse and repeat for every round of negotiation. Ask […]

Last week, LeasePilot Co-founder and CEO Gabriel Safar joined Chris Rising on “The Real Market” podcast to talk about the intersection of tech and commercial real estate leasing. The two discuss the common roadblocks leasing professionals face and how tech offers solutions. Listen to the podcast: iPhone users can use this link to stream the […]

Few CRE tech buzzwords command more investor interest than Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s the new hot thing. And while AI is an undeniably exciting technology, does it deserve the hype it gets? For some applications, the answer is unequivocally, “yes.” For others, AI may be more trouble than it’s worth. In the case of lease […]

If reading the words, “turn your in-house legal department into a profit center” makes you raise an eyebrow, you aren’t alone. Short of turning lawyers into part-time salespeople, how could a legal department focusing on leasing generate new revenue for a commercial real estate company? Here’s how one LeasePilot customer did it: Background The company, […]

Where Part 1 of our interview with Boston Properties’ EVP Bryan Koop focused primarily on what FLEX by BXP is and the business case for the experiment, Part 2 focuses on success metrics, the tenant experience, and what happens when you mix the flip-flops and t-shirts of tech culture with the suits and ties of […]