GlobeSt.com: How do you approach automated tenant maintenance, mobile inspections and procure to pay?

Shaw: We have worked very diligently to implement Yardi based software solutions. Yardi clearly provides market-leading solutions for commercial property management. I think what separates us from the majority of real estate service providers is that we are willing to invest the time and energy into implementing the solutions. We have been committed to helping Yardi test and design future software solutions to streamline the business of property management.

GlobeSt.com: What types of risks are you continuing to take with new technologies?

Shaw: We are never satisfied with where we are at. We are constantly looking for ways to become more efficient and to provide additional value to our clients, tenants and valued vendors. Because of this corporate attitude we have opened our minds to listening to all sorts of solutions. We are not afraid to invest in new ideas if the ideas are moving us forward. We realize that we cannot go at this alone so we have strategically aligned ourselves with YARDI and Gelb Group Consulting. Having a market leading software provider and world class consulting team is imperative to effectively implementing the new technologies.

GlobeSt.com: And how are you educating and sharing this knowledge with the industry?

Shaw: When time allows we share these solutions at various conferences around the United States. The idea is to share these technologies with the real estate community to make our industry better. Real Estate management is not the easiest field but with the different technology that is now available, it can become much more efficient. I recently spoke at the RealComm conference in Las Vegas and shared our insight on technology for small to medium-sizes businesses.