Alexander Bates, Realtor

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COMING SOON! 491 Dutton St, unit 319, Lowell, MA. Officially coming to market this Wednesday with the first open houses being this upcoming weekend. Please message me for details.
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Technology innovation is something that fascinates me and it's amazing to see how quickly technology becomes more apart of our daily lifestyle.

Furthermore, this article does a great job in explaining the increase in demand for home improvements, specifically kitchen remodeling, during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Future of Kitchen Design Is Hands-Free and Smartphone-Activated Touchless technology, voice automation and app-controlled appliances are bringing kitchens into the digital age.

Great article regarding the leading firm using "Ibuying". It will be interesting to see how firms like this innovate and change over the years to come and how they will effect the industry as a whole.

For those new to the concept of iBuyers, they essentially use an algorithm to do valuations of properties and buy/place offers on properties within 6-8% of their price and charge a fee off the sale price, similar to a Realtor. This particular firm accounted for .5% of the US property sales last year.

Although some see them as a threat, I welcome the innovation into the industry and am interested to see how Realtors and Ibuyer companies will coexist in the future.

Opendoor Launches IPO, Begins Trading on Nasdaq Opendoor’s value soared to $18 billion after merging with S**C. It’s now trading publicly on Nasdaq.

Fascinating read by my good friend Jack Argiro

Machine Learning & Real Estate Machine Learning & Real Estate Real estate valuations are unique when compared to other assets, as they- on average- change hands less often, yielding to much more question in the