A recent article in the WSJ covers how Amazon is partnering with property managers and property owners to put Alexa and other smart home technology in multi-family and other rentals. I see a long list of pros and cons...

So there's been some major adopting starting up with major real estate management and development builders when it comes to units preinstalled with smart home devices. Putting in a smart devices doesn't have to be a b...

Hey everyone. I know some of you, like me, use the SmartThings hub to control various smart devices in your STR's. Samsung will be migrating to a different platform. This has been coming for awhile now but not a lot o...

I connect my Smart TV's to the 2nd channel on my dual band routers.  The first channel is for the tenants to connect their own devices to.  Any other smartypants on here do the same?

Hey Guys,I am a IoT Integrator who primarily sells and installs Nest, Eero, Honeywell, Cujo and moreproducts. I am specifically involved in the residential sector.One of my big warnings is Cyber Security and keeping p...

I am building 2 new homes.  They are side by side.  Simple homes.  Build will cost around 130k, sale will be around 160k.  The are in the infant stage.  We are pouring the foundation this week.  I am thinking about do...

I'm in the process of renovating my latest rental house.  I've been thinking about Smart-Home features which would be beneficial to a landlord as opposed to wiz-bang cool features to attract tenants. Specifically, I'm...

Does anyone use or see any benefit from having smart home technologies in their rental properties? Obviously, it depends on the quality of the home. My rentals are class B neighborhood type homes and small apartments....

Hi All, I've been reading posts here like crazy as I'm in the process of setting up my first STR and I'm overwhelmed/stuck on how to pick a combination of devices and platform to manage this house that's about 2.5 hou...

Good day all,I wanted to put out some feelers to investors in the DFW area, primarily those who are building and flipping, but even those doing rentals if there is interest.The DFW area has become a bit saturated with...