Reading Time: 2 minutes From the moment you wake up in the morning, the house reacts to your needs. The automated lights turn on slowly to wake you up at a scheduled time. From the comfort of your bed, you switch on your coffee machine so your morning cup is fresh and hot by the time you arrive downstairs for breakfast. You enter the bathroom and stand in front of your intelligent mirror. The mirror’s reflective surface springs to life with all the information you need to kick-start your day, including the weather and the morning’s top news. The device also plays your favorite music so you are always guaranteed to start the day in a good mood. After getting ready, you go to the kitchen for breakfast where your smart refrigerator alerts you that you are nearly out of milk. With the tap of a finger on the fridge’s touch screen, you can…

Reading Time: 2 minutes A significant surge in exports was recorded in Bangladesh for the most part, due to garment sales. $2.85 billion is the current value of clothing exports, a major source of income for the country. Total exports for the eight months that ran from July to February totaled $22.12 billion, which was an increase of 8.9%. This is a very positive bellwether for the greater economy. Bangladesh is now the second largest exporter of apparels in the world, close behind China. So what effect will this have on the macro economy? Prices to rent Currently the price to rent ratio is 27.33 in the city center according to the latest statistics from Numbeo.com, outside of the city center that drops to 21.76. That is very high for the region. An average one bedroom apartment to rent is around $157 per month, with that dropping to $96 outside of the city center.…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Technology can make your life easier across the board. As a real estate professional you should have a bag of tools that ensure clients can reach you whenever they need. Gadgetry has gotten very sophisticated. If you consider yourself a real estate agent that is ahead of the game, you need to have these in your locker. DJI Phantom 2 V2 + GoPro HERO 4 Black ($399) The DJI Phantom 2 V2 is now even better and will allow you to take sublime aerial shots of your properties. The quadrocopter is worth trying out and is very simple to use. The Wi-Fi reaches a distance of over 300 meters and that can be extended with a Wi-Fi Range Extender. The price is not too bad considering you will be controlling your very own drone. In terms of the camera, a GoPro will suit well. The Hero4 Black will take your…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Is there a time and a place for robotics? We have all seen the videos online of robots doing incredible human-like activities, but with increased efficiency; so should we mortal humans be afraid? We take a look at the impact robots will have on real estate. Robotics is the trending topic in technology at the moment, many of the large corporations like Microsoft are trailblazing artificial intelligence (AI) research. The bounty for the first company to really make a dent could be worth a billion dollars. Like with every big advancement in technology, there lie proponents on both sides of the fence. On the plus side, as Barack Obama recently signed a memorandum about, you have the mesmerizing progressions that will be made possible in healthcare technology. They are now talking about a moonshot to cure cancer; this being made possible big quantum leaps in how data and trends can…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The average consumer by the time he reaches the age of eighty leaves behind a minimum of 14,400 plastic bottles in his wake. This has devastating effects on the environment. Plastic takes hundreds of years to erode and will never actually fully disappear. The plastic waste often ends up in the stomachs of fish and birds, resulting in undue harm. The Plastic Bottle Village might be a way to curb this wanton destruction of our environment. Such villages are designed to be built in harmony with nature. At the forefront of this movement is Colon Island, the main island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago in Panama. With over 150,000 tourists visiting each year, the plastic village is a response to the increasing waste left by visitors to the beautiful island.   Environmentally friendly A typical 100 square meter house is built using 14,000 recycled plastic bottles. The reuse of…