Commercial Investment Real Estate

NOV-DEC 2012

Commercial Investment Real Estate is the magazine of the CCIM Institute, the leading provider of commercial real estate education. CIRE covers market trends, current developments, and business strategies within the commercial real estate field.

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TECHNOLOGYSOLUTIONS Excel-lent Apps by Dennis LaMantia s 20 November | December | 2012 Speed and portability make tablets a good laptop substitute for commercial real estate pro- fessionals, but they lack some essential business apps that would make them the ideal on- the-go tech tool. Among these is a native Microsoft Excel app that is capable of running macros and other advanced Excel func- tions. This shortfall is especially critical for CCIMs, who have been trained to use Excel-based fi nancial tools in the Institute's courses. Rumors about a Microsoſt Offi ce app have fl oated around the Internet during the past year. In mid-2012, Microsoſt announced its new Surface tablet, which includes Excel and went on sale in October. For commercial real estate pros who have already invested in a tablet and aren't ready to replace it with the Microsoſt Surface or Commercial Investment Real Estate Saul Gravy/Getty Images

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