Apps have turn into commonplace in the actual property market and extra corporations and brokers are realizing the necessity for an app to maintain up with the calls for of the market.
Triangle, a self-guided property administration firm providing companies within the rental market with expertise in residence leasing, gross sales, and property administration, lately invested in {custom} property expertise to streamline its enterprise throughout the Austin actual property market.
They tapped Solwey Consulting, a software program design and improvement options supplier that delivers world-class e-commerce techniques, property expertise and monetary expertise functions, logistics administration techniques, progressive social networks, occasion administration platforms, and new CRMs. With restricted coding from a earlier developer, Triangle tasked Solwey with the endeavor to construct them an app.
On this Interview with TechBullion, Dr. Andrew Drach, throws extra mild into Solwey and the mission with Triangle from his workplace because the Chief Govt Officer of Solwey Consulting.
Please inform us a bit of extra about your self?
My identify is Dr. Andrew Drach and I’m the Chief Govt Officer of Solwey Consulting, an Austin-based boutique expertise consulting company. I’m a senior software program developer, information scientist and educational entrepreneur specializing in full-stack software program engineering, data-driven discoveries and decision-making. I maintain a Ph.D. in engineering and postdoctoral coaching in computational sciences and have 20-plus years of expertise in web site, cell app, e-commerce, SaaS and enterprise intelligence software program improvement.
What’s Solwey and what distinctive companies do you present?
Solwey Consulting affords expertise consulting companies and custom-tailored net and cell apps for e-commerce techniques, logistics administration platforms, social networks, proptech functions, occasion administration techniques, fintech functions and CRMs. Solwey offers managed companies, together with UI/UX design, frontend and backend software program improvement and testing, and information science for enterprise course of enchancment. We’ve designed our firm and companies in a boutique method in order that we could be a trusted advisor collaborating with our shoppers as if we have been a part of their group; clearly, their success would most positively be ours as nicely. Along with automated and focused guide testing, our promise of high quality is mirrored in my private signature and duty for each line of code that we submit.
Solwey offers full-stack app improvement companies on Android and iOS. How do you’re employed with high-quality advanced cell apps, any case research to share with us?
Solwey Consulting has developed an Android and iOS app for a property tech firm. The app makes use of id verification and sensible lock applied sciences for consumer self-tour companies, and it’s built-in with Google Maps for location companies and a database for data-driven analytics. Varied standards together with property info and site are offered for search and filtering of obtainable residential properties on the market or hire. The app additionally permits for interplay of finish customers (patrons/sellers and tenants/landlords) with their actual property brokers and restore/upkeep contractors.
What’s the international market measurement and stage of demand for actual property cell apps?
Inside the actual property trade cell apps are being utilized in residential and industrial property attempting to find sale or rental; in rental property administration; in assist of actual property brokers with search, collaboration, coordination, and authorized doc administration, and within the ever rising area of particular person or crowd investments. Within the first half of 2021, there have been 23 million installs of actual property cell apps (13.4M iOS, 9.7M Android) reported by Sensor Tower. Based on the 2021 Nationwide Affiliation of REALTORS®, 76 % of homebuyers used a cell or pill search gadget of their residence search, and 47 % of the realtors reported use of native MLS apps and expertise. For patrons/sellers, the principle demand is for property search and viewing companies, whereas for tenants/landlords, property administration and upkeep apps are extra in demand. Whereas presently, the e-signature and on-line doc administration techniques are the predominant apps utilized by realtors, there’s a rising demand for augmented actuality (AR) expertise to assist brokers achieve a aggressive edge.
Inform us extra about how Solwey helped Triangle with the event of an actual property app, what’s the nature of this mission?
Triangle is an actual property expertise startup firm, whose founders are skilled in residence leasing, gross sales, actual property legislation and property administration. Triangle is now providing the primary model of their property expertise functions, powered by Solwey Consulting. Triangle tasked Solwey with the endeavor to design and construct a number of apps for the residential gross sales and rental markets.
Solwey’s resolution for Triangle included:
Appearing as a trusted advisor to the Triangle group– offering enterprise technique, consulting and figuring out expertise distributors for third-party instruments.
Offering full-stack app improvement companies on Android and iOS with a number of superior expertise integrations together with id verification and sensible lock applied sciences for consumer self-tour companies, and Google Maps for location companies.
Producing a high-quality advanced cell app by way of automated testing and vital quantity of focused guide testing to make sure all consumer tales and the doable eventualities end in a seamless consumer expertise.
Solwey additionally acts as a trusted advisor to the Triangle group– offering normal steering, consulting and finding distributors, inform us extra about this?
Solwey has additionally carried out advert hoc duties for Triangle, corresponding to figuring out third-party distributors and evaluating their applied sciences that have been wanted for these apps. We additionally present enterprise technique steering and expertise consulting and thus are seen as a trusted advisor to the Triangle group.
Moreover, we’ve helped Triangle polish the app’s design and we’ve been instrumental in driving the app’s launch into app shops.
Who’re the brains behind the high-quality cell apps at Solwey and what makes you particular? Might you inform us extra about your group and buyer assist?
We delight ourselves on the truth that, at each stage, our group is extraordinarily hands-on with our shoppers. From myself to Monika Jociunaite, our Artistic Director; Nima Ostadi, our Chief Working Officer; Wes Johnson, our Software program Architect and DevOps Supervisor, we’re all concerned within the consulting, improvement and design, and testing and launching processes from begin to end.
For anybody who desires to develop a cell app, how will we get began with Solwey. Do you might have extra info for our readers in the present day?
We will help corporations of all sizes develop their enterprise and obtain their targets. Eighty % of our shoppers are return shoppers as a result of we offer distinctive expertise options and customer support. To get began with us, it’s so simple as sharing your targets and concepts with us by finishing our on-line type.
