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When Property Data Sources Disagree, What Should a Site Selector Trust?
Listing portals, broker flyers, and county records rarely agree on the same property. The record to trust is the one closest to its primary source and most recently confirmed.
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What Site Selectors Actually See When They Search Your Market: A Data-Quality Scorecard
Long before an RFI arrives, site selectors are screening civic organizations' websites against a checklist, and missing or stale data is the fastest way to get cut. This piece breaks down what selectors look for first, from filterable property databases and site-level specs to workforce data, incentive matrices, named contacts, and visible "last verified" dates. It explains why data quality now outweighs fundamentals in early screening, and it includes an eight-category scorecard civic teams can use to grade their own market. It closes with why that data is so hard for small EDO teams to maintain manually and what changes when it's continuously verified.
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The Resimplifi Report | Issue 07, September 2026
Issue 07 tackles the phantom listing problem, properties that show as "available" long after a deal closes, using West Virginia's 75% database inaccuracy audit to illustrate the credibility cost and how to fix it through continuous source-direct verification. This issue also spotlights Wolfforth Economic Development Corporation on presenting accurate, well-organized data to site selectors, rounds up three notable reads from Ohio, Georgia, and West Virginia's economic development scene, and recaps Associate's August 27th release, a redesigned map workspace, AI-assisted search, unified property detail pages, and richer demographics reporting. It closes with upcoming stops on the conference circuit: ICSC Western, the CREi Summit, and CMLS Open House.
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The Phantom Listing Problem: How Many "Available" Properties on Economic Development Sites Are Already Off the Market
Properties that have already leased, sold, or been withdrawn can still appear available on your site. Here’s why phantom listings persist, how they damage credibility, and a six-step audit to find and remove them.
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The Resimplifi Report | Issue 06 - August 2026
Issue 06 features a new practical guide to AI adoption in commercial real estate, breaking down why most implementations stall and what actually fixes it. This issue also recaps the August 6 CENSAI webinar, spotlights Resimplifi's partnership with the Great Lakes Economic Development Council, covers three new syndication partners, and closes with two big honors: a Top 50 spot on the 2026 SC Fastest Growing Companies list and a place in the top 20% of the Inc. 5000.
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Implementing AI in Commercial Real Estate: A Practical Guide to Adoption and Accuracy
A practical guide to applying AI in commercial real estate: start with useful workflows, train people for their actual work, establish clear guardrails, and build on verified data.
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Better Prompting Is How CRE Organizations Turn AI Into Real Leverage
Most CRE teams have tried AI, and the disappointing attempts tend to stick, usually chalked up to the tool "not understanding the business." This piece argues the real issue is almost always the input, not the model, and breaks down the three layers that separate generic AI filler from client-ready output: the prompt, the context, and the workflow around it.
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Faster Deals, Stronger Markets: What AI Means for the Future of Commercial Real Estate
AI is reshaping when brokers create value, how civic organizations compete for site selection attention, and whether CRE data platforms become invisible infrastructure behind smarter deal workflows.
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The Resimplifi Report | Issue 04 - June 2026
Inside Issue 04: Resimplifi Agent is live, what AI means for brokers and civic organizations, JobsOhio on state-level data, and three reads shaping CRE and economic development.
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The Bad Data Tax: How Inaccurate Listings Actually Cost You Money
Every organization working with CRE data is paying some version of the bad data tax. Here's how it compounds across operations, deal flow, and reputation, why most data solutions don't fully solve it, and what backend verification actually looks like.
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The Resimplifi Report | Issue 03 - May 2026
Inside Issue 03: previewing Resimplifi at ICSC Las Vegas, introducing View Pro, the hidden cost of inaccurate listings, a client spotlight on Forward Forsyth, and three reads on Austin, California's labor market, and the outdoor recreation economy.
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Why Site Selectors Dismiss Markets with Incomplete Data
Site selection is an elimination tournament, and the first cut happens before your community ever gets a call. Here is how the funnel actually works and what genuine data readiness requires.
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The Resimplifi Report | Issue 02 - April 2026
Inside Issue 02: how the early-stage screening process eliminates most markets, our Dewey partnership, Q1 platform updates, and Resimplifi's recognition as one of Inc.'s 2026 Fastest-Growing Companies.
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The Resimplifi Report | Issue 01 - March 2026
A new monthly update from the Resimplifi team with CRE data insights, client results, curated reading, and the events shaping March 2026.
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