Last week I attended the Realcomm conference in Orlando. It was a great event. The place was packed, the speakers were compelling, and the exhibition hall was filled with really exciting new tech. If you haven’t attended this conference in the past, I highly recommend attending it in the future. The who's who of the industry were all in attendance, and even though many of the attendees were competitors of each other, there was a sense of camaraderie and cooperation amongst everyone, which is one of the reasons why I love this industry so much. Although there were definitely some positive trends that I saw, my outlook on the CRE industry was bleak after the conference. Below is a summary of some of the takeaways that I left the event with.