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REAL ESTATE IT Β· BROKERAGE + PM Β· WIRE-FRAUD DEFENSE

Real Estate & Property Management

Brokerages, property managers, and developers β€” secured against the wire-fraud, business-email-compromise wave hitting your industry.

Secure communication and document management solutions for real estate professionals and property management companies.

GDPRState Real Estate Laws

Brokerages, property managers, REITs, and developers across Vancouver, Toronto (incl. condo developers), South Florida, Orlando, and LA.

$446MReal estate wire-fraud losses (FBI IC3 2022)
0 BECWire-fraud losses across our real estate client base since 2023
100%Of our brokerage clients meet provincial / state record-retention rules
What you can count on

93% of tickets touched within 15 minutes. 100% of after-hours messages acknowledged the same business day. Every engagement staffed by a named senior engineer.

What we see in real estate & property management

Pain you're probably already feeling.

Wire fraud is now the #1 cyber loss in real estate.

Business Email Compromise (BEC) targeting real estate transactions cost over $446M in 2022 according to FBI IC3. Closing-day wire instructions get intercepted, swapped, and the funds disappear. The fix is verified communication channels + email security with anti-impersonation + closing-agent training. We deploy all three.

Your brokerage runs on shared inboxes and mobile.

Listing agents, transaction coordinators, escrow officers, lenders β€” all communicating across a shared inbox someone left logged in on their personal phone. Standard MFA + conditional access + mobile management closes the most common breach vector in your industry.

Provincial / state real estate boards have IT requirements you didn't know existed.

BC Real Estate Council, Ontario RECO, California DRE, Florida DBPR β€” all have published or implied IT-related rules around client trust funds, transaction documents, and electronic record retention. Most brokerages have never seen the relevant section. We have.

What we install on day one.

Secure Business Messaging

Encrypted instant messaging and file sharing

Included
Email & Communication SecurityMessagingEncryption

Why this matters for real

  • Insecure business communications
  • File sharing security risks
  • Compliance in messaging platforms
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VoIP Security & Management

Secure voice communications and call management

Included
Email & Communication SecurityVoIPVoice Security

Why this matters for real

  • VoIP fraud and toll fraud
  • Call eavesdropping and interception
  • Service availability and quality
Learn more

Collaboration Platform Security

Secure Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Zoom environments

Included
Email & Communication SecurityCollaborationTeams Security

Why this matters for real

  • Unsecured video conferencing
  • Data leaks in collaboration tools
  • Unauthorized access to meetings
Learn more

Mobile Device Management (MDM)

Comprehensive mobile security and device management

Included
Endpoint & Device SecurityMDMMobile Security

Why this matters for real

  • Mobile device security risks
  • BYOD policy enforcement
  • App management and security
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Data Archiving & Retention

Intelligent data lifecycle management and archiving

Included
Business Continuity & BackupData ArchivingLifecycle Management

Why this matters for real

  • Growing storage costs
  • Compliance retention requirements
  • Data lifecycle management
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Compliance, line by line

What each framework actually asks for β€” and what we do about it.

Provincial / state real estate board rules

What it requires

Varies β€” BC RECBC, Ontario RECO, California DRE, Florida DBPR β€” generally cover trust account handling, electronic record retention (5-7 years), agent-supervision documentation.

How we help

Per-jurisdiction control catalog; documented retention schedules; agent supervision audit trail; ready evidence binder for board inspector visits.

PIPEDA / state consumer-data laws (client + tenant data)

What it requires

Lawful basis for collection, breach notification, DSAR workflow, retention limits.

How we help

Data inventory across listing system, transaction system, property management system; documented retention; breach runbook tied to GC + senior broker.

Anti-money-laundering (FINTRAC, FinCEN)

What it requires

Brokerages must verify identity of buyers/sellers/tenants for transactions over thresholds; documented compliance program; suspicious-transaction reporting.

How we help

We don't run AML compliance, but we secure the document chain (identity verification storage, transaction records, agent-side encryption) the AML team relies on.

Additional compliance services

Secure Email Encryption

End-to-end email encryption and digital signatures

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Microsoft Azure Management

Comprehensive Azure security and management

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Serverless Security

Security for serverless and function-based applications

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Free self-serve tools

Score your risk. Price your downtime. No call required.

Two short diagnostics built by our senior engineers. Answer a handful of questions, get a scored report with next steps β€” yours to keep either way.

Questions we always get

Before the call.

Straight answers so the health-check call can skip the basics.

Do you support our brokerage / transaction management platform (Skyslope, Dotloop, Brokermint, Lone Wolf, Pertinent, Buildium, AppFolio)?

Yes β€” all major brokerage and property-management platforms. We don't replace them; we secure access, manage user provisioning, integrate with your CRM + accounting, and coordinate vendor support.

How do you defend against wire-fraud / closing-day BEC?

Three controls: (1) email security with anti-impersonation + DMARC enforcement (catches the attempt); (2) verified out-of-band wire instructions (a phone call to a number from your records, not the email); (3) closing-agent training (the human catches what tech misses). All three deployed within 30 days of onboarding.

Can you handle multi-office brokerages with hundreds of agents?

Yes β€” hub-and-spoke with per-office device + identity inventory, agent-by-agent compliance dashboards, per-team SharePoint sites with engagement templates, and a central operations dashboard for the broker-of-record.

What about property management β€” multi-property tenant data?

Standard for our PM clients: tenant data isolation per property, per-property reporting, integration with your PM platform (AppFolio, Buildium, Yardi, Rent Manager), and tenant-portal security including MFA.

Do you do REITs and developer organizations too?

Yes β€” REITs and developers carry additional securities-law and SOC 2 considerations. We've taken REIT clients through SOC 2 Type II in 9-12 weeks and run their ongoing IT operations on a managed-services contract.

Ready for real estate & property managementIT that doesn't surprise you?

Free 90-minute health check. Scored roadmap. A real senior engineer. No sales maze.