What are the main technology risks for commercial real estate firms?

The recurring risks are compromised email and fraudulent payment instructions, unmanaged devices, uncontrolled access to records and backups that have never been tested. We rank them for your office and address the most consequential first.

Do you offer a trial or a free consultation?

We offer a free thirty-minute consultation with a senior advisor. After that, you can start with a fixed-scope project such as a security assessment, with no lock-in.

ITRE is led by Ali Sedighi, MBA, of SAZ.ca and Sedighi.ca, who has more than seventeen years of delivery experience. Engagements are overseen by senior advisors, not handed to junior staff.

Can you work alongside our existing IT provider?

Yes. Many firms use us as a co-managed partner or as an independent reviewer. We document findings in plain language and cooperate with your current provider on any changes.

How much does IT support cost for commercial real estate firms?

Managed IT starts at $89 to $199 per user per month, projects from $2,500, advisory retainers from $1,500 per month and security assessments from $1,900. 5% GST is added and new clients receive a 10% launch discount.

IT for Commercial Real Estate Firms

A real estate specialist for commercial real estate firms

Reliable technology for commercial brokerages, leasing teams and investment sales firms. The pressures on commercial real estate firms are specific: confidential landlord and tenant information shared too broadly, and heavy reliance on mobile devices and public networks. ITRE brings senior-led advice and practical delivery to those problems, under the oversight of Ali Sedighi, MBA, with a clear standard and a plain-language report each month.

Where the pressure falls

Confidential landlord and tenant information shared too broadly
Heavy reliance on mobile devices and public networks
Market data subscriptions managed without oversight
Multi-office firms with different local standards
Marketing packages and offering memoranda distributed without tracking

Regulation and context

BCFSA licensing requirements
FINTRAC obligations
PIPEDA and BC PIPA
Confidentiality agreements with clients

We do not provide legal advice. We build the technical controls and evidence your lawyer or compliance officer specifies.

Systems commonly in use

Salesforce
Microsoft 365
Market data platforms
Data room tools

Services most relevant to commercial real estate firms

The services we deliver most often to commercial real estate firms are Brokerage Managed IT, Cloud for Brokerages, Microsoft 365 for Real Estate and Strata Technology. We assemble them into a programme sized for your firm, so you pay for what addresses your risks and not for a catalogue. Each service page describes scope, deliverables and starting prices, and your advisor will help prioritise.

What good looks like

Example scenario: a commercial leasing firm distributes offering packages through tracked, expiring data rooms and requires multi-factor authentication on every device that holds landlord financials. The scenario is illustrative and does not describe a specific client. It shows how a small, disciplined improvement can protect a transaction, a trust account or a relationship.

Compliance support and cost

Commercial Real Estate Firms must keep in view BCFSA licensing requirements, FINTRAC obligations, PIPEDA and BC PIPA and Confidentiality agreements with clients. Our work supports those obligations with systems and evidence; interpretation remains with your lawyer or compliance officer. Starting prices are $89 to $199 per user per month, $2,500 for projects, $1,500 per month for senior advisory and $1,900 for an assessment, plus 5% GST, with a 10% launch discount for new clients.

Where commercial real estate firms are exposed

Three themes recur when we review commercial real estate firms: access that has grown without oversight, payments and documents that travel by email, and records that nobody can retrieve quickly. In practice that looks like confidential landlord and tenant information shared too broadly, and heavy reliance on mobile devices and public networks. The remedies are procedural as much as technical, and we implement both.

Systems we typically support

Commercial Real Estate Firms commonly depend on Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Market data platforms and Data room tools. We support these as they are, adding the identity, backup, monitoring and integration layers that make them dependable. Where a platform is a poor fit we explain the alternatives and the cost of change before recommending anything.

Questions and answers

What are the main technology risks for commercial real estate firms?: The recurring risks are compromised email and fraudulent payment instructions, unmanaged devices, uncontrolled access to records and backups that have never been tested. We rank them for your office and address the most consequential first.
Do you offer a trial or a free consultation?: We offer a free thirty-minute consultation with a senior advisor. After that, you can start with a fixed-scope project such as a security assessment, with no lock-in.
Who leads the work?: ITRE is led by Ali Sedighi, MBA, of SAZ.ca and Sedighi.ca, who has more than seventeen years of delivery experience. Engagements are overseen by senior advisors, not handed to junior staff.
Can you work alongside our existing IT provider?: Yes. Many firms use us as a co-managed partner or as an independent reviewer. We document findings in plain language and cooperate with your current provider on any changes.
How much does IT support cost for commercial real estate firms?: Managed IT starts at $89 to $199 per user per month, projects from $2,500, advisory retainers from $1,500 per month and security assessments from $1,900. 5% GST is added and new clients receive a 10% launch discount.