Come together, right now. Over Agorafy!

Real estate helps bring us all together. People connect through real estate. That is why, fundamentally, we are so passionate about real estate at Agorafy. Land and buildings are where we begin to make our homes, site or locate our businesses, and gather with family, friends and neighbors. The real estate industry itself joins us through commerce, opportunities to collaborate, and chances to work towards shared goals. Moreover, the topic of real estate unites us in discussion and debate over how our neighborhoods grow, develop and improve for the future. While at cynical moments "real estate" may become synonymous with a business transaction involving dirt, its meaning tends to hold much greater significance. Real estate serves a broad role within our society and plays an important part in helping form, mold, and grow our communities. Nowadays, communities take shape in any number of ways. For instance, some communities are location-based. These communities may be characterized by geographic boundaries, like specific neighborhood designations or within larger defined borders. Other communities are practice or profession-based, geared towards a trade, association or employment type. Yet others may be considered interest-based, focused on a common cause, belief, or shared hobby. Moreover, there are real and virtual communities, compliments of the Internet. Overall, where there is a sense of fellowship based on shared characteristics, you may find a community. Real estate can connect us geographically, professionally, and through interest. Thus, it is no surprise that the notion of "community" remains a core social concept underpinning the real estate industry. By coming together based on common goals, interests and shared characteristics, our community members assemble, conduct business, and build facilities to meet peoples' needs and support their day-to-day interactions. The real estate profession, in fact, is fully invested in connecting people and places to help form and support healthy and thriving communities. Real estate professionals live and work locally and assist in speeding personal and business connections for community members. These relationships are the building blocks of our society, and tend to be vital in spurring commerce that contributes to local, regional, and national economic growth. But, isn't it also time that the real estate industry had a truly modern, virtual home to support the community? Enter Agorafy, your modern, online real estate marketplace. Our platform was built by, for, and with the real estate community in mind. Our team has constructed an online platform for real estate professionals to quickly search, market, and connect with colleagues and the public. Agorafy provides: (1) accurate residential and commercial real estate data and property details on one site to help inform decisions, (2) an open platform to broadly market available properties, company brands and projects, and professional expertise, and (3) powerful tools and features to search available properties, research market conditions, and quickly connect with interested parties. By providing a truly open, online real estate marketplace, we hope to better unite the real estate industry's stakeholders, elevate the visibility of the talented professionals within the industry, and further strengthen the bonds that link our "real estate community." This way, real estate professionals can continue to form and build the relationships that support all aspects of our communities. Real estate, in many ways, defines our local borders. It houses our families and businesses. Real estate provides new and exciting meeting areas to work, study, create, perform or sit and discuss causes, interests, and associations. With the right technology, communities are able to quickly assemble virtually around common goals, interests and shared characteristics, offering amazing possibilities! Join Agorafy's real estate marketplace and start unlocking those possibilities today! Richard Du is the founder and CEO of Agorafy, New York, N.Y.