Tech Nest: The Proptech Podcast (Nate Smoyer)
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| 22 Aug 2023 | Increasing Revenue and Response Times for Property Managers with Ethan Lieber, CEO of Latchel | 00:53:20 | |
Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter -- Ethan Lieber is the Co-founder and CEO of Latchel, a proptech based in Seattle that is working to improve property management companies' response times, as well as helping property managers achieve incremental revenue through resident benefits. Often times property management companies find themselves having to choose between delivering great service to residents or protecting margins of their business. Ethan breaks all this down, and how Latchel is building a solution. We cover a range of topics in this interview including what are resident benefits packages, resident NPS, challenges with smart home devices as a property manager, benefits of going through Y-Combinator as a startup, and more.
Latchel is a tech-forward property management business that was accepted into the Y Combinator program in 2019 (with alumni companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, Doordash and Stripe). We completed our Series A funding (led by F-Prime) in 2021. Renters today expect better service, more perks, and faster maintenance than most property managers can afford to provide. Latchel is a software platform that enables property managers to be more responsive and offer better perks while also creating a new revenue stream so they don't have to choose between happy tenants and a healthy bottom line. | |||
| 01 Jan 2019 | S3E26: Tech Nest Season 3 Kickoff Show | 00:17:51 | |
You can always reach Nate Smoyer at nate@realteampanda.com. Learn more about his agency at realteampanda.com. | |||
| 20 May 2019 | S4E45 Interview with Michael Driedger, CEO of Operto | 00:52:01 | |
Our founders both sought to improve wellbeing for people and the world we live in, but from diverse perspectives: green architecture and brain fitness. These unique paths converged thanks to a shared love of technology, sustainability, and travel. Operto was born from a desire to make life better for property managers, who are the busiest people we’ve ever met. Originally called Slickspaces, our first goal was to reduce the environmental impact and energy consumption of short-term vacation rentals. Like many problems, it was simple in theory but challenging to solve. Convincing guests to turn off lights and thermostats was impossible, so we turned to technology - using smart locks to automate the process. These early days of managing guest access revealed a much greater need. Property managers were spending countless hours getting guests in and out of their properties. They had almost no visibility into the status of their units and no centralized system from which to operate. While smart home technology was becoming increasingly common, nothing brought solutions together to create a truly cooperative ecosystem. That seed brought us to where we are today: the world’s leading operating system for property managers across the full spectrum of guest accommodations. | |||
| 01 Oct 2018 | S2E18 Interview with James Green, Founder of Offer To Close | 01:15:25 | |
Connect with James and learn more about Offer To Close jgreen@offertoclose.com Check out Offer To Close's YouTube channel for special tips and suggestions! | |||
| 12 Jul 2022 | Resident-First Property Management with Marcela Sapone, CEO of Alfred | 00:52:08 | |
More about Marcela and Alfred Alfred is the largest and most advanced residential management platform. Since its inception, Alfred has focused on providing a resident-first experience. With an unparalleled knowledge of what residents want and technology that boosts income and efficiency for owners and operators, Alfred provides a single stop that elevates the rental ecosystem for all involved. Named by Fast Company as one of the Top 50 Most Innovative Companies, Alfred's AOS technology drives lower operating costs and higher returns for property owners and operators. Alfred's portfolio now extends to more than 300,000 residents in 52 cities across the U.S. and Canada. | |||
| 31 Oct 2023 | Unlocking New Infill Opportunities, One Lot at a Time with Ben Bear, CEO and Co-founder of BuildCasa | 00:46:25 | |
Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter -- Solving housing affordability challenges is going to take many approaches. Ben Bear joins us to discuss the strategy his company, BuildCasa, is executing in several California markets. BuildCasa addresses housing affordability by unlocking unused land in neighborhoods. BuildCasa buys extra lot land from homeowners, sub-divides, and prepares the land for a new home to be built. This approach is helping existing homeowners realize significant financial gains from their unused land, and is added inventory to local markets where new homes are increasingly tough to find. Ben answers a few of the obvious questions I had such as how does this affect future values for the homeowner selling the land, and what is the total market opportunity to sub-divide land from homeowners and to build on (hint: it's probably more than you think!). More about Ben and BuildCasa BuildCasa pays homeowners cash for their unused lot space. The company handles the entire permitting process to split the lot and partners with a local developer to then build a home. This creates a financial windfall for homeowners while helping solve the affordability crisis in desirable neighborhoods. | |||
| 13 Dec 2023 | Boosting Short-Term Rental Revenue Through Upsells with Annie Sloan, CEO at TheHost Co | 00:42:26 | |
In this conversation, Annie Sloan, Co-founder and CEO of TheHost Co discusses the importance of creating unique experiences in the vacation rental industry and the opportunity to increase revenue through targeted upsells. Upsells can be as simple as late checkouts or early check ins, but Annie goes further providing proof guests want one-off experiences, too. For example, did you know you could hire donkeys with saddlebags full of beer to roam around the property, providing a fun and memorable experience for guests? Yeh, you can do that. Annie emphasizes the marketing and rebooking potential of such unique offerings. More about Annie and TheHost Co Guests are delighted with the added amenities, more tourism dollars are connected to the local economy and the best part: hosts add a new revenue stream to their rentals, receiving payouts on every transaction. Annie is Co-founder & CEO of The Host Co. As she puts it, "we add the mini-bar, concierge and gift shop to your Airbnb". Prior to founding TheHost Co, she was Creative Director at Facebook and Twitter, embedded lead at Airbnb, Google, Samsung, R/GA. | |||
| 20 Aug 2018 | S1:E9 How Opendoor is Doing Content Marketing and Advertising | 00:21:28 | |
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| 24 Aug 2022 | Venture Backed Property Management with Chuck Hattemer, Co-founder and CMO of Poplar Homes | 01:00:51 | |
More about Chuck and Poplar Homes Poplar Homes is a tech-enabled real estate service helping investors manage and monetize residential rental property across disparate locations. With remote staffing and an AI-powered platform, Poplar leases, manages, and maintains over 13,000+ doors across 19 markets in 11 states. With Poplar, property owners can confidently unlock geographical expansion to grow their portfolios like never before. | |||
| 05 Apr 2022 | Can Auctions Bring Transparency to Buying Real Estate? With Jordan Allen, Doorsey CEO | 00:59:13 | |
More about Doorsey and Jordan Jordan Allen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Doorsey, the online platform set to improve the home buying offer process. Prior to Doorsey, Allen was the CEO & Founder of the short-term rental company, Stay Alfred. A real estate and army veteran, Allen knows how to foster, lead, and grow PropTech's companies at scale. See what it's like to watch a Doorsey transaction in action. | |||
| 14 Oct 2024 | Bringing All Systems Together in Property Management with Jason Griffith, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Synco | 00:44:49 | |
In this epsidoe, I talk with Jason Griffith, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Synco, to explore how they simplify communication for property management teams. With the overload of emails and messages, Synco offers a real-time messaging platform to streamline collaboration and organize conversations. It lets users control inbox notifications and easily include external parties like contractors. Synco offers include real-time translation for seamless multilingual communication and integration with property management software. Synco is also focused on leveraging AI to enhance team collaboration and efficiency, aiming to lead the way in transforming property management communication. This conversation goes deeper than just product features, as you'll hear Jason break down the importance (and complexity) of industry-specific communication products. More about Jason and Synco Jason Griffith is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Synco, the real-time, centralized messaging platform built to help property management teams communicate faster and better. Prior to founding Synco, Jason was the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of SiteCompli, a compliance automation platform used across 1M+ residential units & 70% of Class A office properties in NYC that is now part of Inhabit, a collective of property management software companies backed by Insight Venture Partners and Goldman Sachs. Jason is passionate about building great tech solutions powered by great teams. | |||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Digs Journey from Start to Exit to Rebrand with Pat McLoughlin, Product Lead at OJO | 00:53:28 | |
Pat McLoughlin was the first person to agree to grab coffee with me when I moved to Chicago that was not a coworker of mine. We met up in a Foxtrot Cafe in mid 2019. It was there he shared with me what Digs was working on and what they hoped to achieve—ultimately helping more people realize their dreams of homeownership. Fast-forward to late 2020 and Digs was acquired by OJO, a well-funded and well-respected real estate tech company that hosts a vast network of agent partners and operates its own listings marketplace. Pat walks us through the journey of his original idea, getting started, going through the acquisition process, and finally rebranding Digs into what is now known as OJO Homeowner. This episode is absolutely jam-packed with insights. Check it out. More about Pat McLoughlin and OJO OJO acquired Digs in late 2020 to expand fintech offerings to their consumers. Digs provides homeowners with tools to help manage their biggest asset including home valuations, mortgage tracking, and an FDIC insured savings account. | |||
| 03 Oct 2023 | Second Homes & Vacation Rentals Converge with Paul Kromidas, Founder and CEO of Summer | 00:49:00 | |
Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter -- Owning a summer home is a dream for many Americans. The annual costs of keeping a summer home, however, remains a significant hurdle for most. You could try to make your second home a vacation rental to subsidize the costs or even get a return on your investment, but that's a lot of work most are equipped to handle. Paul Kromidas, CEO and Founder of Summer joins Tech Nest to discuss these topics and more. Summer is working to create a better path to ownership of vacation homes. Homes that owners can use when they want, and rent out the rest of the year. One unique concept Summer is bringing to market is a gradual ownership model—a totally unique offering in the vacation or second homes market. Vacation rentals have been all the hubbub this year. Listen in to Paul as he'll shed light on where the industry is and where it has room to grow. More about Paul and Summer As CEO and Founder of Summer, Paul Kromidas is a mission-driven entrepreneur pioneering an innovative approach to vacation home ownership. Bringing over a decade of experience in accelerating growth and scaling teams across the technology, real estate, finance and strategy sectors, Kromidas has a proven track record with industry leaders such as Airbnb, Deloitte, Alfred and Moody’s. With extensive experience in leadership at venture-backed businesses in the housing and hospitality industries, Kromidas founded and continues to build Summer with the mission to help American families achieve their long-term goals. | |||
| 28 Nov 2023 | Investing in Real Estate Debt with Brian Dally, Co-founder and CEO of Groundfloor | 00:44:05 | |
Brian Dally is no stranger to the proptech ecosystem. Brian Co-founded Groundfloor just over 10 years ago, and is still driving the company at an aggressive growth rate. Groundfloor has achieved Inc 5000 recognition four times as being one of the fastest growing private companies in the US. In this interview with Brian, we cover the specifics of the Groundfloor product—a fintech/proptech solution enabling investors (both accredited and non-accredited) to invest in real estate debt. Groundfloor promotes investors have seen a consistent 10% annualized returns on its short-terms offers. We also discuss the challenges of operating a business like this with the many changes the real estate industry has seen over the last 10 years. One thing I find when talking to more seasoned veterans like Brian, is that sometimes the more things change the more they stay the same. Maybe you'll hear that theme in here too. Listen in! More about Brian and Groundfloor Over a 25-year entrepreneurial career that spans IP communications, wireless telecom, and finance, Brian Dally has pushed the boundaries of how disruptive Internet technologies can be applied to solve large-scale consumer problems and distribute the value to all. As the co-founder and CEO of Groundfloor, a wealthtech platform that allows everyone to build wealth through real estate, Brian has helped make private capital markets radically more accessible to new participants. Under his leadership, Groundfloor became the first company qualified by the SEC to offer direct real estate debt investments via Regulation A to non-accredited investors and accredited investors alike. In 2020, Groundfloor made its debut onto Inc. Magazine’s prestigious list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America, and was recognized in the top 10 percent of all honorees as well as being the fastest-growing financial services company in its home state of Georgia. It’s now been on the Inc 5000 list four years in a row. Brian has also been recognized for his entrepreneurial leadership by many organizations. Before co-founding Groundfloor in 2013, Brian's career building disruptive technology startups included stints in Silicon Valley, Boston, London and the North Carolina Triangle region. Previously, he led the launch of Republic Wireless to take on the big four cellphone carriers to international acclaim. As a result, millions more Americans can now afford a smartphone. Brian has a JD from Harvard Law School, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia. A native of Detroit who lived near Boston during childhood, Brian currently resides with his partner Ashley in Atlanta and Telluride, CO, where he still avidly roots for the Red Sox (but never the Patriots). | |||
| 18 Oct 2022 | Modernized Accounting Platform for Residential Landlords with Logan Ransley, Co-founder of Landlord Studio | 00:47:15 | |
As the story goes with many products, someone got tired of dealing with the same problems, they searched the market for what they believed should be a product to solve the problem, only to discover there was not an adequate solution. So instead of allowing the problem to persist, they built the product themself. That's sort of the story here with Landlord Studio. Today I'm joined by Co-founder, Logan Ransley. He's breaking down some of the common problems residential landlords face every day when it comes to managing their finances. It can be simple keeping track of one rental, but when you start building your portfolio, problems multiple and this can cost an investor lots of time and money. Landlord Studio is unique in that they're not just focused on the US market. With a presence in Europe and Australia, as well as the US, Landlord Studio has focused on building a platform that can meet the investor where they're at. Equally as unique, the company has had a mobile-first mentality from the start—making Landlord Studio one of the few options available that give residential investors the accounting tools they need on the go. More about Landlord Studio and Logan In addition to providing accountancy support, Landlord Studio helps landlords maximize the ROI on their property investments with a suite of management features such as online rent collection, tenant screening, listings, document storage, reporting, and maintenance tracking. All features are available on both desktop and mobile and are easy to use, making adoption simple for anyone with a smartphone. Logan Ransley is the Co-Founder of Landlord Studio. He is also an official member of the Forbes Real Estate Council. | |||
| 09 Mar 2020 | S7E75 Interview with Rikki Rogers, VP of Marketing at Curbio | 00:55:23 | |
Curbio allows homeowners to flip their own homes with our turnkey pre-sale renovations. Curbio's turnkey solution eliminates the stress, hassles, and upfront costs of renovations.
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| 01 Oct 2024 | Blueprint Conference Conversations, Part 1 with Bo Lais, Heather Harmon, and Kevin Shtofman | 00:40:57 | |
More about each guest in this special episode: Bo Lais, Founder and CEO at Lula Rental property maintenance technology and software powered by a network of vetted contractors. Heather Harmon, Founder, Investor, and Advisor Today Heather provides expert guidance to startup and venture capital leaders in structuring successful implementation, investment, or M&A in proptech and fintech. She is often an invited panelist interested in discussing the path for innovation to accelerate efficiencies for the quality of the consumer experience and for the sake of equity in the current crisis across housing and finance. Kevin Shtofman, Global Head of Innovation at Cherre Kevin is an industry leader when it comes to commercial real estate & technology. With over 20 years of experience in real estate, finance, & consulting, he’s carved out an expertise in solving complex challenges using data. Kevin oversees all global Partnerships at Cherre, managing relationships with 130 data, application, and channel Partners across 5 countries. The Cherre platform today boasts over $3 Trillion AUM on the platform. | |||
| 14 Jun 2022 | Rethinking Rental Property Finance Management with Mathias Korder, CEO of Baselane | 00:51:35 | |
More about Mathias and Baselane While working together at Boston Consulting Group from 2012 to 2018, Mathias and Thorben saw the opportunity to build a vertical-focused financial platform for individual landlords and real estate investors - a massive segment of the US economy - who are lacking modern financial technology, forced to rely on fragmented solutions, manual processes, and limited data to manage their rental properties. | |||
| 15 Jan 2024 | Decarbonization in Commercial Real Estate with Owen Glubiak, VP of Client Strategy at Cortex Sustainability Intelligence | 00:45:40 | |
Owen Glubiak, VP of Client Strategy for Cortex Sustainability Intelligence, discusses decarbonization in commercial real estate. They discuss the challenges and pressures faced by the industry, the role of AI in optimizing building performance, and the importance of tenant comfort. They also touch on the future of Cortex and the trends in decarbonization policies in cities like Boston, New York, California, Chicago, Denver, and Austin. The conversation explores two major trends in the sustainability and decarbonization space. The first trend is building electrification coupled with grid advances, which is seen as a key strategy to achieve decarbonization goals. The second trend is the impact of transportation emissions and the need for better infrastructure and public transportation systems to reduce emissions. More about Owen and Cortex Sustainability Intelligence Owen has spent his career in energy, technology, and customer success, which makes him an ideal leader of the customer success team at Cortex. He is coming from Building Robotics, a SaaS and IoT business unit within Siemens Smart Infrastructure. He has had roles leading global Customer Success and Support teams. | |||
| 21 Jun 2022 | Creating the Check Engine Light for Homes with Dan Simpkins, CEO of Dwellwell | 00:57:11 | |
Learn more about Dwellwell and Dan Dwellwell monitors and proactively identifies issues across core property systems — including HVAC, electrical and plumbing, as well as indoor air quality — helping large-scale single-family rental (SFR) and multifamily owners streamline maintenance, generate cost savings and improve resident comfort. A serial entrepreneur who holds more than 20 U.S. patents, Dan Simpkins brings more than two decades of startup success. He founded Hillcrest Labs, now a division of CEVA (NASDAQ: CEVA), which introduced the first SmartTV operating system to the market and developed the first motion-controller for television. He also founded SALIX Technologies, a telecom company that was acquired by Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB) for $300 million. | |||
| 05 Oct 2023 | Real Estate Agents Taking on Rental Transactions with Noaam Blum, CEO at Rent Base | 00:04:59 | |
Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter -- Prior to RentBase, Noaam was a real estate agent for over 10 years in the Boston area. Throughout his career as an agent, Noaam closed over 1000 rentals and converted $30M in sales from those rentals. RentBase is the first all-in-one platform that helps Real Estate agents and brokers organize and track all their rental deals, save hours of time qualifying and matching their leads to listings, and identify future sales from their existing rental deals. Noaam was previously featured on Tech Nest. You can listen to his complete interview about RentBase on Tech Nest: https://technest.io/2023/06/unlocking-revenue-in-leasing-with-noaam-blum-ceo-of-rentbase/ | |||
| 15 Nov 2022 | People Radar for the Office, Optimizing Space Usage with Andrew Farah, CEO of Density | 01:00:37 | |
Easily one of my favorite startup founding stories. Andrew Farah, CEO and Co-founder of Density, wanted to create an API he could call to find out how many people were in line at his favorite coffee shop. Once Andrew figured this out, he quickly discovered this sort of technology was something many real estate operations teams and workplace teams across the country would want. Shortly after announcing what he'd created and that he intended to build it out more, thousands signed up for a waitlist to learn more. Density is both a software and hardware company, but as you'll hear Andrew describe, they're a reluctant hardware company that's really great at creating software solutions. By bringing in some of the best talent in creating physical products and leaning on his experience leading a dev shop, Andrew has created the perfect balance that is driving the success of Density today. Whether or not you care about office space utilization, you'll be hard pressed to listen to Andrew and not be inspired by what he's building and dream up other use cases throughout this episode. Jump on in! More about Density and Andrew Andrew is the co-founder and CEO of Density, driving the team toward its mission to help companies measure and improve their footprint on the world. Today, Density partners with companies that occupy more than 1.25 billion square feet across 32 countries. Prior to Density, Andrew spent five years as a Partner and Strategic Lead at Rounded, a product-focused software development agency. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Writing and a Master’s in Information Management, both from Syracuse University. | |||
| 09 Aug 2022 | Design Driven Prefab Homes with Steve Glenn, CEO of Plant Prefab | 00:50:06 | |
More about Steve and Plant Prefab Plant Prefab is the first Certified B Corporation™ building technology company dedicated to sustainable design, materials, and operations. The company’s patented Plant Building System™ utilizes advanced digital modeling and fully customizable Plant Panels™ and Plant Modules™ to help architects, developers, general contractors, and individuals design and build multifamily and custom single-family homes 20 to 50 percent faster than site-based methods. The system provides better quality control, design flexibility, and time, cost, and material efficiency than traditional methods of offsite or on-site construction. Plant Prefab has two factories in California (Rialto, Ontario) and a design studio and show home in Santa Monica. With a mission to build a better world by design, Plant Prefab was the first housing prefabricator to announce a net zero goal and has achieved carbon neutrality in their operations since 2020. Plant Prefab is backed by leading investors including Amazon, Asahi Kasei, Gerdau Paris Ventures, Obvious Ventures, and others. | |||
| 01 Mar 2022 | Financing $1.5B as Unsecured Loans Through Service Contractors in 2 Years with David Haas, Co-founder and COO of PowerPay | 00:50:02 | |
More about David and PowerPay PowerPay is a digital lending platform for the home improvement industry. Our fully automated technology offers near-instant approvals on loans up to $100,000, helping homeowners translate expensive home improvement projects into low monthly fees that can be paid over time. Unlike other digital lending platforms, PowerPay is a fully independent company that is committed to delivering loans with no extra fees or added costs in order to offer the lowest monthly payment possible to our customers. After all, the more affordable the loan, the bigger the possibilities for your home. David has over 25 years of successful business experience and ownership of multiple lines of service. David has extensive experience working in the home services space - consumer financing for home improvements, comprehensive digital marketing, and web design. | |||
| 01 Oct 2018 | S2E17 Interview with Daniel Schroeder and Matthew Young, Co-Founders of Listing Village | 01:14:47 | |
Connect with Daniel and Matthew and learn more about Listing Village Daniel@ListingVillage.com matt@listingvillage.com https://twitter.com/listingvillage Listing Village exists to serve Realtors and help them serve their homebuyers. | |||
| 04 May 2020 | S8E83 Interview with Matt Cors, Director at CREXi | 00:54:57 | |
CREXi is the commercial real estate industry's fastest-growing marketplace, data, and technology platform. Connect with Matt on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-cors-423a15b | |||
| 24 Oct 2023 | Vacation Rental Operations and Management with Jeremey Gall, CEO of Breezeway | 00:42:41 | |
Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter -- In this episode of Tech Nest, Jeremy Gall, Co-founder and CEO of Breezeway, joins us to discuss short-term rentals. Jeremy kicks us off with detailing what owners need to know in order to operate a successful vacation rental. I had to get Jeremy to comment on topics such as if there's going to be an Airbnb crash and flood of residential properties hitting the for sale market (hint: neither of us believe that's likely to happen). Of course, we get into the nitty-gritty as to how Breezeway is creating a web-based software for vacation rental managers to be more successful in their operations, need for integrations (such as Breezeway's latest with Airbnb), and future potentials of AI in the STR and hospitality industry. This one is a doozie—listen in! More about Jeremy and Breezeway From cleaning and quality assurance to supply restocking, linens, routine maintenance, upkeep, property safety, and helping the guest enjoy all the amenities of the short-term rental, there is a tremendous amount of work behind the scenes to create a great guest experience. Breezeway automates these workflows and reduces errors, to help hosts and property managers meet guest expectations every single time. Jeremy Gall is CEO & Co-Founder of property operations and experience platform Breezeway. Prior to founding Breezeway, Jeremy co-founded FlipKey and grew the platform into one of the world’s largest vacation rental businesses before TripAdvisor's acquisition in 2013. Jeremy founded Breezeway in 2017 with the aim of creating a comprehensive platform to help property and hospitality managers improve their operations and deliver exceptional guest experiences. | |||
| 18 Feb 2019 | S3E34 Interview with Tore Steen, CEO & Co-Founder of CrowdStreet | 00:56:23 | |
Connect with Tore, and learn more about CrowdStreet! | |||
| 22 Jul 2019 | S5E54 Follow-Up Interview with Noel Christopher, SVP of Renters Warehouse | 00:50:28 | |
Learn more about Renters Warehouse, and connect with Noel! Company Website | |||
| 30 Dec 2019 | S6E69 Interview with Brody Saunders, CEO of IdealEstate | 00:55:19 | |
IdealEstate is a nationwide network that helps real estate professionals build their online brand, promote their services and connect with new opportunities. Brody's Email - brodysaunders@idealestate.co | |||
| 14 May 2020 | S8E86 Interview with Annelise Osborne, Head of Strategy at Metechi | 00:54:03 | |
Metechi is a bank centered syndicated marketplace providing lenders instant access to commercial real estate loans originated by banks. Annelise Osborne is Head of Strategy at Metechi, a fintech making capital markets more efficient. Previously, she was COO of Propellr, a broker dealer focused on upgrading finance through blockchain technology and digital asset, as well as SVP at Moody’s Investor Service, leading ratings teams within structured finance. Annelise is active in numerous industry organizations, company boards and as an educator and mentor. Annelise has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from The College of William & Mary. Email Annelise at: annelise@metechi.com | |||
| 08 Mar 2022 | Creating Faster, Better Appraisal Management Systems, Interview with Reggora CEO and Co-founder Brian Zitin | 00:47:04 | |
More about Reggora and Brian Zitin: Brian Zitin is the co-founder and CEO of Reggora, a venture-backed startup that provides software to speed up the appraisal process for mortgage lenders and real estate appraisers. Prior to Reggora, Brian co-founded a real estate brokerage, which was based on a proprietary algorithm that helped efficiently target and sell investment properties in the Greater Boston area. This experience exposed Brian to the inefficiencies in the modern appraisal process, which led to the start of Reggora. Brian has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 as well as a HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. | |||
| 28 May 2024 | Building Real Estate Brands with Brian Boero, Co-founder at 1000WATT | 00:41:15 | |
This is the type of conversation I should have had on the show a long time ago. Industry veteran, brand-builder, and all-around great guy, Brian Boero joins the show today. Brian is Co-founder at the branding and strategy agency, 1000WATT. They focus exclusively on working with brands in the real estate vertical including brokerages, lenders, and technology companies. One of the first topics I was eager to get Brian to dig into was on the importance of brand and storytelling within the real estate industry. You'll hear insights shared aimed at the broker / agent, but also applicable advice for proptech companies. One theme Brian points out is the tendency of companies to talk about features instead of benefits and why that's detrimental to do so. Of course, we couldn't avoid the evolving topic of real estate commissions. The topic affects more than just agents, but any business that is built around transaction volume and that could be impacted by new rules coming to the industry. Don't delay, download and listen.
Brian has been in real estate media, marketing and technology since 1997. Before Co-Founding 1000WATT, Brian served as President of Inman, real estate’s leading trade media company, and as CEO of VREO, where he created e-signature and document management software for tablet PCs. Brian has led dozens of companies through complex brand and marketing challenges and leads the 1000WATT team daily. It's not too late to snag your ticket to 1000WATT's Brand and Marketing Summit. More info here: https://1000watt.net/events/summit/ | |||
| 14 Nov 2023 | Leading Real Estate Data Innovation with John Rogers, Chief Innovation Officer at CoreLogic | 00:49:46 | |
There's no shortage of topics and angles to cover when talking with the Chief Innovation Officer of CoreLogic, John Rogers. John is a seasoned veteran, leading tech and innovation throughout his career. He's been with CoreLogic for just over ten years, building the teams and shaping the direction of how we'll look at real estate data for years to come. This interview has it all—discussion on climate data and modeling, AI, and even scotch. Of course, John gives some details about some of CoreLogic's latest tech called the Discovery Platform. John's a fascinating leader in our industry and I think you'll enjoy this discussion. More about John and CoreLogic CoreLogic is a leading provider of property insights and innovative solutions, working to transform the property industry by putting people first. Using its network, scale, connectivity and technology, CoreLogic delivers faster, smarter, more human-centered experiences, that build better relationships, strengthen businesses, and ultimately create a more resilient society. | |||
| 15 Aug 2023 | Driving Transformation in Lending with Product-Led Growth with Josh Ernst, CEO of Backflip | 00:53:39 | |
Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter -- Josh Ernst, Founder and CEO of Backflip, a fintech focused on helping real estate investors through enhanced investing tools and by providing loans, brought the heat! Very few interviews with founders get into the specifics of product-led growth like we did in this one. Josh emphasizes the importance of starting with the customers' problems first, and then working backwards to find the right solutions and models. This is probably one of the most product and growth focused episodes we've published recently. This is not one to skip! Josh founded Backflip with Jake in October 2020. Josh holds a passion for driving innovation and value creation, which has been evident throughout his diverse and accomplished career, and brings a wealth of expertise from his previous professional experiences: | |||
| 11 Jul 2023 | Leasing Agents on Demand with Jason Shenitzer, CEO, and Max Griffin, Head of Sales, at Skylight | 01:07:54 | |
More about Skylight Our technology platform allows for your internal leasing team to be more competitive and efficient while providing you unlimited access to additional leasing talent in the area. Lease faster. Achieve higher rents with fewer concessions. Less headaches around finding and retaining leasing talent. | |||
| 25 Nov 2019 | S6E65 Interview with Karen Abram, Founder of dashCMA | 00:56:42 | |
What is dashCMA: dashCMA is a modern pricing tool for the modern real estate agent. dashCMA allows the agent to support and illustrate their pricing strategy in minutes, not hours. With 1 search, dashCMA shows the perspective of 25+ searches from leading competitors. Simply put, dashCMA equips the agent with a modern pricing perspective that their competition isn’t showing helping them win more listings, win more accepted offers but more importantly, win their client’s trust. Website: https://dashcma.com | |||
| 15 Mar 2022 | More Than an iBuyer with Ian Wong, Co-founder & CTO of Opendoor | 00:47:12 | |
More about Ian Wong and Opendoor Ian Wong is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Opendoor, where he is responsible for the development of product and technology. Ian is building a team of engineers, data scientists, product managers and designers to modernize the real estate industry. He was previously pursuing his PhD in electrical engineering at Stanford when he left to join Square as their first data scientist. Opendoor is a leading digital platform for residential real estate. With a mission to empower everyone with the freedom to move, Opendoor has reinvented one of life’s most important transactions with a new, radically simple way to buy and sell a home through an on-demand, digital experience. | |||
| 28 Jan 2019 | S3E30 Interview with Andrew Flachner, Co-Founder & President of RealScout | 00:48:53 | |
Andrew is Co-Founder and President of RealScout, a startup tackling residential real estate’s core problem: matching homebuyers and homes. LinkedIn revolutionized hiring by bringing job-seekers (demand), employers (supply) and recruiters (brokers) to one place - and providing transparency. RealScout strives to unlock the same revolutionary dynamic to a market that’s twice the size of recruiting. Connect with Andrew, and learn more about RealScout! Personal LinkedIn Check out the teaser video for RealScout's latest video project at secretresourcewar.com. | |||
| 09 Jan 2024 | Breaking Down Walls to Build More ADUs in Canada with Sarah Cipkar, Founder and CEO of Resimate | 00:35:47 | |
Sarah Cipkar, shares her experience building her own backyard ADU and how that started her journey to founding Resimate. Resimate is an online tool that allows homeowners to determine if their backyard is suitable for a detached ADU based on zoning bylaws. Sarah also discusses the different construction methods for ADUs, the challenges in the prefab and modular construction industry, and the importance of awareness and education in the ADU market. She shares her vision for the future of Resimate and the ADU market in Canadian cities. More about Sarah and Resimate Sarah Cipkar is Founder and CEO of Resimate Inc. and ADUSearch, an online tool that helps Canadians discover the potential for ADUs in their own backyards in over 20 cities across Canada, including Toronto and Vancouver. In 2020, Sarah built her own 430sqft backyard home in Windsor, ON, which has informed all of her work in helping homeowners and policymakers alike. She is also a PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography & Planning at the University of Toronto. In her spare time, she likes to go on nature walks and spend time with her daughter. | |||
| 24 Jan 2024 | The Future of Inner City Transportation with Catrine Machi, Co-founder of Swyft Cities | 00:33:50 | |
Catrine Machi, co-founder of Swyft Cities, discusses the company's vision to transform urban real estate by improving mobility. Swyft Cities is developing an aerial transportation system that uses pods traveling along a cableway. The system offers a network of stations that provide efficient and direct routes for users. Machi emphasizes the importance of solving specific problems for cities and the need for a layered approach to transportation options. She also discusses the challenges of policy-making, procurement, and the readiness level of emerging technologies. Machi believes that the future of real estate will involve more options for transportation and a reduction in parking infrastructure. More about Catrine and Swyft Cities Catrine Machi is co-founder of Swyft Cities, which transforms urban real estate by transforming mobility. Catrine has dual Master’s Degrees in Urban Planning & Geography, and has been an urban planner, and mobility and transportation planner, consultant, and program manager working to develop more sustainable urban mobility.
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| 11 May 2020 | S8E85 Interview with Wes Walker, CEO of Propersum | 00:57:19 | |
Propersum in an online marketplace for vacation rental home buyers to analyze properties with reliable financials from local property management companies. This collective participation from local experts in management drives purchase confidence for property buyers, accelerates sales for real estate agents, and generates new rental inventory for property managers. Email Wes: wes@propersum.com | |||
| 23 Mar 2020 | S7E77 Interview with David Sullivan, CEO of Till | 01:02:48 | |
I like adventures. I'm currently building Till, whose mission is to develop personalized financial experiences for renters to transform the way they pay and stay in the home; GooD, a housing fund; and a family with my wife and three kids. Previously, I was the COO of The American Home, one of the first SFR funds which we sold to Silverbay. Connect with David on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsullivantill | |||
| 08 Mar 2023 | Better CRE Data Dashboards with Anne Hollander, CEO of Lobby CRE | 01:01:09 | |
More about Anne and Lobby CRE Anne Hollander, CEO of Lobby CRE, a Thirty Capital company, is making an impression in CRE and tech as one of few CEOs with a background in both real estate operations and rapidly scaling technology companies. Hollander is an expert in strategic planning, partnership development, go-to-market execution, and venture investment across portfolios focused on real estate, technology, and financial services. Hollander formerly held executive leadership roles in product development at Trimble and Real Page. Hollander offers uniquely informed perspectives on real estate management, investment, and the potential of tech in CRE and integrates these insights to serve and educate property owners, managers, and investors. | |||
| 14 May 2024 | Amplifying Amenities for Multifamily Operators with Everett Lynn, Founder and CEO of Amenify | 00:49:45 | |
This week's guest is Everett Lynn, Founder and CEO of Amenify, a plug and play platform for amenity services in the multifamily space. We discuss Amenify's recent growth trajectory (hint: they've been on fire!). Everett shares his insights on different types of fundraising and the challenges of disruption in the real estate industry—a topic that is frequently discussed, but Everett offers some unique takes for founders. You'll hear Everett emphasize the importance of finding a balance between value and efficiency in proptech solutions and the need for understanding the ecosystem in which these solutions operate. We also get into various aspects of proptech and the challenges faced by companies in the industry such as the difficulties of scaling in-person services, and the efficiencies (and difficulties) of a three-sided marketplace.
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| 26 Jun 2018 | Tech Nest: Teaser Intro | 00:00:34 | |
Tech Nest is the podcast where we discover all the latest in real estate and tech by interviewing the innovators and leaders from companies who are challenging the way we buy, sell, and invest in real estate. | |||
| 02 Aug 2022 | Rental Inspection Transparency with Lydia Winkler, Co-founder and COO of RentCheck | 00:45:40 | |
More about Lydia and RentCheck We’re RentCheck, a venture-backed, New Orleans, LA startup on a mission to make renting fair and transparent. We’ve built software that serves Renters, Landlords, and Property Managers by providing an easy to use experience for documenting rental properties and by becoming the trusted third-party for security deposit administration. We are an early stage company looking to transform the $100 billion residential real estate industry. | |||
| 01 Aug 2018 | S1:E3 Interview with Paul Burke, Co-founder at RentHoop | 00:33:48 | |
| 01 Oct 2018 | S2E21 Heather Bauman, General Manager at MortgageLead.com Discusses Marketing Automation and Lead Gen for LOs | 00:26:27 | |
Connect with Heather and learn more about MortgageLead.com heather@mortgagelead.com | |||
| 07 Jan 2019 | S3E27 Interview with Juan Gabriel Molina, Founder of Real Closers | 00:57:41 | |
Connect with Juan and learn more about Real Closers! jg@realclosers.com | |||
| 25 Jun 2024 | The Future of Venture Capital in Proptech with Nima Wedlake, Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures | 00:44:49 | |
He's back! Nima Wedlake, Managing Director at ThomVest Ventures, about the current state of Proptech and the themes he is tracking for 2024. We focused on an essay Nima penned, covering several topics including control point software, AI's impact on construction productivity, and the rise of home services businesses. Nima discusses the challenges and opportunities in scaling tech-enabled service businesses and the potential of AI in the construction industry. The conversation also touches on the impact of COVID-19 on real estate tech investments and the future of venture capital in the space. We also explore the role of real estate agents in a changing market and the impact of technology on the industry (spoiler: uncertainty exists, but so will the agent).
Below is a very quick overview of the three key themes that will play a dominant role in 2024 for Nima.
Nima Wedlake is a Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures, focusing on investment opportunities across the real estate & financial technology verticals. He spearheaded Thomvest’s investments in Baselane, Blend, Glide (acquired by Compass), Keyway, Maxwell, Mynd, Obie, Pine & Tala. Thomvest Ventures is a San Francisco-based $750M evergreen venture capital fund by Peter Thomson (Thomson Reuters). | |||
| 03 Sep 2024 | The Impact of Pest Control in Property Management and Tenant Experience with Landon Cooley, Co-founder and CEO of Pest Share | 00:45:53 | |
In this episode, I chat with Landon Cooley, CEO and Co-founder of Pest Share, about the crucial yet often overlooked role of pest control in property management. Landon highlights the challenges of dealing with specialty pests like bed bugs and cockroaches, which can cause major issues in multi-family settings. Pest Share offers a solution by providing tenants with direct, on-demand access to pest control services, bypassing the need for property manager involvement. This not only improves the resident experience but also helps property managers focus on more pressing tasks. We also discuss how property managers can build trust and add value by responding quickly to maintenance requests, which can lead to better tenant satisfaction and easier lease renewals. Finally, we touch on the future of Pest Share and the impact of technology on real estate, exploring how deep integrations and custom solutions can boost operational efficiency.
Landon Cooley is the CEO & Co-Founder of Pest Share. Landon has almost 20 years of experience in pest management and is 4th generation in his family to pursue a career within the industry. Landon has a strong belief that, “There is always a better way”. After years of encountering the same, unaddressed pest control paint points in the property management space, Landon and his Co-Founders decided to launch their most recent venture, Pest Share. | |||
| 24 May 2022 | Mapping Real Estate Data with Josh Fraser, CEO of Estated | 00:53:24 | |
Learn more about Estated and Josh Estated graduated from Techstars Boulder in 2017, which led to capital partnerships with Foundry Group and Techstars Ventures. | |||
| 17 Aug 2023 | Proptech Startups on the 2023 INC 5000 List | 00:21:09 | |
Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter -- Inc Magazine just published their annual list of the fastest growing, private companies in the US. Proptech had a great showing out on the list this year. The list below (which I discuss in this episode) isn't likely the exhaustive, entirety of all proptech companies on the list. However, this should satisfy giving you an idea of the types of companies working at the intersection of real estate and technology, that made the 2023 list of fastest growing private companies. The Inc 5000 ranks private companies, based on the self-reported percentage of growth over the last three years. Each company in this cohort had to have generated a minimum of $100,000 in gross revenue for 2019 and a minimum of $2,000,000 for 2022. See the full Inc 5000 list for 2023 here.
Rental property maintenance solutions powered by a network of vetted contractors.
Transactly #126 Transactly provides technology and tech-enabled services to coordinate real estate transactions across US and Canada.
Chunker #319 ON-DEMAND SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS Short-term Warehouses, Pop-up 3PL Services, and Transportation
LiveEasy #487 (Previously known as MoveEasy) A surprisingly simple moving and living experience.
BOSSCAT #497 (Previously known as PunchListUSA) Complete any home improvement effortlessly with Bosscat’s streamlined repair, renovation, and maintenance solutions.
PadSplit #510 The nation’s largest co-living marketplace. Innovative. Affordable. ➡️ Unlock revenue. Positively impact your community.
Rebuilt #533 Buy. Sell. Invest. Grow your investment portfolio with off-market properties.
StackSource #777 Simplifying commercial real estate financing.
Poplar Homes #865 A tech-enabled property management company providing streamlined renting process for owners and renters to live easy.
Snaplistings #902 Full-funnel real estate marketing agency utilizing data science and cutting edge strategies from impression to close.
Orchard #984 Our mission is to make home buying stress-free, fair, and simple. With Orchard, your home sale never holds you back.
RentSpree #992 Our vision is to create a world where people, rentals, and homes are easily connected.
Roofstock #1375 Invest where you want, no matter where you call home.
Curbio #1467 We provide real estate agents and their clients easy, hassle-free renovations that get listings sold faster—for more.
Evernest #1646 Your full-service real estate partner.
Valcre® #2009 More appraisals, in less time, with less work.
RentDynamics #2024 (Acquired by Entrata)Multif... | |||
| 28 Mar 2023 | Verticalizing Luxury Vacation Smart Homes with John Andrew Entwistle, CEO of Wander | 01:01:03 | |
You'll hear me say it in the intro, but wow. This was a heck of a discussion. John Andrew Entwistle is the Founder and CEO of a company called Wander. In a very short amount of time, Wander has exploded on the scene for vacation rentals. They're approach: verticalize the entire business. When I say the entire business—I mean everything! The tech, the management, property selection, the marketing, and oh the brand. Wander has masterfully build an incredible community around their brand of high-end, luxury smart homes that serve as vacation rentals. There's more to the business than I can write for this intro so hit play to hear what John Andrew has to say about Wander. More about John Andrew and Wander Wander is the only network of smart homes built for the future of work—there are currently 15 properties (more to launch in 2023) in stunning locations across the US. Everything from unlocking the door, turning on the lights, lighting the fireplace, and opening the Tesla in the garage (which each home is equipped with) can be controlled from the Wander mobile app. The company launched with a seed round led by Redpoint Ventures in 2021, and months later raised a Series A led by QED with participation from a16z, Fifthwall, Susa Ventures, Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman's Thirty Five Ventures, Packy McCormick, Sahil Bloom, and others. The co also recently launched their B2B product, Wander Teams, which allows employers to offer Wander credits/stays as a benefit. With Wander, working remotely becomes much easier: the workstations are comfortable, with adjustable desks and extra monitors; the WiFi is strong and reliable; and the kitchen and gyms are equipped so guests don’t have to sacrifice their daily routines. Wander Teams is still in beta but will become a core part of the business as they ramp up. Wander recently secured a $100M credit line from Credit Suisse in November to turbocharge growth. John Andrew Entwistle is Founder and CEO of Wander. Previously John Andrew was Co-founder of Coder (exited) and a Thiel Fellow. | |||
| 01 Aug 2023 | Delivering Delight for Real Estate Investors with Vikas Gupta, CEO of Azibo | 00:54:53 | |
In this episode, we're joined by the CEO of Azibo, Vikas Gupta. Azibo is an all-one-solution for mom-pop landlords—specifically for those with 50 units or less. In the last few years, there's been significant changes to the rental landscape including how owners collect rent, reporting on-time rent payments to credit bureaus, and how many are becoming investors (think: accidental landlords) due to the interest rates environment we're in. One of the most important topics we discuss goes beyond proptech. Vikas shares about the importance of delivering delight when building tech products. Jump in to hear what Azibo has to say. More about Vikas and Azibo Vikas Gupta is the CEO of Azibo, a unified financial and property management platform for independent real investors. Prior to Azibo, he's held a variety of roles at different pre-seed to Series B startups, including as a founder, as a product leader, and a marketing leader. Over his 15+ years in technology, Vikas has helped companies grow from pre–revenue to 8+ figures in revenue. Today, Azibo helps property owners manage tens of thousands of rental units across the U.S. which includes hundreds of millions of rent payments, annually. | |||
| 15 Feb 2022 | AI and Automation Powering Real Estate Development, with William Sankey, CEO of Northspyre | 00:51:47 | |
More About Northspyre and William Sankey Northspyre is the only intelligence software on the market purpose-built by a real estate developer for real estate developers managing ground-up developments, fitouts and major renovations across asset classes (multifamily, office, retail, hospitality, mixed use, etc.). Northspyre leverages automation, data analytics and artificial intelligence to address age-old challenges faced by real estate project delivery teams like difficult and unpredictable project outcomes due to reactive, gut-driven decision-making and bottlenecks from administrative burden. Instead, Northspyre empowers project leads with proactive insights, dynamic forecasts, and early warnings so that they can focus on making data-driven, strategic decisions. William Sankey, Jr. is the Co-founder/CEO of Northspyre, a real estate technology startup bringing automation, data analytics and proactive intelligence to CRE project delivery. Formally educated at Yale University (architecture) and Harvard University (urban planning and real estate development), William has always had an interest in the way we build our cities, whether it was through design or transformational technologies. | |||
| 21 May 2020 | S8E88 Interview with Dan Green, CEO of Homebuyer | 00:48:46 | |
Personalized homebuyer education to reduce acquisition costs and boost loan profits. Email Dan: dan@homebuyer.ai | |||
| 16 Sep 2019 | S5E58 Interview with Drew Fabrikant, CEO of Scout | 00:46:14 | |
After years working as an attorney and on Wall Street, Drew founded Scout based on the principle that finding the right advisors for the largest financial transaction of a lifetime shouldn't be difficult. Taking a performance-driven approach, Scout makes it easy to find the right agent for any purchase or sale, saving time and money, and bringing transparency to the real estate services sector. Mention TechNest for up to $2,500 cash-back at close, when using Scout to find the right agent for your purchase or sale. trustscout.com | |||
| 20 Oct 2023 | Proptech for Property Managers with Ben Steward, Co-founder of Revyse | 00:05:03 | |
Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter -- About Ben About Revyse Moving into a new home should feel more like winning the lottery and less like a trip to the DMV, but legacy systems and outdated software have weighed the real estate industry down. Constrained by manual processes and mediocre integrations, owners and operators have little time left to implement the right tech and tools needed to level-up the renter experience.
We're here to help vendors drop new products like they're hot, to free up property managers to deliver earth-shatteringly great customer service, and to help renters find a place to call home, hassle-free. | |||
| 07 Nov 2023 | Modernizing Planned Communities and Resident Experience with John Cecilian Jr, CEO of Cecilian Partners | 00:39:08 | |
Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter -- More about John and Cecilian Partners In 2019, after 17 years as a leader in retail strategy and customer experience at iconic brands, John pivoted his career to launch Cecilian Partners. Drawing on first-hand insights into the broken customer journey for community developers and production home builders, John assembled a targeted team of outside-industry experts to bring digital transformation to planned communities. Today, Cecilian Partners’ unique technology forms the backbone of the new home value chain, from land to lots to homes to residents, by digitizing the end-to-end land and property development process — bringing data into one place, automating manual activities, and delivering a better, faster customer experience at every point in the customer journey. | |||
| 15 Sep 2018 | S2:E11 Which Real Estate Leaders Will We Talk With This Season? Season Two Preview: | 00:10:30 | |
Don't ever miss an episode, subscribe using your preferred podcast app. And make sure you get on the Insiders Email List for special announcements coming up! Cheers! Nate Smoyer | |||
| 26 Jul 2022 | Modern Rental Management Tools for Real Estate Agents and Investors with Michael Lucarelli, CEO of RentSpree | 00:50:27 | |
More about Michael and RentSpree Founded in 2016, RentSpree is an award-winning rental software known in all 50 states for its easy-to-use tenant screening process, renter management, partnership program and rental screening API. In just six years, RentSpree has grown its database by partnering with over 250 of the most trusted names in real estate and over one million agents, owners and renters across the country. RentSpree helps real estate agents handle the influx in applications by providing them with professional tools to help save time, reduce liability, and grow their business with quality tenants. | |||
| 24 Jan 2023 | Enabling Digital Transformation in Real Estate Development with Adam Stark, Co-founder of Jet.Build | 00:50:11 | |
Adam Stark is Co-founder of a company called Jet.Build. Jet.Build is a platform that enables real estate developers to streamline communication between vendors, partners, lenders, and other important stakeholders on projects. This is accomplished by digitizing and automating a lot of the manual processes you might encounter when completing a ground up or retro-fitting an older apartment building. Tools such as Jet.Build help companies initiate and progress significantly in digitally transforming; ultimately leading to saved time, money, and effort. Adam shares more about the opportunity of ahead of Jet.Build and the industry as a whole. Listen in to hear what he has to say. More about Adam and Jet.Build Jet.Build is the equivalent organizations necessity for real estate operators; a cloud-based command center. Jet-clients? Developers, contractors, owners reps, construction managers—and a few more unique cliental. My co-founder and I know each other first as enemies; competing in high school sports agains one another. Fast forward, we end up in the same military enlistment as airborne troops (paratroopers). Fast forward again, we end up in NYC working for real estate developers. Here, we recognized the need for a better 'salesforce' equivalent solution for the industry; the legacy products that exist are simply outdated, clunky, and wildly priced. Jet.Build will standardize the industry as the essential organization management software. | |||
| 11 Jan 2023 | Unconventional Proptech Venture Capital with Max Brickman, Founder at Heartland Ventures | 00:45:14 | |
Max Brickman, founder of Heartland Ventures, discusses his unconventional approach to venture capital investing on Tech Nest. Brickman has an incredible background as an operator, and that experience has helped him rethink the approach to venture capital. All the way from the investors he partners with all the way to how his firm determines what companies to invest in. Max is the Managing Director of Heartland Ventures, which he founded in 2016. He manages the fund’s relationships with other venture capital partners and oversees key investment decisions with the Heartland team. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022. | |||
| 04 Jul 2023 | Marketplace for Institutional Real Estate Investing with Bill Martiner, Co-founder and CTO of Avenue One | 00:41:48 | |
Welcome to another episode of Tech Nest. In today's episode, we have a special guest joining us, Bill Martiner, the CTO and Co-founder of Avenue One, a Proptech company that has quietly risen to unicorn status in about three years time. Avenue One recently made headlines by successfully raising an impressive $100 million round of funding. While they may be a quiet company, their impact in the residential real estate space cannot be ignored.
Press play to learn about this emerging proptech company.
Avenue One is a property technology service platform and marketplace for institutional owners, buyers and sellers of residential homes. Avenue One makes investing in the residential rental market more transparent and efficient for institutions, while also supporting local businesses. The company does this through a service platform that combines proprietary data and a network of local partners to identify, acquire, renovate, lease and manage residential investment properties. This ecosystem of independent businesses - including brokers, contractors, title professionals, and property managers - provide local expertise to create and maintain portfolios of quality rental properties across the country. Avenue One’s technology is hyper-scalable and nimble, enabling its rapid growth. Avenue One also offers a marketplace of services to buyers, owners, and sellers of residential real estate. By offering a robust marketplace and not buying for its own balance sheet, Avenue One has been able to quickly attract a wide variety of market participants. | |||
| 06 Dec 2022 | Modernizing Home Maintenance with Brent Hasse, CEO of Flat | 00:47:35 | |
What a time to be alive. It truly is and this episode is proof of that. I'm talking with Brent Hasse, CEO of Flat. Flat is a subscription service for homeowners. They're leveraging smart technology, combined with a network of vetted trade partners, to provide superior home maintenance and wellness checks to homeowners. Brent gives us all the dirt on the business, including how strategic channel partnerships have proven to be significant driver of growth versus other more costly channels like digital advertising. When building a startup in a category consumers don't know to search for, it can be a tough go. Listen in to hear how Brent is bringing Flat into homes today and what their expansion plans for the future looks like. Brent is the founder and CEO of Flat, a tech-enabled proactive home maintenance and management platform to help flatten the cost of homeownership. He noticed we take better care of our cars and pets than our largest asset - our homes - and decided to create a platform to capture potential home issues as they arise and make projects more efficient for local vendors. He has over 10 years of real estate services experience and a passion for all things Chicago, Purdue basketball, and real estate. | |||
| 07 May 2024 | Unlocking Storage Potential in All Properties with Joseph Woodbury, CEO and Founder of Neighbor.com | 00:50:11 | |
It's my second time interviewing Joseph Woodbury, co-founder and CEO of Neighbor.com. In case you missed, Joseph previously joined Tyler Cauble and I for a live stream on Tyler's CRE YouTube channel. This time for Tech Nest, we switched up the topics. We get into how his company is disrupting the self-storage industry by leveraging the peer-to-peer model. Neighbor allows individuals and businesses to monetize unused space by renting it out for storage. They have operations in all 50 states, providing storage solutions at a micro level that traditional storage facilities cannot justify. The company has experienced challenges in acquiring residential customers but has evolved its user acquisition strategies over time. We also get into the demand and supply dynamics of the storage industry and the opportunity for property owners to achieve full property monetization through storage solutions. One topic I personally get excited to discuss that Joseph touches on is the network effects and the challenges of expanding to new markets. There’s all that and more in this one. Tune in! More about Joseph and Neighbor.com This not only increases income for property owners but also creates a more efficient and sustainable use of space in our communities. Neighbor is a prime example of how proptech is innovating the real estate landscape by optimizing existing infrastructure and resources. Joseph Woodbury is the Co-Founder and CEO of Neighbor.com. He has successfully disrupted the $500 Billion self-storage industry by raising more than $65 million from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Airbnb, Uber, StockX, and DoorDash. Under his leadership, Neighbor has expanded to all 50 states, providing more storage options than any other company in the industry. Joseph brings his expertise in real estate to help property owners optimize their assets. | |||
| 31 May 2022 | Security Deposits as a Service with Chanin Ballance, CEO of Roost | 00:46:48 | |
More about Roost and Chanin Roost is a mission-driven tech company focused on improving property NOI and renter financial health. Co-founder & CEO Chanin Ballance is an experienced Founder (and multifamily real estate & PropTech investor) with three exits already behind her. | |||
| 01 Oct 2018 | S2E22 "Let's Talk Title"--Everything Title Insurance and More with Ticor Title VP, Ryan Orr | 01:00:21 | |
Connect with Ryan and learn more about his team, Team Title Guy RyanJOrr@me.com | |||
| 09 Dec 2019 | S6E66 Interview with Brenden Millstein, CEO of Carbon Lighthouse | 01:03:44 | |
Our mission is to stop climate change. Period. It is now significantly profitable for businesses to prioritize reducing carbon emissions — and with Efficiency Production, we have both the means and the motivation to be a catalyst for change.
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| 18 May 2020 | S8E87 Interview with Rich Sarkis, CEO of Reonomy | 00:55:06 | |
Reonomy is the leading provider of Property Intelligence. We recently launch Reonomy Research to provide in-depth historical analysis and uncover trends during this period of uncertainty. Email Rich: Reonomy@n6a.com | |||
| 22 Mar 2022 | CRE Inefficiencies Create a Booming Data Business with Connell Mcgill, CEO of Enertiv | 00:55:20 | |
More about Enertiv and Connell McGill Enertiv is an operational intelligence platform that delivers transparency from the boardroom to the boiler room, enabling commercial real estate portfolios to do more with less, decarbonize operations, and ultimately increase asset value. Connell McGill co-founded Enertiv in 2011. Connell majored in Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy at Babson College. After Babson, he worked Momentum Bay Consulting as an energy analyst for green building projects, and then the New England Consulting Group as a Project Manager. | |||
| 24 Oct 2024 | The Next Iteration in Property Management for Self-Managing Landlords with Dana Dunford, Co-founder and CEO of Hemlane | 00:44:01 | |
In this episode, Dana Dunford, Co-founder and CEO of Hemlane, joins the show to discuss the evolving landscape of property management for self-managing real estate investors. Hemlane is a venture-backed platform that simplifies rental property management by offering tools for inspections, repairs, tenant coordination, and more, all in one place. Dana shares how Hemlane differentiates itself from traditional property management by blending human oversight with technology, catering to a market where 72% of landlords self-manage their properties. We also explore how she achieved early traction at Hemlane by leveraging her personal network, testing creative messaging, and focusing on product-led growth. Dana emphasizes the importance of a balanced approach between technology and personal interaction, particularly as AI becomes more prevalent in real estate.
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| 01 Feb 2022 | Reducing Hidden Costs and Finding Lost Revenue in Apartments with Nick Latz, CRO at Zego | 00:38:52 | |
About Nick and Zego Zego is a property technology company that frees management companies and community associations to go above and beyond for residents through resident experience management solutions (think rent and utility payments, resident communication, maintenance requests, and more). | |||
| 24 Jul 2024 | Demystifying Real Estate Auctions with Steven Jacobs, President at Ten-X | 00:39:04 | |
In this episode of Tech Nest, I explore commercial real estate auctions with Stephen Jacobs, President of Ten-X. Stephen shares his journey leading Ten-X (which is a really cool story, BTW) and debunks myths about auctions, explaining their strategic advantages beyond just distressed properties. Learn how Ten-X leverages data and technology to streamline the auction process, ensuring faster and more certain sales. Stephen also discusses the evolving role of brokers and current market trends, providing valuable insights into the future of commercial real estate transactions. Hint: brokers are still very much relevant in today's transactions. Listen in today!
CoStar Group’s online property auction platform, Ten-X, is the leading example of the rapid growth of online property auction marketplaces. Each year more and more buyers, sellers, and brokers are using this proptech tool to exchange properties. Events like its Battle of the Bids, which feature thousands of players duking it out for $3.1 million in prizes over 6 rounds to correctly guess how much various properties will sell for on the Ten-X platform, are a way to highlight the innovative ways that CRE marketplaces are drawing attention to their ecosystems. Battle of the Bids is also an example of the notoriously staid industry having a little fun and using gamification tools to drive awareness of new trends. | |||
| 28 Jun 2022 | It's All About the People in Property Management with Joe Polverari, Co-founder of PURE Property Management | 00:52:00 | |
More about PURE Property Management and Joe Polverari Joseph Polverari is co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley-based PURE Property Management, the fastest growing profitable residential property management and technology company in the U.S. He is a seasoned entrepreneur and fintech pioneer, who led corporate development and strategy at Yodlee, a financial data aggregation and analytics platform, through its IPO in 2014 and subsequent acquisition by Envestnet. Polverari is leveraging his expertise to lead an experienced team of industry insiders looking to transform the traditionally cumbersome and complex process of managing properties. | |||
| 13 Apr 2020 | S8E80 Interview with Hannah Gorlick, Co-Founder of Doorside | 00:50:23 | |
Hannah Gorlick is the CEO and Co-Founder of Doorside, a software company providing custom marketplace apps for the real estate vertical. Dooride's platform solutions empower real estate brokerages with recruiting and virtual team-building; property managers with on-demand tours; and service-based businesses with a marketplace engine. Connect with Hannah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahgorlick | |||
| 01 Aug 2018 | S1:E8 Interview with Zach Evanish, Director of Sales for Roofstock | 00:40:29 | |
| 08 Mar 2024 | VC Investment into Defensible Proptech Companies with Gavin Myers, Partner at Prudence VC | 00:44:59 | |
This week's featured guest is Gavin Myers, Managing Partner at Prudence, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in technology companies in the real estate sector. We dig into Gavin's background and transition to proptech, as well as Prudence's investment strategy of backing differentiated and defensible companies. Gavin shares the importance of understanding the sector and the people involved, as well as the challenges of finding talent in proptech—a topic I'm passionate about (collectively, we as an industry need to do more to attract high-caliber talent). Gavin also provides insights into Prudence's new fund and their focus on AI and construction tech. This is Prudence's third fund at $80 million, bringing their total AUM to $230 million. News of the fund is linked down below.
Gavin Myers is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Prudence. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at AI Clearing, Casafari, Morty, VendorPM and CREXi (observer). Before co-founding Prudence in 2009, Gavin worked at Sun Capital Partners, focused on middle market private equity, as well as Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs. He received a BA in Political Science from Yale University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. News: Prudence Closes Its $80mm Fund III To Invest In Technology Companies Transforming The Built World | |||
| 13 May 2019 | S4E44 Interview with Erina Malarkey & Anna-Lea Dieringer, Co-Founders of Remarkably | 00:57:07 | |
Connect with Erina & Anna-Lea, and learn more about Remarkably! Company Website | |||
| 21 May 2024 | Utilizing Local Data Intelligence with Vincent-Charles Hodder, Co-founder and CEO at Local Logic | 00:41:02 | |
This week's interview features Vincent Hodder, Co-founder and CEO of Local Logic. Local Logic is a location intelligence platform that focuses on digitizing the built world and providing predictive analytics for addresses in the US and Canada. They have a massive data set of 100 billion unique data points, which allows them to understand and quantify cities at a hyperlocal level. You'll hear us discuss the need for data-driven insights to help consumers, agents, and investors (all in their own, unique ways) make better decisions in real estate. Local Logic provides innovative data solutions for the real estate industry, helping consumers and agents make informed decisions based on location-specific insights. Real estate is a hyper-local game. Dig in on how better access to data and enhanced tools can make a difference for consumers, agents, and investors. More about Vincent-Charles and Local Logic Vincent-Charles started his journey as a young boy, aspiring to be a real estate developer. While in school, he recognized a significant issue in the industry, particularly in urban planning. The lack of actionable data on how the built environment impacts the supply and demand of real estate led to investments being based solely on a “gut check.” Seeing the ramifications this had on community developments, he seized this opportunity and co-founded Local Logic with his fellow classmate, Gabriel Damant Sirois. Local Logic is now empowering customers to achieve their real estate goals by providing them with high-quality, unique, and actionable insights to understand how the built world impacts the risk and return of their real estate decisions of all scales and at all levels of sophistication. | |||
| 16 Dec 2019 | S6E67 Interview with Ajay Kumar, CEO of TheHouseMonk | 00:55:26 | |
Co-living is a rapidly expanding market that is catching the attention of service providers, global. In this interview, I talk with the founder and CEO of TheHouseMonk, Ajay Kumar, about a recent report his company compiled detailing the global co-living market. We get into details such as which country has the most renters living in co-living, which is most profitable, and where some of the biggest opportunities are. TheHouseMonk is a platform designed for tenants to improve their living experience, so of course we talk about what they offer and the uniqueness of their service in that they're present in nine different countries. Listen in. Download the Global Co-living Report Ajay's Email: Aj@thehousemonk.com | |||
| 12 Aug 2019 | S5E56 Interview with Alex Doubet, CEO of Door.com | 00:56:38 | |
Alex founded Door when his mom sold her house with a traditional real estate agent, paid 6% commission, and did not even get a thank you note. Door.com is has the technology and expert agents you need to sell your home in the new digital world of real estate. Best of all? You only pay a flat fee, anywhere in the country, when your home sells. Door Twitter | |||
| 25 Sep 2024 | Building for Tighter-Knit Communities with Phil Levin, Founder and CEO of Live Near Friends | 00:40:39 | |
In this episode, Phil Levin, Founder and CEO of Live Near Friends, shares insights on the importance of proximity in shaping our lives and the potential for multiplayer mode housing. He discusses the benefits of living near friends and family, how transportation influences city design, and the rise of cul-de-sac communities. Phil also touches on the role of ADUs in fostering closer-knit neighborhoods, the loneliness epidemic, and the health impacts of community living. The conversation highlights how proximity to happy friends can boost happiness by 40%, and explores the future of urban planning with self-driving cars.
Today's product aggregates latent demand for living near friends & family, identifies existing housing supply that is a good fit for groups, and greases the behavioral mechanics. It's been covered by Vox, Guardian, Axios, Bigger Pockets and Business Insider. The vision is to become the marketplace where all "proximate housing" is marketed, developed, financed, and sold. Phil is the CEO/founder of Live Near Friends, the social real estate platform that helps people live within walking distance of friends & family. Previously, he helped start Culdesac (a developer building walkable, car-free neighborhoods, $200m+ raised). Phil started a housing cluster called Radish where he lives near 19 friends and 5 of their kids spread across 10 homes. He writes about this on Supernuclear, the #1 newsletter on living near friends (160K reach). Phil’s mission is to create forms of housing which makes us happy, healthy, and connected. And in doing so rebuild the social fabric of our neighborhoods. | |||
| 06 Aug 2024 | A New Era in Lending with Kirill Bensonoff, Co-founder and CEO of New Silver | 00:33:30 | |
Kirill Bensonoff, CEO and Co-founder of New Silver, a fintech company that provides loans for fix and flip projects, joins Tech Nest to discuss the current state of the real estate market, the challenges faced by investors, and how New Silver differentiates itself from other lenders. Kirill explains how their technology, including a pricing engine, streamlines the loan process and offers convenience to borrowers. He also discusses their unique approach to sourcing capital, including their partnership with MakerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization. Kirill shares his predictions for the future of the real estate market and the impact of AI on the industry. New Silver is not your standard lender. Listen in to hear more!
Kirill Bensonoff is an advocate for pioneering fintech solutions, with a career spanning over 20 years across fintech, blockchain, and cloud computing. His entrepreneurial acumen has led to the successful bootstrapping of two high-growth technology companies, culminating in multi-million dollar exits. Kirill's journey exemplifies the synergy between deep industry expertise and entrepreneurial zeal, driving innovation in financial technology. As the co-founder and CEO of New Silver, a fintech company that excels in providing loans for fix-and-flip projects, Kirill has been instrumental in steering the company through challenging landscapes to establish it as a leader in its domain. Under his guidance, New Silver has made a mark by becoming the first Real-World Asset to be recognized and approved by MakerDAO, the leading stable-coin community project. | |||
| 30 Apr 2024 | Streamlining Security Deposits for Property Managers and Owners with Conor Brennan, Co-founder at Rentable | 00:42:59 | |
I promise you, discussing security deposits isn't as boring as it may seem. This week, I'm joined by Conor Brennan, Co-founder of Rentable, a security deposit management platform for residential real estate. He shares about the pain points of security deposits, including the legal challenges and outdated processes. We dig into the importance of integrations and Rentable's focus on cash deposits. Conor shares how Rentable offers flexible payment options for deposits and highlights the ideal customers for their platform. You'll hear Conor explain further more about the inefficiencies of traditional security deposit processes and the time and cost savings that can be achieved through improved technology. He highlights the importance of educating property managers on these benefits and addressing pain points such as returned checks and new legislation. We also get into Rentable's go-to-market strategy of targeting the mid-market for adoption and the key value props of using Rentable. More about Conor and Rentable Conor Co-founded Rentable alongside Alex Kamisher. The two worked together at Boston based fintech company, Toast. After experiencing the difficult and archaic process of paying and receiving their security deposits in their Boston apartments, the two realized that a solution was needed to address this issue. | |||
| 01 Aug 2018 | S1:E5 Interview with Tyler Forte, CEO and Founder of Felix Homes | 00:42:19 | |
| 14 Mar 2023 | Mobile First CRE Data Solutions with Bonnie Murray, CEO of Raccord | 00:48:11 | |
What an honor it was to have Bonnie Murray, founder and CEO of Raccord on the show. Raccord is building a mobile-first data platform specifically for commercial real estate owners and operators. We had a fun discussion highlighting why the decision to build mobile first as compared to everyone else in the industry, as well as how this can save organizations significant time from handling administrative work and reducing delays with data requests. We also had a chance to discuss the importance of building a diverse team, coincidentally, on International Women's Day. Lots of insights jammed into this interview. Listen in! More about Bonnie and Raccord Raccord's CEO, NY-based Bonnie Murray, has over twenty years experience in finance, working across various investment verticals, and recognizes the importance of data-driven decision-making. Leading a female-led business that is laying the foundations for a futuristic real-estate investment model, Bonnie is perfectly placed to talk about navigating the industry, share her unique insight, and discuss potential challenges. | |||
| 01 Oct 2018 | S2E19 Interview with Alan Donefeld, Founder at CityVest | 00:54:42 | |
Connect with Alan and learn more about CityVest alan@Cityvest.com Alan is the founder of www.CityVest.com CityVest is an online investment marketplace of institutional real estate private equity funds. Our investors receive access to these institutional funds with minimum investments of $25,000 to $100,000, while the underlying fund may have a minimum subscription of $1 million. Simply put, we provide the simplest and best real estate investment process for individual investors to gain access to the best real estate investment funds. The CityVest.com website provides investors the ability to browse real estate investments, conduct due diligence on the properties, and review investment documentation. The on-line closing process is simple and safe. By pooling investments of as little as $25,000 with other investors, individuals can now gain access to high return institutional private equity funds. CityVest targets providing investors with relatively safe real estate investments with targeted IRRs of 12% to 18% IRR. | |||
| 08 Apr 2019 | S4E39 Interview with Maraz Rahman, VP of Growth & Business Development at Naborly | 00:35:27 | |
We do AI-powered tenant screening and offer financial products for tenants and landlords alike to secure rentals. This quarter, we'd be announcing our Rent Guarantee for the US. Connect with Maraz, and learn more about Naborly! | |||
| 16 Aug 2024 | Where is Proptech Headed from the Triple Win Podcast with Andrew Smallwood, VP of Revenue at Second Nature | 00:39:05 | |
This episode is a bit different. I recorded this as an episode for the Triple Win Podcast with Andrew Smallwood, VP of Revenue at Second Nature. So today, I'll be playing the role of guest and Andrew is host. Enjoy this fun discussion on where proptech is headed. Few things have changed the property management industry more in the last five years than a growing proptech industry, but that industry continues to go through changes of its own. Nate Smoyer, host of the Tech Nest Podcast, joins Andrew Smallwood to cover the state of the proptech industry, where things could be headed, and how it’s all likely to affect you as a property manager. More about Andrew and Second Nature | |||
| 01 Aug 2018 | S1:E6 Interview with Mark Davis, CEO for realquantum | 00:38:01 | |
| 19 Apr 2022 | Second Home Co-Ownership Market Goes Mainstream with Pacaso CEO, Austin Allison | 00:52:49 | |
More about Pacaso and Austin Allison Austin co-founded Pacaso to make the dream of second home ownership a reality for more people after experiencing the profound effect it had on his own life. In 2009, he founded dotloop in his hometown of Cincinnati, a company that created software to seamlessly manage real estate transactions. Zillow acquired dotloop in 2015, and Austin continued to run dotloop as a Zillow executive until 2018. | |||
| 30 Jan 2024 | Advances in Tenant Screening Processes with Tim Ray, Founder and CEO at VeriFast | 00:38:41 | |
Tim Ray, CEO of VeriFast, discusses the importance of identity verification in the real estate industry and the challenges of tenant fraud. He explains how VeriFast's single-source verification platform helps verify individuals' identities and financial details, providing a more secure and flexible screening process for renters—especially for those with a non-traditional income. Tim also highlights the company's integrations with property management systems and the need for trust and transparency in data sharing. He predicts that credit checks will become less relevant in rental applications and that document processing using PDFs will fade away as technology advances. More about Tim and VeriFast Tim Ray is a 4X Founder and Angel investor with a passion for building and scaling innovative businesses from ideation, and a track record of successful exits. Tim is passionate about the importance of creative "out-the-box" thinking, analytical decision-making and developing great relationships to solve complex problems and find winning outcomes. Currently Tim is Co-Founder & CEO of VeriFast, the first single-source verification platform that helps companies verify an individual's identity and financial details using consumer-permissioned data; reducing billions of dollars lost to inefficient underwriting and fraud annually. Tim plays dad to an amazing family with 3 kids and an incredible wife, and is passionate about travelling and being active with friends: skiing, golfing, cycling and more recently kite surfing. | |||
| 03 Jan 2023 | The App That Rewards Renters with Lily Liu, CEO of Piñata | 00:55:29 | |
Tech Nest Podcast brings you an interview with Lily Liu, CEO of Piñata, an innovative new app that rewards renters for their monthly payments. In this episode, Lily discusses the inspiration behind Piñata, how it works, and the benefits it offers to both renters and landlords. She also shares her insights on the future of the rental market and how renter amenities will take shape in the years to come. Tune in to hear more about this exciting new app that is changing the game for renters everywhere. More about Lily and Piñata Lily Liu's career started out by straddling the lines of technology and government founding PublicStuff, which she sold to Accela that was then acquired by Berkshire Partners. As the CEO of Piñata, Lily has brought to life her vision of creating financial equality for renters. In 2017, she was recognized as Forbes’ 30 under 30 Top Entrepreneurs and Business Insiders’ People to Watch. Her entrepreneurial leadership allows Lily to address glaring systemic issues in the financial and real estate industries. Learn more at www.lily-liu.com. | |||
| 03 Sep 2022 | Advanced Management Tech for Vacation Rentals with Marcus Räder, CEO of Hostaway | 00:59:14 | |
More about Marcus and Hostaway Hostaway is the world's leading vacation rental software which makes it easier for property managers and hosts - whether they have 5 or 1,000 vacation rentals - to get more out of their business while spending less time on tedious manual tasks. Hostaway's property management system and channel manager offer scalable solutions for marketing, sales, reporting, communication, and more, with an extensive Marketplace of over 100 integrated software and service partners, backed by award-winning customer support. The company was founded in 2015 by a team of ardent technology enthusiasts. Unlike competitors, Hostaway’s platform was built in-house, making it one of the most reliable solutions on the market. This reliability has been recognized by leading online travel agencies Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com who have also chosen Hostaway as one of their elite software partners. | |||
| 13 Jan 2020 | S7E71 Interview with Zachary Aarons, Co-Founder of MetaProp | 01:04:01 | |
Learn more about MetaProp: https://www.metaprop.org | |||
| 16 Jul 2024 | A Fresh Approach to Fractional Homeownership with Frank Rohde, Founder and CEO of Ownify | 00:40:25 | |
Here's a fun one for y'all. Frank Rohde, Founder and CEO of Ownify, a company working to revolutionize homeownership through fractional ownership joins the show. Frank shares insights into Ownify's innovative model that helps first-time homebuyers with good income and credit but limited savings gradually build equity in their homes. You'll hear about Frank's diverse background, including his roles at FICO and Nomis, and how these experiences helped shape Ownify. He explains the dual nature of Ownify's operations, balancing PropCo and OpCo dynamics to benefit both consumers and investors. We get practical, outlining steps for using Ownify, the challenges and opportunities in the current real estate market, and Frank's predictions for the future of homeownership and proptech. Listen in!
Frank originally hails from Germany. Early attempts at becoming a child prodigy violinist were unsuccessful which forced his parents to abandon any hope or supervision. Left to his own, Frank quickly became famous for wrestling rattlesnakes and kayaking. His sister meanwhile became the child prodigy violinist. Looking for a brighter future, Frank moved to California where his first job was a choice between watering marijuana plants in the Northern California mountains or building a neural network-based prediction engine for horse racing results. Ever focused on doing the right thing, he built the neural network for horse racing. Several other lucky turns led him to stay in the US and eventually graduate from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics. Since then, he’s been a consultant at Oliver Wyman, started an online insurance company, spent 4 years at FICO, and grew Nomis from <$2M to $25M+ in ARR before selling it. His most recent challenge is building Ownify - a new path to ownership for the ~2M first-time homebuyers each year. | |||
| 02 Jul 2024 | Uncovering Hidden Inventory in Real Estate with Amanda Orson, Founder and CEO of Galleon | 00:34:16 | |
Have we all been ignoring opportunities to uncover inventory? Amanda Orson, Founder and CEO of Galleon, reveals the hidden potential in the real estate marketplace by exposing inventory not visible on the MLS. She shares insights on industry challenges and opportunities, and how technological advances are revolutionizing real estate transactions. Amanda discusses why the traditional 3% buyer's agent fee may soon be obsolete and the need for a pragmatic industry outlook. That's not to say buyer's agents can't or won't be paid in the future—just that it's time to re-evaluate how we're doing things. She addresses the detrimental trend of denying the need for change and emphasizes preparing for a dynamic future. Listen in to learn about Galleon's goal to become the largest network of off-market, non-MLS inventory in the U.S.
Amanda Orson is the Founder and CEO of Galleon, the direct consumer-led real estate marketplace. As a serial entrepreneur and tech executive, prior to Galleon, she was the CEO of Curve US, leading the British fintech's expansion in the United States. | |||