Tech Nest: The Proptech Podcast

More about Cameron and ProphiaProphia is a rising proptech smart tool for commercial real estate & lease abstraction used across 1,800 buildings, with 100% customer retention, and has exceeded one million pages scanned with its AI-powered technology. With Prophia’s AI abstraction tool, commercial real estate owners, investors, and operators can eliminate manually intensive lease abstractions and data accessibility processes. This allows users to enhance their investment strategy in real time with complete, verifiable, and structured commercial portfolio data.Follow Prophia on TwitterFollow Cameron on TwitterConnect with Cameron on LinkedInCheck out Prophia

21 Mars 202350min

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 RaccordRaccord is a data platform that distills complex, disparate data into clear, powerful and essential metrics, to equip decision-makers with the intelligence needed to analyze portfolios and investment opportunities, the smart way.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.Connect with Bonnie on LinkedInCheck out Raccord

14 Mars 202348min

More about Anne and Lobby CRELobby CRE helps commercial real estate firms transform their portfolios with intelligent analysis, industry benchmarking, and asset management, enabling access to all data sources and automating performance reporting across all properties from a single platform. Lobby CRE is the first data analytics and management platform designed specifically for commercial real estate. Lobby helps companies discover opportunities in their business and provides configurable insights to make data-driven decisions faster.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.Connect with Anne on LinkedinCheck out Lobby CRE

8 Mars 20231h 1min

Stop the tape! This is one of the most energetic episodes on Tech Nest—ever! Jeffrey Berman, partner at Camber Creek, brings the heat. We covered a wide variety of topics. We talked strategy, proptech trends, what's to come, and more. But ultimately, I think you'll walk away with at least one thing—Jeffrey is not your average VC! Don't delay—hit the play button.More about Jeffrey and Camber CreekCamber Creek is the oldest venture capital firm in the US, driving innovation in the real estate industry.  Camber Creek maintains an LP network of institutional investors and over 300 strategic real estate groups, including some of the largest real estate owners, operators, and service providers. By introducing them to the strongest startups across dozens of categories, Camber Creek serves an R&D function for the real estate industry, connecting the best technology to industry leaders who spur adoption, all while generating top quartile returns. We are currently investing out of our fourth fund and have 13 exits portfolio-wide - to date.  Jeffrey Berman has more than two decades of executive management experience and deeply rooted relationships in the start-up, real estate and venture capital ecosystems. Jeffrey has sourced deal flow, led due diligence, made investment decisions and served on the boards of numerous portfolio companies. Prior to Camber Creek, he was a Principal at one of the Washington DC area’s largest privately held real estate development and management companies. **Special note and shout out for the podcast Jeffrey co-hosts with fellow proptech veteran and enthusiast, Edward Cohen. It's called Tangent - Proptech & The Future of Cities. Check it out: https://tangent.transistor.fmConnect with Jeffrey on LinkedInFollow Camber Creek on TwitterCheck out Camber Creek

1 Mars 202356min

In this episode, host Nate Smoyer chats it up with Adam Mait, the co-founder and COO of DoorLoop. DoorLoop is a feature-rich property management platform that Nate describes as the "Zapier of proptech" platforms due to its ability to seamlessly integrate with a plethora of tools and services. Adam shares details about DoorLoop's platform, including how it streamlines property management tasks, as well as discussing newly released features such as websites for property managers. DoorLoop is still pretty young to have so many developed features, so Nate asks Adam to share more about their aggressive product roadmap and shipping mentality. However, Adam makes it clear—it's not just features that matters, customer must want to use the platform—this is what he believes is DoorLoops advantage over many industry incumbents. This interview is a must-listen for anyone in the property management space looking to optimize their workflows or if you're wanting to keep tabs on which direction property management platforms are moving in.More about Adam and DoorLoopDoorLoop is the highest-rated property management software online. Landlords, property managers, and management companies in over 100 countries use DoorLoop to manage tens of thousands of units. The software automates everything from listing units, background checks, rent collection, maintenance requests, moving out tenants, and everything in between. DoorLoop is fully customizable for any mixed-use portfolio, including residential, commercial, associations, and many more.Not only ivy league educated but also a licensed attorney, real estate developer, and realtor, Adam brings to DoorLoop his best practices from years of commercial real estate development and management. He is passionate about the company’s overall mission: delivering landlords and property managers an easy-to-use platform with powerful features, to take the hassle out of managing units.Connect with Adam on LinkedInFollow DoorLoop on TwitterCheck out DoorLoop

21 Feb 202357min

In this episode of Tech Nest Podcast, host Nate Smoyer sits down with Ryan Barone, CEO of RentRedi, to discuss their customer-centric approach to building rental management tools. Ryan also shares more about the effects of the pandemic on the rental market and details how his team weigh the pros and cons of incorporating features from partners versus building them in-house. This is a must-listen for anyone in the property management space or interested in the latest tech solutions for the rental market. Tune in to learn more about RentRedi's exciting efforts to build the all-in-one solution for independent landlords and their renters.More about Ryan and RentRediRentRedi is a modern, end-to-end solution with web and mobile app that help landlords collect rent, screen tenants, list units, sign leases, and manage maintenance & accounting. For tenants, RentRedi provides companion apps to pay rent, set up auto-pay, sign up for credit boost, and renters insurance, apply to units, and submit maintenance requests. Each plan comes with unlimited units, tenants, and amazing customer support.The brain behind RentRedi’s software and mobile apps, Ryan Barone is the company’s CEO & co-founder. Before launching RentRedi, he worked at Goldman Sachs and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Ryan is an avid basket fan and enjoys playing music (drums, piano, and guitar), cooking, and traveling.Follow RentRedi on TwitterFollow RentRedi on LinkedInCheck out RentRedi

7 Feb 202352min

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.BuildThink about organizations that leverage a Salesforce for their sales department, a Hubspot for their marketing department, an ADP for their HR department, a Netsuite for their accounting department—and so forth.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.Follow Adam on Twitter Connect with Adam on LinkedIn

24 Jan 202350min

Join host Nate Smoyer on Tech Nest podcast as he sits down with reAlpha President, Jorge Aldecoa, to discuss their concept of investing in vacation rentals like stocks. Jorge will share his insights on the current state of the vacation rental market and explain how owning a share of the budding vacation rental industry is more attainable than ever before. Jorge shares how reAlpha is approaching vacation rentals investing differently than others using their proprietary AI-powered reAlphaBrain, Elon Musk deep-fake viral marketing, and offering a Reg A product. Whether you’re an experienced investor or just starting out, this episode is a good listen for anyone looking to learn more about something new in the vacation rentals space.More about Jorge and reAlphareAlpha is building a digital real estate investing platform that enables its members to simplify wealth creation opportunities through investments in vacation homes while striving to deliver exceptional guest experiences. reAlpha sources and scores properties from the wholesale market using a proprietary AI-driven algorithm called reAlphaBRAIN. It then predicts the viability of each property for the short-term rental market, as well as the projected long-term value. reAlpha’s business plan contemplates eventually allowing investors to buy equity in specific properties, providing opportunities for short-term passive income generation via Airbnb, as well as equity-driven capital appreciation. reAlpha is based in Dublin, Ohio. For more information, please visit www.realpha.com.Check out reAlphaWant to see that viral video reAlpha created using a deep fake of Elon Musk? Watch it on TechNest.io

17 Jan 202346min