In Miami’s competitive real estate market, where traditional lenders increasingly rely on automated systems to approve straightforward applications, Krebs has built a thriving business by focusing on the complex cases others reject. His approach combines deep industry knowledge with creative problem-solving to secure financing for borrowers who fall through the cracks of conventional lending. “I ...
“What if I could show you five or six actions that statistically reduce your likelihood of lease churn by 10 percentage points?” asks Ray Hespen, CEO and Co-Founder of Property Meld. This isn’t just a hypothetical question. With data from over 750,000 rental units and approximately $1 billion in annual repairs, Hespen’s company has uncovered ...
“We want to be the Four Seasons and the Ritz Carlton instead of the motel,” says Ting Qiao, CEO and Founder of Wan Bridge Group, describing his vision for the company’s role in the build-to-rent (BTR) industry. This philosophy has guided the Texas-based developer since its founding in 2016, establishing it as one of the ...
“In about three to five years, every agent who currently uses AI effectively will gain from it. When they’re selling 10 properties a year, they’re probably going to sell 30 to 40 properties a year,” predicts Biju Ashokan, CEO of prop tech company Radius. In a real estate market experiencing its most challenging period in ...
“It’s actually the golden age of EV charging amenities, especially in multi-family,” says Chris Kluesener, Co-founder and CEO of Matcha Electric. While headlines about electric vehicles may have turned negative in recent months, the reality on the ground in multi-family properties tells a different story. For the 115 million Americans who rent their homes, EV ...
In a market where flashy office towers and luxury residential developments often grab headlines, Brian Abers has found success in what he calls “essential real estate” – small bay industrial properties that house the businesses forming the backbone of local economies. As founder and managing partner of Captiva Partners, Abers is expanding his firm’s footprint ...
“It’s better to have it in the contract and not need it than not have it at all when you need it,” advises Lisa Colon, Partner at Saul Ewing and a construction law attorney with 25 years of experience who has weathered her share of industry disruptions. When tariffs affect construction materials like steel and ...
In the competitive landscape of commercial real estate, while institutional investors rush toward mainstream asset classes, Matt Hunsucker has discovered opportunity in the industry’s blind spots. As the founder of IOS List and a portfolio of specialized media platforms serving hyper-niche real estate segments, Hunsucker is proving that sometimes the most lucrative path involves helping ...
In the competitive world of real estate, the traditional brokerage model has remained largely unchanged for decades. That changed when Side entered the market. Founded in 2017 by a team including Chief Broker Officer Hilary Saunders, Side has redefined how top-producing real estate professionals build and scale their businesses. Side’s mission is straightforward yet innovative: ...
When Briggs Elwell was overseeing business development for Related Companies’ luxury rental portfolio, he noticed a stark disparity in how real estate agents were supported compared to traditional employees. This observation would eventually lead him to found RLTYco, which recently secured $20 million in mixed equity and credit funding to expand its comprehensive suite of ...
As mortgage qualification standards continue to tighten – with minimum credit score requirements jumping from 650 to 670 in recent months among major lenders – one company is addressing a fundamental problem in the homebuying process: the lack of transparency in qualification requirements. My Home Pathway, founded and led by industry veteran Castleigh Johnson, is ...
Remember when buying a house meant squirreling away a massive down payment, begging a bank for a mortgage, and crossing your fingers? Those days aren’t exactly over, but there’s a revolution brewing in the world of real estate that’s turning the traditional path to home ownership on its head. Breaking the “Bank of Mom and ...
In the competitive world of real estate lending, We Lend has emerged as a standout success story, funding over $600 million across 1,300 assets with zero principal loss since its founding in 2018. But the journey of its managing partner and co-founder, Ruben Izgelov, reveals how personal experience and immigrant determination helped shape a lending ...
In an era where property management is increasingly dominated by large corporations and automated systems, Fort Property Management founder Nathan Harr is championing a return to personalized service in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) real estate market. His approach? Making property management accessible, responsive, and human-centered. “We’re in the customer service industry,” Harr emphasizes. While all ...
We’ve all been there – you find the perfect Airbnb, only to watch the price balloon at checkout as service fees and cleaning charges pile up. That exciting $200-per-night dream rental suddenly becomes a budget-busting nightmare. But just how bad are these fees, and do they vary depending on where you’re staying? A new analysis ...
