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Rudi Davis
17 Nov 2025

Even well-funded proptech companies with nearly $40 million in backing can encounter capital allocation challenges that force strategic pivots. Rentberry’s recent withdrawal from modular housing construction highlights the often-overlooked economics of real estate development for platform companies. The rental platform, which serves 4 million monthly users globally, launched an initiative targeting digital nomads and travelers ...

Rudi Davis
17 Nov 2025

Keypr, a real estate technology company, is reshaping how home buyers handle property transactions with its platform that integrates artificial intelligence and strategic professional support. In a recent interview, John Asher, CEO of Keypr, discussed how their solution is being used in the Ontario residential market. “We have painstakingly created our own real time market ...

Rudi Davis
16 Nov 2025

The boutique hotel industry is facing a technology decision crisis that is stalling independent operators and potentially pushing them toward franchise models, according to Jennifer Barnwell, Senior Vice President of Asset Management at Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and co-founder of Curator Hotel & Resort Collection, a platform for independent boutique hotels. “In the independent boutique space, ...

Rudi Davis
16 Nov 2025

Recent analysis of resident maintenance experiences is providing new insights into multifamily lease renewal patterns, according to Ray Hespen, CEO and Co-founder of Property Meld. In a recent interview, Hespen shared findings from research involving over 110,000 first-year leases, revealing how specific maintenance issues during the initial 90 days can significantly impact residents’ decisions to ...

Rudi Davis
16 Nov 2025

B+E has developed a new method to address the persistent data gap in net lease real estate transactions, according to Camille Renshaw, CEO and Co-Founder. In a recent interview, Renshaw described how their strategy is improving market visibility for institutional investors. “To be honest with you, we didn’t set out to collect that data. We ...

Rudi Davis
15 Nov 2025

Guest House has introduced a streamlined process for preparing homes for market, according to Alex Ryden, Founder and CEO of Guest House. In a recent interview, Ryden explained how their tech-enabled solution is improving the residential real estate sector by bringing multiple services onto a single platform. “Traditionally, to group all these services together, you’re ...

Rudi Davis
14 Nov 2025

For decades, the real estate industry has relied on incomplete information when assessing properties, according to Tim Stanislaus, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Pearl. In a recent interview, Stanislaus highlighted a critical gap: while buyers, sellers, and lenders focus on a home’s appearance, location, and features, they routinely overlook how the home actually ...

Rudi Davis
14 Nov 2025

For decades, real estate transactions have ignored a critical factor: how homes actually perform in terms of energy use, comfort, and resilience. Pearl Certification has developed a systematic approach to address this gap, aiming to correct a market inefficiency that affects all 92 million single-family homes in the United States. Tim Stanislaus, Senior Vice President ...

Steve Marcinuk
13 Nov 2025

In the commercial real estate sector, Vallist is taking new steps to address the persistent issue of vacant office space. In a recent interview, Alexander Passler, co-founder and CEO of the flexible workspace operator, discussed the company’s approach to solving occupancy problems for both landlords and large corporate tenants. Alexander Passler brings more than 30 ...

Rudi Davis
12 Nov 2025

Real estate professionals are finding that artificial intelligence voice cloning technology is reshaping their approach to prospecting, though many still underestimate how advanced these tools have become. Nadav Boaz, founder and CEO of VoiceDrop, shared insights on how his company’s voice cloning platform is being used across a range of real estate sectors, including wholesaling ...

Rudi Davis
12 Nov 2025

REItrades, an automated commercial real estate marketplace, is changing how real estate professionals handle institutional property transactions with its AI-powered platform. In a recent interview, Artur Muller, Founder and CEO of REItrades, discussed how this technology is being implemented across the commercial real estate sector for deals above $10 million. “We’re fully automated. AI powered ...

Rudi Davis
10 Nov 2025

The rental platform industry is undergoing a significant transformation as companies shift from basic listing services to comprehensive AI-driven experiences. Rentberry, which has raised nearly $40 million across multiple funding rounds, is preparing to launch what may be the most ambitious AI integration yet in the mid-to-long-term rental space: a conversational agent designed to handle ...

Rudi Davis
10 Nov 2025

A new migration trend is taking shape in the mid-to-long-term rental market, with Americans increasingly opting for extended stays in Europe and Asia Pacific, according to data from Rentberry, a platform with nearly 4 million monthly users worldwide. This shift reflects changing attitudes toward work and living arrangements in the post-pandemic landscape. “What we noticed, ...

Rudi Davis
08 Nov 2025

The construction industry is taking a measured approach to artificial intelligence adoption, with many companies monitoring developments rather than moving quickly, according to Kelvin Enfinger Jr., who serves on the technology committee for Associated Builders and Contractors National. While major firms deploy advanced robotics such as “robo dogs” for site monitoring, smaller and mid-sized companies ...

Rudi Davis
07 Nov 2025

The real estate industry’s reliance on traditional cold calling is proving highly inefficient, with agents and wholesalers spending significant time for minimal results, according to Nadav Boaz, founder and CEO of VoiceDrop.ai. In a recent interview, Boaz stated that most real estate professionals using cold calling strategies experience connection rates as low as 2%, leading ...