Episodes

How does the complexity of real estate transactions create an opportunity for technology to improve the overall experience? What similarities exist between the adtech and proptech industries? How can the playing field be leveled for families and individuals that want to purchase homes and build communities? What can be done to empower real estate agents to help their clients in hyper competitive bidding situations? Lindsay Van Kirk - VP, Sales and Operation at Ribbon joins Proptech Espresso to ...

Why does being an entrepreneur equip a founder to expect the unexpected? What lessons did Scott learn from losing almost everything in the 2009 financial crisis? What are the unique investment insights that Privy has built into it's solution to help individual investors make decisions? Why should novice real estate investors avoid the lure of gurus and the guarantees that the promise? Scott Fahl - Founder & CEO of Privy joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and share the many ups an...

Can the current housing crisis be solved with technology? How have different government policies and social forces contributed to economic and racial inequality in housing? How is the Terner Center advancing innovative policies to influence the way government at all levels is directing money towards creative ways to address housing needs? What successes have the first cohort class from the Housing Lab achieved after the program? Michelle Boyd - Program Director for the Housing Lab, joins Propte...

In today's world, should we still be defining businesses along the traditional lines of product and services? How is proptech evolving and accelerating in India and surrounding markets? Can co-living recreate the missing physical connections of communities that increased internet usage has greatly reduced? Ajay Kumar - co-founder and CEO of TheHouseMonk, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss the path to building an international platform for centralized rental real estate...

Are differing US municipal codes causing fragmentation challenges and thus preventing broader proptech adoption? Why isn't the home a more integral part of the financial advisor planning process? What causes people to talk about homeownership as a financial investment but in reality don't treat it as a financial investment? Why is financial flexibility so important for homeowners? Joe Cianciolo - Co-Founder & CEO of HomePace, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and much more. Joe ...

Why is the traditional rental showing experience so challenging and unsatisfactory for all participants? What percentage of a leasing agent's time is spent traveling to and from listings? How are different segments of multifamily leasing managers adopting technology to automate their processes? Chris Kostoulas - co-founder and COO of Peek, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how a virtual first leasing platform enables multifamily managers to rent their units much more ...

Fueled by a passion for social entrepreneurship, Caroline Pinal co-founded Giveback Homes to empower the real estate industry to turn business into an opportunity for social good. Pinal and team deliver innovation and impact to their network of like-minded real estate agents, brokerages, technology, and service providers. In concert with these companies, Giveback Homes has helped deliver over 200 homes to families in need during the past five years. Pinal worked directly with Concierge Auctions ...

What is the rooming house phenomenon? How do you provide housing for segments of the population that cannot afford market-rate housing? Is it possible for landlords to make a profit in the affordable housing market? Atticus LeBlanc - PadSplit founder, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how he is using technology to increase the supply of affordable housing and create a roadmap for affordable housing renters to become affordable housing landlords. Atticus is the CEO & ...

JoyHub is a business intelligence platform specifically for professional rental owners, managers and operators. By providing access and connectivity across their existing technology infrastructure JoyHub provides rental operators with a holistic view of their properties, tenants and portfolios. Powered by a proprietary integration layer, JoyHub connects, collects and aggregates data from various data sources to support secure data storage, custom reporting and predictive analytics. With access t...

Victor Hunt is the CEO and co-founder of Astorian, a contractor marketplace for building owners and managers. Victor worked in property management for over a decade at a 5000 tenant portfolio in The Bronx where he was inspired by his own challenges hiring contractors. He and his co-founder started the company from their dorm room at Yale and have raised over $2 million in funding from First Round Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Village Global.

Bobby Bryant is the CEO of DOSS Group INC., the holding company for Ask DOSS, DOSS Pros, DOSS Social Agents, DOSS Home Loans, DOSS Home Warranty, etc... DOSS is a proptech company that's obsessed with creating an End-to-End Fair-Priced Digital Real Estate Marketplace. They are developing a Voice-Activated Intelligent Assistant built into a proprietary search and transactional platform that empowers the Consumer and REALTORS® to ask any question about any property in the world to get accurate, ea...

Despite over a quarter of American's living in a form of an HOA community, HOAs remain very much a mystery to most of us. Buying into an HOA brings added diligence complexity to prospective homeowners around HOA rules as well as the financial viability of the HOA. Unfortunately, this transactional diligence is very archaic and paper-based. Luckily, our guests today on Proptech Espresso, Jamie Hankinson and Tom Beattie co-founders of Eli Report, are bringing much needed innovation to the HOA spac...

Jada Mclean is the Co-founder/CEO of Hurry Home, the platform enabling homeownership of houses valued at $80,000 or less through shared ownership. As an alumna of the renowned Techstars Accelerator and participant of UC Berkeley Terner Center’s inaugural Housing Lab cohort, Jada has been recognized for Hurry Home’s innovative approach to filling in the gap of financing for small-dollar properties. Prior to founding Hurry Home she was an investment banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Mcco...

Why have real estate investors finally started trusting proptech solutions with their data? What are the primary operating tools being adopted by real estate portfolio managers? Andrew Flint - co-founder of Occupier, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how the success of commercial real estate owners has delayed the adoption of technology, with younger tech forward leaders now changing this approach. Andrew Flint is the co-founder of Occupier, Inc., a Real Estate Succe...

Ashleigh Wilson is the Founder and CEO of AuditMate, a vertical transportation software, and management company. AuditMate is on a mission to empower building owners and managers with data-driven maintenance auditing products that radically simplify vendor management and selection. Ashleigh believes that in order to do well, we must start by doing right and is proving this by making vertical transportation management accessible and simple.

Mr. Novin has over 14 years of experience in the multifamily development sector and has been involved with the development of over 9,000 multifamily units valued over $3.5B throughout California. Iman founded Novin Development to focus on urban infill, mixed-income, and transit-oriented development projects with a double-bottom line commitment to risk adjusted returns and social / environmental sustainability. Prior to starting Novin Development, Iman worked at MidPen Housing as Director of Acq...

Abbey Wemimo, Co-Founder, Esusu Abbey Wemimo is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Esusu, a financial technology platform that reports rental data to build tenant's credit scores while helping property owners increase revenue, lower evictions powered by differentiated data and insights. Prior to Esusu, Abbey founded Clean Water for Everyone, a global social venture providing affordable access to clean water for 250,000+ people in six countries. He also founded a data analytics company designed to gath...

Krishna is an Associate with Moderne Ventures. Her primary responsibilities include supporting the Passport Program, sourcing new companies, and supporting Moderne's Portfolio. Prior to joining Moderne Ventures, Krishna was an analyst at Keller Williams Realty International. She worked on technology trends research, sourced startup companies for partnerships, and participated in special projects. During her time at Keller Williams, she even had opportunities to work directly with Gary Keller, fo...

Experienced CEO / senior leader across multiple industries Rick Altizer joined Earnnest in March 2019 from BP, where he was senior vice president of fuel sales and marketing for North America. He was named North America’s Fuels Leader of the Year in 2018 by Convenience Store magazine Prior to BP, Rick served as regional vice president for McDonald's, running a $1 billion region with 500 stores. He also served as president of Jiffy Lube International, vice president of marketing for Shell Oil...

Soner Hacihaliloglu started his professional carrier as Project Manager at Siemens Ares-account Technologies. After working 3 years in Building Technologies he was appointed as the MENA Region Business Development manager at E-on Ista Holding. During the time he served as a Business development manager he was responsible for the operations in 5 different countries in 3 continents. He set up operations from 0 to 50m Euro revenue in 2 years. Soner has been chosen as one of the best Innovators unde...

As the Chief Executive Officer, Mike Greene is responsible for all commercial activity at ResiShares. Mike’s fascination with the housing market began with a guest lecture in his undergrad economics class by Nobel-winning economist Robert Shiller. The lecture focused on Shiller’s eponymous home price indices, which first drew attention to the possibility of liquid, geographically-based investment products. During his 15 years in the securities industry, first on the sell-side and then as the h...

Today's guest on Proptech Espresso is Wendy Gilch. Wendy is the CEO and Founder of Selling Later; an ally for consumers that let’s future home sellers and home buyers connect in advance. In addition to giving time back to consumers, Selling Later also peels back the layers of secrecy within the industry by educating consumers on the selling/buying process. Their unbiased platform creates a safe place for consumers to connect, without selling member information or participating in referrals progr...

Alex Villacorta is a pragmatic and enterprising Data Scientist with a diverse business and analytics catalog, delivering industry-validated analytical products through proven executive leadership. Engineer of advanced statistical models in both design and production implementation, attaining key intellectual property and multimillion-dollar contracts. Housing industry expert regularly cited in tier one media outlets for predictive housing analytics. He is an expert statistician and business exec...

Matt is a strategy, innovation, and business development executive with deep experience in housing and community development, finance, and urban policy. He has a track record of creating value and revenue growth through discovering and conceiving new ventures, business planning, managing cross-sector teams, deal-making, and supporting entrepreneurship with a core focus at the intersection of technology and housing. His career experiences in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors support a de...