Everyone talks about data centers, logistics, and self-storage. But we're ignoring a multi-million dollar market hiding in plain sight: College towns.Alumni loyalty doesn't fade. It compounds through predictable demand cycles and customers with deep emotional attachment.Think about it. You're an alum. You fly across the country for games regularly. But the problem? You end up staying at a Hampton Inn.The disconnect is obvious once you see it.That's exactly what ALUM Clubs is solving.They're building the first luxury platform designed specifically for alumni, parents, and fans. Not hotels. Not condos. Alumni clubs.The founders know hospitality. David Vialli scaled EDITION and Standard hotels before this.Their first location in Tuscaloosa:• 68 luxury residences  • Full members' club• Walking distance to campus• $810K to $4M price pointsOpening targeted for the 2026 season.But this isn't just about one building.It's about creating a scalable model across 25+ college markets.Each market has the same characteristics:• Wealthy alumni base• Underserved hospitality market  • Repeat visitation patterns• Limited competitionThe OpCo/PropCo structure makes it investable at scale.Revenue streams from residences, F&B, memberships, and events.Most importantly: alumni attachment creates pricing power other hospitality lacks.This is why I'm hosting a deep dive with ALUM Clubs on Thursday, August 28 at 3 PM ET.We'll dig into the business model, unit economics, and expansion strategy.Join us for our live investor session.Link to register in the comments.Note: This event is for accredited investors only per SEC guidelines.

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Real Estate sales has traditionally been myopic in its approach to homebuyer profiling. Buyers are typically classified into 3 buckets - End user , Investor, NRI. Entire campaigns are designed to cater to these broad categories. No wonder the CAC is so high in the industry! 😑 At Propsoch, along with our in-depth analysis of Properties, we have been keenly analysing the behavioural caracteristics of property buyers. And here's what we found - homebuyers are muti-dimensional! Here are 12 categories we have been able to identify - 1. Decisive Movers — pre-approved, shortlists in hand, close within 30–45 days.2. Clarity Seekers — tool-heavy, first-time buyers who need structure more than sales.3. Community-Anchored Families — rigid on school/office radius; micro-market focussed. 4. Space Upgraders — 2BHK to 3/4BHK or villa; density, efficiency, amenities, UDS% matter.5. Relocators — new to the city; want a rent-to-buy path and brand safety.6. Yield Investors — focus on rental yields.7. Appreciation Investors — pre-launch and infra-corridor exposure; entry price vs future exit price, Payments plans focused. 8. NRI Buyers — remote, compliance-first; expect thorough due diligence and video site visits. 9. Luxury Seekers — privacy, design pedigree, profile of neighbours and community curation are top priority. 10. Deal Hunters — hard budgets; Distressed deal focused, < 1.5 Cr budgets, love EOIs. 11. Risk-Averse — approvals, litigations, OC/RERA; proofs over promises.12. Vastu & Design-Led — orientation, light/ventilation, balcony percentage; parents / pujari's approvals. While each of them are not mutually exclusive, these are some of the defining traits of homebuyers. We are constantly curating our offerings and services to cater to this varied audience, while sticking to our #coreethos - ensuring our customers get the best insights in the market and avoid making expensive mistakes. We deliver this on a daily basis through our Guided Homebuying Service and Peace of Mind reports. Speak to our experts today, if you fall into any of these categories. #homebuying #realestate #investments #bangalore #customersuccess #analystics Here's a beautiful testimonial by one of our clients!

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API Launch 🚀 Programmatic Access to Local Government Meetings — at National ScaleWhy? Local decisions drive markets.A single zoning vote can unlock or freeze millions in capital. Every RFP begins as a quiet agenda item in a local meeting. These early signals exist. Those who track them gain a real, repeatable advantage.We listen to 3200+ hours of meetings daily: 5700+ municipalities, 1700+ counties, 50 States. Our API is purpose-built for institutional data teams to help them understand what’s really happening in city hall meetings.What’s inside:1️⃣ Transcript API — Access raw transcripts from government meetings by location and date. 2️⃣ Search API — Query local meetings by location, date range, and keywords. Get structured results instantly3️⃣ Custom API — Tailored data feeds to match your unique use case. Flexible and scalable (we have tackled some complex challenges structuring large scale knowledge graphs) Our APIs are a step toward closing the information gap between local government and the rest of the economy — enabling analysts, journalists, investors, and institutions to see what’s coming before it hits the headlines.Explore more here: https://gathergov.com/apiProud of the GatherGov team 🙌 Jayanth K. Hardik Bansal Ovishek Paul Jeevanth R Alexandre Kaiser Prem Kumar Gupta Mainul Hasan Gaurav Kashyap Poulami Paul Nazmus Sadat Shohag #LocalGovernment #RealEstate #DataIntelligence #GovTech #TownHalls

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How is ChatGPT changing real estate?I spoke recently with Lacey Newman, a realtor with over 16 years of experience who leads an award-winning real estate team.One use case she shared that stood out: Instead of writing property listings from scratch, she records conversations with homeowners about their favorite parts about their home and then uses ChatGPT to turn those stories into house descriptions. That way, the listings fully capture the heart of the home, humanizing the experience for both the buyer and the seller. 

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My friend Mike DelPrete had a good post recently. His research is always interesting– and this one really got me thinking.Everything right now is moving fast. AI, new tools, innovation at scale. At Inside Real Estate, we’re all in on that. We’re building the next generation of tech that will change how brokerages operate and how agents connect with clients.But Mike’s research is a timely reminder: even with all this AI power, what agents really want isn’t just features. They want connection, accessible leadership, and a sense of belonging.That’s the challenge — and the opportunity. How do we use AI not just to move faster, but to amplify the human layer? To free leaders to lead, managers to mentor, and agents to focus on relationships that matter?The brokerages (and the tech providers) that get this right,  mastering both cutting-edge AI and authentic human connection, aren’t just keeping up. They’re setting the pace.https://lnkd.in/gCtBydjs

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One of the most exciting developments we’re seeing as we release sub-market forecasts in ApartmentIQ is that property-specific rent and occupancy forecasts are now within reach.The combination of 5 years of unit-level historical data and recent advances in AI is enabling us to reliably produce long-term rent-growth and occupancy forecasts for specific properties, not just markets.For owners and operators, this could be transformative. Decisions that have historically relied on manual effort and intuition, paired with backward-looking market data, could now be informed by forward-looking, asset-specific forecasts.Property owners could make capital allocation and pricing decisions with the same confidence that revenue managers have enjoyed for years. Investors could underwrite acquisitions with forward-looking clarity instead of backward-looking proxies. Operators could have more confidence in their budgets and know when and how much to push rents or focus on occupancy. We’re still early, but the direction is clear — forecasting at the property level is not just possible, it's coming fast.We hope to have it out to you all soon to help gut-check your 2026 budgets. Stay tuned!

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🔍 When Innovation Becomes Exploitation: The Fight for Transparency in Finance and Housing💡 Innovation is only progress when the people it serves can see the numbers.City of Baltimore filed a lawsuit against MoneyLion, accusing the fintech company of trapping residents in a “digital-age payday lending scheme.”MoneyLion’s “zero-interest” loans included hidden fees and “tips” that pushed borrowers into cycles of debt a modern version of predatory lending.The lawsuit accuses MoneyLion of trapping Baltimore’s most vulnerable residents in debt, charging fees over ten times the legal limit. Mayor Brandon M. Scott said, “They preyed on people just trying to pay bills and keep food on the table.”📊 A report from the Center for Responsible Lending found the same pattern across payday loan apps. Heavy users paid an average of $421 in annual fees with effective interest rates of 383%, nearly identical to storefront payday loans.These aren’t safety nets. They are engineered dependency systems.🏘️ The Housing Parallel🏡 Across the country, “alternative ownership” models — rent-to-own, shared equity, and co-buying promise affordable homeownership for families left out of traditional finance.But many fall short in practice.📉 Ownership conversion rates are low.💸 Buyback terms are unclear.📍 Marketing targets neighborhoods still scarred by redlining.Families do everything rightPaying on time Maintaining homes Saving toward purchase and still walk away with nothing to show for it.Access without transparency is not progress.Inclusion without accountability is not equity.⚖️ The Standards We NeedWhether in lending or housing, innovation without visibility is repackaged inequality.If families cannot see how payments are applied, how equity grows, or how valuations are set, we have not built empowerment we’ve built dependency.The next generation of inclusive finance must meet three standards:🔍 Transparency by design participants must see where every dollar goes. 📂 Data ownership – families must control their records and equity histories.✅ Independent oversight – results reviewed by neutral community or regulatory bodies.🌱 The Path ForwardBaltimore’s case is a reminder that accountability cannot wait for regulation.Cities, innovators, and community leaders must embed transparency as infrastructure in every product that touches people’s homes or paychecks.🏠 Clear ownership tracking🧾 Accessible documentation📊 Independent valuation transparencyWhen homeowners and renters can see what they are building, they can protect what they have earned.When innovation operates in the open, trust becomes a feature, not an afterthought.🌍 Transparency is the foundation of equity.https://lnkd.in/eSWxnFqU by Samantha DoriscaGillian Marcelle, PhD Mike Green Samantha Katz Marcus Martin Richard Venegar

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The future of tech isn’t just being built in Silicon Valley. It’s now in #Berkeley. #TheGateway referred to as the “Crown Jewel” becomes a strategic nexus for UC Berkeley's future in AI, data, and innovation. The unprecedented $550 million project represents the largest single capital undertaking in Berkeley's history. And the project is funded entirely through philanthropic contributions, underscoring both the university's vision and presence in the global stage.The Gateway marks the first new college founded at Berkeley in over 50 years, becoming the hub for the new College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS). To comprehend the scale and complexity of The Gateway, one must first appreciate its profound strategic importance to the University of California, Berkeley as the physical embodiment of the university's ambition to lead the world in the age of data and computation.The sheer scale of the project: a 367,270-square-foot state-of-the-art facility is designed to accommodate approximately 1,325 faculty, students, researchers, and staff. After breaking ground in September 2022, the construction reached a major milestone with the "topping out" ceremony in June 2024 and is on schedule for its anticipated opening by the Spring of 2026.But here’s why this matters beyond campus:• UC Berkeley produces more engineers hired into Silicon Valley than any other university.• Over 1 in 4 software engineers in the Bay Area are Berkeley grads.• As AI transforms every industry, the talent being shaped here will influence how we work, live, and solve problems at a global scale.The Gateway doesn’t just empower students. It seeds founders.It brings together data scientists, engineers, and domain experts in one physical environment, de-risking the hardest part of early-stage company-building: co-founder formation and team talent.Investors take note: this is a hyper-concentrated zone of AI-fluent builders with real edge.Where ideas meet teammates.Where projects become companies.And where the next breakout founders are walking to class right now.Exciting times ahead for UC Berkeley and the San Francisco Bay Area ecosystem. What predictions do you have with this new hub coming to life? #gobears #artificialintelligence #datascience #ucberkeley #foundershttps://lnkd.in/ga3ieSXq

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AI in CRE isn’t snake oil or a distant future anymore. It’s being applied—today—for real work and to achieve real impact in productivity, efficiency, intelligence, and return on time: ✅Parsing OMs and rent rolls in seconds✅Drafting investment summaries with contextual data✅Scoring deals based on investment strategy ✅Automating repetitive investment process tasksAnd more every day.What started as test cases are now shaping the new operating model of leading institutional investment teams.But AI can’t deliver value without the right foundation. It starts with structured, centralized, and governed data. Building a future-ready database is what turns experimentation into predictable and precise impact.On August 13th, we're hosting a webinar featuring leaders from Newmark, PCCP, PwC, and Dealpath to talk about how firms are doing just that—putting AI to work across the investment lifecycle.The risk? Falling behind while your peers automate the work you're still doing manually, make decisions with better data, and move faster on the best opportunities.Register here: https://lnkd.in/giXzNNE7Sheryl Cone, Marcel Kanngiesser, Bryan Thornton, Ursula Sage #CRE #AI #PropTech #RealEstateInvestment #DataStrategy

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#FeeTransparency is a big topic in multifamily these days. It used to be really tough to get accurate data on fees, and figure out base rents vs all-in pricing... until now.HelloData just added dozens of detailed new fees, plus a toggle to automatically compute base rents vs all-in pricing.It's never been easier to get an apples-to-apples comparison like this.More updates coming soon on this topic. Stay tuned!#multifamily#leasing#feetransparency#datadriven#ai

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🚀 Why I’m Bullish on Small Bay Flex for the Next Decade 🏢The rise of Small Bay Flex is more than a trend—it's a structural shift in how businesses use space. As we look ahead, here are my Top 5 reasons I’m excited about this asset class:Surging Demand from SMBs The backbone of the economy—small service businesses, contractors, e-commerce startups—need space that’s not too big (think 1200-1800 sq ft), not too expensive, and zoned for flexibility.Limited New Supply Zoning friction, land costs, and developer focus on large-scale industrial leave a wide moat for new entrants in small-bay.Sticky Tenants, Low Turnover These units tend to house long-term, family-run, or hands-on businesses that value proximity, stability, and affordability.Recession-Resilient Configurations As larger tenants downsize or move toward hybrid warehousing/office footprints, 1200–1800 SF becomes the "Goldilocks zone"—just right.Mission-Critical for Local Economies Think HVAC, plumbers, last-mile delivery, small e-commerce—all thriving sectors that drive recurring, non-cyclical demand.🔧 The future of flex is local, nimble, and deeply connected to real businesses.Here’s a concept rendering of a 60,000 SF flex park I’d love to develop 👇#SmallBayFlex #CRE #IndustrialRealEstate #FlexSpace #Development #PropTech #Entrepreneurship #Zoning #UrbanInfill #Logistics

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Multifamily still runs on bad property data. In today’s rate environment and with construction costs rising, the status quo is too expensive.That’s changing.We just published a new post on how Tailorbird helps leading owners reclaim lost value with a platform built specifically for multifamily owners and operators.If you’ve ever: • Lost a deal waiting on site data • Struggled with conflicting takeoffs • Had to “guess” your CapEx forecastThis is for you.🔗 Read the blog: https://lnkd.in/ge8zcxuA #Multifamily #PropTech #RealEstate #CapEx #Construction #DataQuality #AI

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There has been a lot of talk about interest rates when it comes to commercial real estate's challenges. These impacts are real, but we've seen and navigated rates cycles in the past. There is a much more fundamental and structural shift happening in CRE. We at HqO have named this The Experience Gap.The Experience Gap is the difference between what tenants expect and what buildings deliver - and it is accelerating:- Tenant improvement spend is up 30%+ since 2015 as landlords refresh space more frequently- Workplace design is in a state of constant iteration, not static delivery- Tenants increasingly expect buildings to function like SaaS products with continuous upgrades - experience is a program, not a project, app, or static amenities- CRE operating cycles are being compressedWe did a comprehensive study of several hundred buildings and the cost of inaction is steep: 📉 -8% occupancy drag 📉 -17% rent pressure 📉 -23% NOI decline 📉 Together, these factors can erode up to 35% of asset value.Legacy “transactional landlords” treat leasing as the finish line and service as a cost center. Experiential landlords treat leasing as the starting line, service as a value driver, and data as the engine for continuous returns.The future of CRE belongs to those who close the Experience Gap.At HqO, we’re helping the world’s leading landlords transform into experiential organizations.

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