Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--This interview is a delight to listen to if you're passionate about the customer experience. John Cecilian Jr, Co-founder and CEO of Cecilian Partners joins the podcast to discuss some the of ways the customer experience in planned communities can be made better. We go beyond just how new homes are built. John discusses some of the shift in thinking around communities, what homebuyers want, and why resident experience is increasingly more important to consider.More about John and Cecilian PartnersCecilian Partners is changing how new homes are built and bought in America with innovative real estate development software and marketing tools. Our patented land management and property development platform, immersive 3D mapping technology, and robust data management solutions make it easier for community builders and developers to manage the complexities of placemaking while offering interactive experiences that delight homebuyers and drive sales.In 2019, after 17 years as a leader in retail strategy and customer experience at iconic brands, John pivoted his career to launch Cecilian Partners. Drawing on first-hand insights into the broken customer journey for community developers and production home builders, John assembled a targeted team of outside-industry experts to bring digital transformation to planned communities. Today, Cecilian Partners’ unique technology forms the backbone of the new home value chain, from land to lots to homes to residents, by digitizing the end-to-end land and property development process — bringing data into one place, automating manual activities, and delivering a better, faster customer experience at every point in the customer journey.Connect with John on LinkedInCheck out Cecilian Partners

Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--Solving housing affordability challenges is going to take many approaches. Ben Bear joins us to discuss the strategy his company, BuildCasa, is executing in several California markets.BuildCasa addresses housing affordability by unlocking unused land in neighborhoods. BuildCasa buys extra lot land from homeowners, sub-divides, and prepares the land for a new home to be built. This approach is helping existing homeowners realize significant financial gains from their unused land, and is added inventory to local markets where new homes are increasingly tough to find.Ben answers a few of the obvious questions I had such as how does this affect future values for the homeowner selling the land, and what is the total market opportunity to sub-divide land from homeowners and to build on (hint: it's probably more than you think!). More about Ben and BuildCasaBen is the CEO and co-founder of BuildCasa. He was previously the co-founder at Spin, a micro-mobility company acquired by Ford Motor Company. BuildCasa pays homeowners cash for their unused lot space. The company handles the entire permitting process to split the lot and partners with a local developer to then build a home. This creates a financial windfall for homeowners while helping solve the affordability crisis in desirable neighborhoods.  Follow Ben on TwitterConnect with Ben on LinkedInFollow BuildCasa on TwitterCheck out BuildCasa

Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--In this episode of Tech Nest, Jeremy Gall, Co-founder and CEO of Breezeway, joins us to discuss short-term rentals. Jeremy kicks us off with detailing what owners need to know in order to operate a successful vacation rental. I had to get Jeremy to comment on topics such as if there's going to be an Airbnb crash and flood of residential properties hitting the for sale market (hint: neither of us believe that's likely to happen). Of course, we get into the nitty-gritty as to how Breezeway is creating a web-based software for vacation rental managers to be more successful in their operations, need for integrations (such as Breezeway's latest with Airbnb), and future potentials of AI in the STR and hospitality industry. This one is a doozie—listen in!More about Jeremy and BreezewayBreezeway, a platform for managing all the work of maintaining and cleaning short-term rental homes, has helped thousands of hosts and property managers deliver the highest quality hospitality experiences for millions of guests across over 250,000 homes in 80 countries. From cleaning and quality assurance to supply restocking, linens, routine maintenance, upkeep, property safety, and helping the guest enjoy all the amenities of the short-term rental, there is a tremendous amount of work behind the scenes to create a great guest experience. Breezeway automates these workflows and reduces errors, to help hosts and property managers meet guest expectations every single time.Jeremy Gall is CEO & Co-Founder of property operations and experience platform Breezeway. Prior to founding Breezeway, Jeremy co-founded FlipKey and grew the platform into one of the world’s largest vacation rental businesses before TripAdvisor's acquisition in 2013. Jeremy founded Breezeway in 2017 with the aim of creating a comprehensive platform to help property and hospitality managers improve their operations and deliver exceptional guest experiences.Connect with Jeremy on LinkedInFollow Breezeway on TwitterCheck out Breezeway

Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--About Josh Josh Jensen is the CEO and co-founder of Inspectify, a venture-backed technology platform in the property inspection space. Inspectify streamlines the property inspection experience across the entire property lifecycle through its network of 2,000+ inspectors and proprietary inspection and data technology. The company is backed by prominent investors including Nine Four VC, Foundation Capital, Munich Re, DivcoWest and top executives from startups such as Opendoor, Built Technologies, Side, Sundae, Flyhomes, and Steadily. Before Inspectify, Josh was the Vice President of Operations at Flyhomes, a nationwide real estate brokerage, where he was responsible for all real estate operations for the company and helped scale the business from seed to Series B. Josh is also an active real estate investor, holding rental properties on both the East and West coast. He has an MS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Josh resides in Seattle, WA, with his wife, Mary, two daughters, and a newborn son.Connect with Josh on LinkedInAbout InspectifyInspectify is a venture-backed, vertically-integrated technology platform in the property inspection space.‍Inspectify streamlines the home inspection experience for real estate agents and their clients through its network of 2,000+ inspectors and proprietary inspection software, including a mobile inspection app.Inspectify helps a broad range of partners in real estate, such as agents, buyers, investors, lenders or property managers, collect comprehensive data from a property in a standardized, clear format.Partners use Inspectify to add efficiency and speed to their transactions, as well as to gain insight into the true condition of a property and its potential ROI.Connect with Inspectify on LinkedInCheck out Inspectify

Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--About JeffAs President of CubiCasa, Jeff leads the company’s overall strategy to digitize property data collection and unlock actionable data insights for homeowners and mortgage professionals alike. Prior to leading CubiCasa, Jeff served as Executive Vice President, Innovation Labs for Clear Capital—the company’s in-house innovation hub which focused on research, testing, and development of new products and solutions.About CubiCasaCubiCasa is a proptech company focused on providing value for real estate professionals through the digitization of properties. The company has already delivered over 1,000,000 floor plans and is widely used by photographers, studios and real estate agents around the world.The CubiCasa App is currently available for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices.Core Tech Overview:The scanning solution is the most scalable way to acquire property interior data. Enabling any space to be indexed, searched, sorted, and understood.CubiCasa is focusing on >$10B property data business in the US. Their "Video to BIM"​ technology enables the fastest way to acquire a huge amount of property interior data. Their unique business model together with AI technology ensures that our Property data API will become the standard in the US and global market.Connect with Jeff on LinkedInCheck out CubiCasa

Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--About Ben With a career spanning nearly two decades as an entrepreneur and business leader, Ben Steward has a proven track-record for driving growth in companies. As the CRO at Funnel, Ben is responsible for building successful revenue-generation teams and strategies from the ground up. Whether infusing voice-of-customer into products and pricing, or developing partnerships and strategies to accelerate business growth, Ben brings an entrepreneurial view to the business at large. A former soccer pro, Ben approaches challenges with a team-first mentality and a competitive spark. Ben now spends his out-of-office hours in the sunshine with his wife and son at their home in Bend, OR.About RevyseMake discovering, buying, and managing multifamily software easier for everyoneMoving into a new home should feel more like winning the lottery and less like a trip to the DMV, but legacy systems and outdated software have weighed the real estate industry down. Constrained by manual processes and mediocre integrations, owners and operators have little time left to implement the right tech and tools needed to level-up the renter experience.Revyse exists to change that.We're here to help vendors drop new products like they're hot, to free up property managers to deliver earth-shatteringly great customer service, and to help renters find a place to call home, hassle-free.Connect with Ben on LinkedInCheck out Revyse

Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--Sean Roberts, the CEO of Villa, joins Tech Nest today to discuss what he's leading at Villa. He joined the company earlier in the year, and is helping expand Villa's ADU empire across the state of California. As the largest provider of ADUs in California, Sean breaks down the key advantages Villa has over the competition when it comes to manufacturing, logistics, and working with local governments. They may be a construction company on the surface, but there's far more than what meets the eye. Listen in to what Sean has to say.More about Sean and VillaVilla’s mission is to be the easiest, fastest, and most cost-efficient way to build homes. As the largest provider of prefab ADUs in California, Villa simplifies the complex process of building a new housing unit in your own backyard, from design to installation. Villa has created a scalable, affordable alternative to traditional on-site construction, and is modernizing the way that new housing is built in the U.S. Sean Roberts is Villa’s CEO. Prior to Villa, he served as both COO and CFO at Orchard, a proptech company with vertically-integrated real estate brokerage, title/escrow, and mortgage offerings and innovative capital-enabled consumer offerings. Before Orchard, Sean was an investor at TPG, a leading global private equity firm, where he focused primarily on investments in operationally-intensive real estate oriented businesses. He began his career as an investment banker in the Financial Institutions Group at Goldman Sachs. He has served on corporate boards in the past. Sean holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Canada.Connect with Sean on LinkedInCheck out Villa

Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--Links discussed in today's episode:NYC's adds restrictions to short-term rentals: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/09/01/nyc-airbnb-rules-local-law-18/)The law itself: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/specialenforcement/downloads/pdfs/FINAL-RULES-GOVERNING-REGISTRATION-AND-REQUIREMENTS-FOR-SHORT-TERM-RENTALS.pdf Quote from Brian Chesky & article from Skift: https://skift.com/2023/10/02/airbnb-and-hotels-growth-ambitions-could-threaten-peaceful-coexistence/ Tweets discussing an "Airbnb crash": https://twitter.com/search?q=%22airbnb%20crash%22&src=typed_query  Tech Nest interview Vered Schwarz, COO of Guesty: https://technest.io/2021/09/s4e41-interview-with-vered-schwarz-coo-at-guesty/ Tech Nest inteview with James Strong, Co-founder of Rabbu: https://technest.io/2021/09/s4e49-interview-with-james-strong-cto-co-founder-of-rabbu/ Tech Nest interview with Wes Walker, CEO of Propersum: https://technest.io/2021/10/s8e85-interview-with-wes-walker-ceo-of-propersum/  Tech Nest interview with Vince Breslin, CEO of Uplisting, and Emmanuel Lavoie, CEO of Jetstream: https://technest.io/2022/05/vacation-rental-hospitality-market-tech-with-vince-breslin-ceo-of-uplisting-and-emmanuel-lavoie-ceo-of-jetstream/Tech Nest interview with Marcus Rader, CEO of Hostaway: https://technest.io/2022/08/advanced-management-tech-for-vacation-rentals-with-marcus-rader-ceo-of-hostaway/ Tech Nest interview with Jonah Hanig, Founder of Rove: https://technest.io/2023/03/remote-work-ready-luxury-vacation-rentals-with-jonah-hanig-founder-of-rove/ Tech Nest interview with John Andrew Entwistle, CEO of Wander: https://technest.io/2023/03/verticalizing-luxury-vacation-smart-homes-with-john-andrew-entwistle-ceo-of-wander/ Tech Nest interview with Paul Kromidas, CEO of Summer: https://technest.io/2023/10/second-homes-vacation-rentals-converge-with-paul-kromidas-founder-and-ceo-of-summer/ Tech Nest Newsletter: https://technest.beehiiv.com/subscribeEmail me to get a copy of the Skift STR report and tech landscape breakdown.About Nate and Tech Nest PodcastTech Nest: The Proptech Podcast is hosted by Nate Smoyer. The purpose of this show is to highlight the founders and leaders of companies who are working to transform the way we buy, sell, and invest in real estate.Nate Smoyer is an accomplished marketing veteran within proptech and the current host of Tech Nest: the Proptech Podcast. With over 10 years of experience building and leading marketing teams, Nate’s helped startups such as Avail (acquired by Realtor.com) and Obie achieve industry recognition for growth, performance, and culture. Follow Nate on Twitter - https://twitter.com/natesmoyerConnect with Nate on LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/natesmoyerFollow Tech Nest on Twitter - https://twitter.com/technestpodcastFollow Tech Nest on LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/company/technestpodcastSubscribe to the new Tech Nest Newsletter - https://technest.beehiiv.com/subscribe Check out Tech Nest - https://technest.io

Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--Prior to RentBase, Noaam was a real estate agent for over 10 years in the Boston area. Throughout his career as an agent, Noaam closed over 1000 rentals and converted $30M in sales from those rentals.RentBase is the first all-in-one platform that helps Real Estate agents and brokers organize and track all their rental deals, save hours of time qualifying and matching their leads to listings, and identify future sales from their existing rental deals.Noaam was previously featured on Tech Nest. You can listen to his complete interview about RentBase on Tech Nest: https://technest.io/2023/06/unlocking-revenue-in-leasing-with-noaam-blum-ceo-of-rentbase/ Connect with Noaam on LinkedInCheck out RentBase

Subscribe to Tech Nest: the Proptech Newsletter for weekly updates: https://www.technest.io/tech-nest-the-proptech-newsletter--Dr. Ardalan Khosrowpour is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at OnSiteIQ. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and MS from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne. After completing his Ph.D., he was appointed as a Runway postdoctoral fellow at Cornell Tech where OnSiteIQ was born. His unique expertise in construction management and machine learning have been the principal driving forces behind OnSiteIQ's visual documentation and collaboration platform.OnsiteIQ is the definitive verification layer for real estate construction. Since 2017, we’ve worked with real estate owners, developers, and investors to deliver the construction intelligence they need to make business-critical decisions about their portfolios.OnsiteIQ delivers 360º imagery of active builds across your real estate portfolio, offering a perfect record of progress to date, along with real-time project analysis and actionable insight.Connect with Ardalan on LinkedInCheck out OnSiteIQ