Tangent 💚 Proptech

The world of atoms is less flexible than the world of bits. 💻 Building software for purely digital use cases has gotten easier over time. The combination of low code / no code solutions and AI “helpers” means that even an econ major like me can spin up a simple functional app in the course of a week. ♾️ Once created, software for digital use cases can be replicated with near zero marginal cost, creating near infinite leverage for long term winners with durable moats. Unsurprisingly, low barriers to entry and near infinite leverage is also a recipe for fierce competition. 🏦 Building digital tools for businesses that transact in physical spaces is more difficult. By definition, these businesses are subject to the limits of time and space in ways that the purely digital world is not. As a consequence, building digital tools for managing physical spaces requires deep empathy for both end customers and staff. Competition is likely less fierce because of the challenges presented by the physical world and the need for deep domain expertise. New Blog “Building Digital Tools for Physical Spaces” linked in the comments covers: ✅ Digital vs physical use cases ✅ Why vertical SaaS for physical use cases requires domain expertise ✅ Who PodPlay technology is building for If your business delivers an experience in a physical space, requires a reservation, can be augmented by video/social, and would benefit from reduced labor costs we should talk. #verticalsaas #sportstech

🏡 🚀 Austin Allison on Pacaso’s Reg A+ & the Future of Real Estate Tech Investing Pacaso democratized access to second home ownership — now they’re doing the same for Real Estate Tech investing with their Reg A+ offering. In this Tangent 💚 Proptech episode, CEO Austin Allison explains why they chose Reg A to raise capital and what it means for investors. ➡️ A proven model – Nearly $100M in adjusted gross profit in just four years. ➡️ A market leader – The first mover in co-ownership for second homes. ➡️ Greater transparency – Tier 2 Reg A requires ongoing financial disclosures for investors. ➡️ Backed by top investors like Fifth Wall, SoftBank, Greycroft, Maveron & Global Founders Capital This move could set the stage for more Proptech and real estate startups to raise capital by tapping into their community while keeping their customers and investors more closely aligned. 🎧 Listen to the full episode with Jeffrey Berman, Zach Aarons and I, and learn about Pacaso's investment opportunity (link in the Comments).

Lior Abramovich🏡’s appearance on the Tangent 💚 Proptech Podcast is live!👏👏 Go check it out on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple. 🎧https://lnkd.in/gK4SzahJ Many thanks to Edward Cohen, Jeffrey Berman, and Zach Aarons for having Lior on 🙏 Y’all asked some great, probing questions🤔 Stick around 'till the end to hear the one person, dead or alive, Lior would want to do a partnership with👀

This week in the MetaProp newsletter: → Our investment in Faura’s $3.5M Seed Round alongside Harlem Capital, Building Ventures, Triple Five Group, and Dorm Room Fund ↳ Watch Co-Founder Valkyrie Holmes' pitch from our 2024 Demo Day below → How multifamily and single-family investors can optimize market analysis featuring Zach Aarons on the Tangent 💚 Proptech podcast → Save the date: NYC Real Estate Week is BACK Oct 20-23, 2025 → Jetty's merger with Rhino to form the largest U.S. rental security deposit platform → HousingWire's Tech100 list featuring 6 MetaProp portfolio companies: Get 100, HomeLight, Higharc, LiveBy, Obie, and Tongo → EcoClaim's partnership with Northbridge Financial Corporation → Join Jackson Feder at next week's Austin tech poker night → Jobs at MetaProp, Trestle, Fram Energy, Kelvin and more Read this week's newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/enAhmvrw Subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/gHc95wwi #PropTech #venturecapital #vc #realestate #innovation #nyctech

🚀 "Working with Related Management Company helps us understand exactly what institutional-level investors want to see." Excited to share Market Stadium’s story on Tangent 💚 Proptech Podcast! Big thanks to Edward Cohen, Jeffrey Berman, Zach Aarons for the opportunity! 💡 At Market Stadium, we’re building the ultimate data-driven toolkit for acquisitions and developers—delivering 500+ real estate metrics and powerful analytics in one platform. Here's what we offer: 🔎 Find your next investable location ⚡ Screen markets & deals faster 📊 Build a compelling investment narrative 'why invest here?' 🎧 Listen to the full episode here: 🎙Tagent: https://lnkd.in/g8z6Y4TW 🍏Apple: https://lnkd.in/gwFBAWZ2 🎵Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gxUhSrZp #PropTech #RealEstateAnalytics #MarketStadium #TangentProptech

Marino client Tongo is redefining financial solutions for self-employed professionals. CEO and Co-Founder Brandon Wright recently joined Edward Cohen on Tangent 💚 Proptech to discuss the financial challenges real estate agents and other self-employed professionals face in a system built for salaried workers. With traditional banking structures often leaving them at a disadvantage, Tongo is bridging the gap with financial products designed specifically for their needs. Listen to the full episode: https://lnkd.in/g5CBWdZN

There is no greater limiter to a property manager’s success than a high churn rate⛔ It will literally drain the life out of your business🧛 For many many years, PMs had no answer to an industry average churn rate of 30%... It’s just been taken for granted that it comes with the territory. All of this is changing, and I want to give a HUGE thanks to Edward Cohen, Jeffrey Berman, and Zach Aarons for the chance to talk about it on the Tangent 💚 Proptech podcast!🙏 This chat really dug into the challenges/opportunities #SFR PMs are facing. Clips coming soon👀 But it’s live on Youtube, Spotify, or Apple 👉 https://lnkd.in/dqs9sD9v

"Property managers are in this constant battle of losing sometimes 30-50% properties every year". This is where Blanket and Co-founder / CEO Lior Abramovich🏡 come in. Blanket, backed by RE Angels and Foundation Capital, isn't just a property retention and growth platform for SFR property managers, it also provides the foundation for thriving relationships between property owners and managers. ⭐️ Featured: ➡️ Pacaso - Luxury vacation home ownership, elevated. Join Pacaso’s growth and become an investor of the venture-backed company. ➡️ Blueprint: The Future of Real Estate - The premier event for industry executives, Real Estate & Construction Tech Startups and VC's in Las Vegas. Register for 2025. 🎧 Tune in to the latest Tangent 💚 Proptech with Jeffrey Berman, Zach Aarons and I, wherever you podcast (link in the Comments). 🙌 Special shoutout to Nate Smoyer for helping make this episode happen.

AI tools make sales an order of magnitude more efficient, just not in the way most people think. The conventional view of AI’s impact on sales is that it does away with the tradeoff between scalability and personalization. But if everyone has cheap access to the tools of mass personalization, does that aspect of sales become less effective? I think the average quality of sales communication will increase and the volume of communication will go through the roof. I see the impact of AI in my LinkedIn inbox, which is littered with a flood of fairly good impersonations of personalization, ~100% of which go unanswered because I have no relationship with the sender. The quality of copy writing has gone up, but so has the ratio of noise to signal. The true sales efficiency gains from AI will come from amplifying the most human aspects of sales rather than replacing them. An individual founder can use AI tools to supercharge the aspects of sales that AI is not good at: unique content and relationships. Founder-led sales, which has historically been thought of as “doing things that don’t scale”, may now scale much farther than previously believed. New blog linked in comments on how PodPlay Technologies has achieved 🚀 growth without hiring a sales team. #verticalsaas #gtm #podplay #ai

Collaboration is humanity's superpower (alongside thumbs👍 according to Jeffrey Berman). Proptech wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for cross-sector incentive-aligned collaboration. And we could always use more of it. On Tangent 💚 Proptech, we ask every guest: If you could collaborate with any human, alive or historic, who would it be? This was PodPlay Technologies Co-founder Ben Borton's response 👇 For more 'Collaboration Superpower' segments, tune in to the end of every episode to be amazed by Zach Aarons' responses.