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#POC leads to #AI platform acquisition that aids lenders, investors, and brokers. My latest feature exclusive in today's #PropTechInsider:
AXCS Capital Acquires Propvetter for Under $1M commercialobserver.com/2025/12/axcs... #RealEstate #Property #PropTech #Investment #Fintech
AXCS Capital Acquires Propvetter for Under $1M
Real estate investment management firm will bring the AI startup in-house for its debt brokerage subsidiary George Smith Partners.
commercialobserver.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A new CEO wants to take measuring #sustainability in #realestate to a new level for customers. My latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Maureen Waters of Measurabl: 5 Questions commercialobserver.com/2025/12/maur... #PropTech #Property #ESG #Innovation
Maureen Waters of Measurabl: 5 Questions
Waters took over earlier this month as CEO of the go-to platform for sustainability data in commercial real estate.
commercialobserver.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Should we fear or favor the future in #RealEstate tech? Some answers are revealed in my latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
2026 Proptech Predictions: Anyone Up for AI? commercialobserver.com/2025/12/2026... #PropTech #Property #Technology #AI #Innovation
2026 Proptech Predictions: Anyone Up for AI?
Asset classes as diffuse as office, retail and data centers are ripe for continued disruption in the new year.
commercialobserver.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Let's all sing it together: "Money, money, money . . . MON-EY!" Looking back at how the dough rose and fell in #proptech. My latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Proptech Funding in 2025: Following the Money All Over commercialobserver.com/2025/12/prop... #RealEstate #Property #Funding
Proptech Funding in 2025: Following the Money All Over
Investors and principals parse the capital trends over the past 12 months, including which asset classes commanded the most investment.
commercialobserver.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.

My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Financial modeling #proptech #startup gets foundational funding to aid #realestate investors. My latest exclusive in today's #PropTechInsider:
BuiltAI Secures $6M Seed Round commercialobserver.com/2025/12/buil... #Property #FinTech #RealEstateInvestment #AI
BuiltAI Secures $6M Seed Round
London-based financial modeling and portfolio management platform expanding to the U.S.
commercialobserver.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What can #proptech do for Mayor-elect #Mamdani and what can he do with it to better New York City? My feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Mamdani and Technology: What New York’s Built Environment Might Expect commercialobserver.com/2025/12/mamd... #RealEstate #Property #NYC #TechPolicy
Mamdani and Technology: What New York’s Built Environment Might Expect
It's a target-rich municipal environment for proptech.
commercialobserver.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you guessed #multifamily, you win. (Sorry. No prizes.) My latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Which Real Estate Sectors Are Ripe for Proptech Disruption? commercialobserver.com/2025/11/real... #RealEstate #Property #PropTech #Disruption #Innovation
Which Real Estate Sectors Are Ripe for Proptech Disruption?
There are lots of candidates, but residential and multifamily get the most votes.
commercialobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Again before we go praising MTG… and if shes truly changed great, but can somebody please ask her about January 6? Have her address that to see if this is real
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.

At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
You don't need #ArtificialIntelligence to find the #PowerPropTech2025 players. They're right here! And they all need #AI. Our latest list dropped today @CommercialObserver.
commercialobserver.com/power-series...
#PropTech #RealEstate #Property #Technology #PowerList
2025 Power Proptech
commercialobserver.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Now #industrial and #logistics facilities can really know the score when it comes to #digital #connectivity. My latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
WiredScore Expands Into Industrial Real Estate commercialobserver.com/2025/11/wire... #RealEstate #Property #PropTech #Contech
WiredScore Expands Into Industrial Real Estate
The sector’s tech connectivity race is on, and the global digital certification giant is here for it.
commercialobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Plug in, power up, and crash on the couch. Home EV ports have never been in greater demand. My latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Multifamily EV Charging? Proptech Firms Are Along for the Ride commercialobserver.com/2025/11/mult... #RealEstate #Property #PropTech #Multifamily
Multifamily EV Charging? Proptech Firms Are Along for the Ride
EV sales hit a record in the third quarter, and that demand is translating into more business for servicers who work with apartment owners.
commercialobserver.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There's nothing artificial about #CRE owners' questioning of #AI and #proptech providers are the first to admit it. My latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Commercial Real Estate Owners Are Just Starting to Decode AI commercialobserver.com/2025/10/comm... #RealEstate #Property #Tech
Commercial Real Estate Owners Are Just Starting to Decode AI
The proptech firms that service owners say accuracy and trust are the major challenges in adopting the fast-evolving technology.
commercialobserver.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Bringing an "AI brain" to architecture, design and developers is bringing big money to this #proptech startup. My latest exclusive in today's #PropTechInsider:
Acelab Secures $14M Series A Funding commercialobserver.com/2025/10/acel... #RealEstate #Property #Architecture #Design #ConTech
Acelab Secures $13.5M Series A Funding
Startup is building an ‘AI brain’ to aid architects, developers, operators and contractors in making decisions about construction materials.
commercialobserver.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Things that keep #realestate tech founders and investors up at night and haunt their days are explored without fear in my latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Proptech’s Scariest Trends commercialobserver.com/2025/10/prop... #Property #PropTech #ZombieCompanies #CREfears
Proptech’s Scariest Trends
AI, indecisive millennials, skittish VCs, Mayor Mamdani, too much red tape, firms that overpromise — the list goes on.
commercialobserver.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A deep-dive conversation into where academic research and real world #proptech practice meet and grow. My latest exclusive feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
A Proptech Principal and a MIT Lab Chairman Start Talking … commercialobserver.com/2025/10/prop... #RealEstate #Property #Research
A Proptech Principal and a M.I.T. Lab Chairman Start Talking …
HqO CEO Chase Garbarino and M.I.T.’s Steve Weikal on ‘systems thinking,’ tech, capital and civic design.
commercialobserver.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When it comes to #realestate #AI use, the readiness is all. My latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Real Estate Really Wants to Use AI, But It’s Not Fully Ready: Survey commercialobserver.com/2025/10/real... #Property #PropTech #Innovation
Real Estate Really Wants to Use AI, But Not Fully Ready for It: Survey
Results indicate growing acceptance of the technology, but also fears that organizations don’t yet have the in-house expertise for it.
commercialobserver.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#Contech #VC takes level view of smart machines' impact on #building. My latest exclusive feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Brick & Mortar Ventures’ Darren Bechtel On AI, Robots and the Next Big Thing(s) commercialobserver.com/2025/09/bric... #RealEstate #Property #PropTech #AI #Robots
Brick & Mortar Ventures’ Darren Bechtel On AI and the Next Big Thing
Pure-play AI investments are a no for him now — "most are not really up to snuff to meet the needs of the customers in construction."
commercialobserver.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
ICYMI - My exclusive interview with the chief product and chief strategy officer at Wint, in today's #PropTechInsider:
Yaron Dycian of Wint: 5 Questions commercialobserver.com/2025/09/yaro... #RealEstate #Property #PropTech #WaterSustainability #BuiltWorld
Yaron Dycian of Wint: 5 Questions
The Boston-based company claims to have reduced its customers’ water damage costs by 90 percent, saving insurers millions in damages.
commercialobserver.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Direct #GenAI queries bird-dogging home hunting for a new generation. My latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Proptech Leans Into AI to Speed Residential Listings Searches commercialobserver.com/2025/09/prop... #RealEstate #Property #PropTech #Residential #AI
Proptech Leans Into AI to Speed Residential Listings Searches
Investors anticipate more competition for the in-house tech at legacy sites such as Zillow and Apartments.com.
commercialobserver.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to waste. Don't be a drip. Read my latest exclusive Q&A in #PropTechInsider:
Yaron Dycian of Wint: 5 Questions commercialobserver.com/2025/09/yaro... #RealEstate #Property #PropTech #WaterConservation #BuiltWorld #Sustainability
Yaron Dycian of Wint: 5 Questions
The Boston-based company claims to have reduced its customers’ water damage costs by 90 percent, saving insurers millions in damages.
commercialobserver.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Fixing the #PropertyManager-repairs gap through #PropTech. My latest exclusive in today's #PropTechInsider:
PropUp and Fortress OS Announce Residential Maintenance Partnership commercialobserver.com/2025/09/prop... #RealEstate #Property #Multifamily #SaaS
PropUp and Fortress OS Announce Residential Maintenance Partnership
Proptech SaaS firm to provide open API ecosystem for the multifamily company.
commercialobserver.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ICYMI: #PropTech investors find additional value in a heavy #construction online marketplace. My exclusive in today's #PropTechInsider:
Contech Firm Heave Raises $7M Series A as It Plans to Expand commercialobserver.com/2025/08/cont... #RealEstate #Property #Contech #VC #Innovation
Contech Firm Heave Raises $7M Series A as It Plans to Expand
Startup’s pivot to an online-heavy equipment repair marketplace proves positive.
commercialobserver.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Bringing #realestate tech into focus through the telescoping lenses of #AI and sector demand. My latest feature in today's #PropTechInsider:
Proptech in the Second Half of 2025: Game-Changers and Sector Leaders commercialobserver.com/2025/09/prop... #PropTech #Property #Innovation
Proptech in the Second Half of 2025: Game-Changers and Sector Leaders
From AI adoption to point-solution declines to multifamily demand, here’s what’s happening — going to happen — in real estate technology.
commercialobserver.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM