Sukesh Shekar is the CEO & Founder at Altgage, the Google search of mortgages, bringing simply affordable mortgages to home buyers. . Sukesh believes in the American dream of homeownership. However, mortgages are more unaffordable than ever and most mortgage processes lack transparency. Altgage makes home buying more affordable with smart mortgages that build wealth over time. 💚 Learn more: ➡️ Altgage's website - Mortgage deals that make home buying affordable. ➡️ Sukesh Shekar on LinkedIn ...
Apr 04, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Hosts Edward and Jeffrey are joined by MetaProp Co-founder & GP Zach Aarons, and special guest Brad Hargreaves, Founder and Chairman at Common and contributor to Thesis Driven, to discuss Silicon Valley Bank's and Signature Bank's unraveling and it's potential implications on Proptech, commercial real estate and VC investing. (2:05) - SVB's fallout timeline (7:13) - Advise for Proptech founders & teams banking with SVB (11:27) - Impact to investor sentiment (13:42) - Feature: HAC - Housi...
Mar 15, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Nick Romito is the CEO and Founder of VTS, Commercial Real Estate's leading leasing and asset management platform. Under his leadership, VTS has grown to more than 60% of Class A office space in the US and over 12 billion square feet of office, retail, and industrial is managed through the VTS platform globally. (1:23) - State of the Office market (7:20) - Office space in the hybrid work era (11:55) - CRE debt maturity (13:37) - Feature: Raccord - Collect, organize and use CRE data seamlessly (1...
Mar 07, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Kevin Ortner is the President of Appreciate Holdings and CEO of its operating arm Renters Warehouse. Kevin Ortner is the author of Rent Estate Revolution: Today's Key to Retirement Security, Financial Freedom & the New American Dream. (1:24) - State of the SFR market (4:36) - Strategies for institutional and retail SFR investors (8:43) - Starting an SFR property mgmt. company (13:56) - How to build a vertically integrated real estate tech stack (18:48) - Feature: Lendai - US Mortgage for For...
Jan 31, 2023•46 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Jason Fudin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Placemakr . Placemakr is a tech-enabled real estate and finance optimization platform that partners with developers, property operators, and investors to curate a collection of apartment-like spaces in selected neighborhoods. Their buildings range from brand-new apartments as they’re leasing up to established apartments looking to maximize their value. Jason previously led commercial developments at Vornado Realty . (1:19) - Placemakr 's origin story (2:5...
Jan 04, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Noah Isaacs is Co-founder and Co-CEO at Bowery Valuation, a commercial real estate appraisal firm that is powering the best-in-class appraisers to help them appraise smarter and faster. Before co-founding Bowery, Noah worked for BBG, valuing over $2.5B worth of commercial real estate in New York. Noah graduated from McGill University with a major in Statistics and a double minor in Operations Management and Labor-Management Relations. He has on multiple occasions lectured at Columbia University,...
Dec 13, 2022•48 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Learn More: 💚Peak Power's website 💚Peak Power on Twitter (@peakpower_inc) 💚Peak Power on LinkedIn Imran Noorani is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder at Peak Power, a Canadian company that is putting commercial and industrial buildings at the center of the clean energy revolution. Featured : 💚 Virtuance ( website ): Real Estate Photography & 3D Tours at Scale 💚 Tangent on LinkedIn 💚 Tangent on Twitter 💚 Edward Cohen on Twitter (1:38) - Imran Noorani's background: from charging ...
Nov 11, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Zach Aarons has been working at the intersection of real estate and venture capital for the past decade. Zach is the most active early-stage PropTech investor in the United States, having funded over 60 startups in the space as an individual and 150 startups through MetaProp NYC’s venture capital funds. Zach also teaches Real Estate at Columbia Grad School and is a published author with his book Proptech 101. Zach has also worked on large scale mixed-use development projects in cities like Bosto...
Aug 30, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Tangent is back with a new limited series hosted by Edward Cohen & Jeffrey Berman (Partner at Camber Creek). In this episode, we introduce the series' main themes, including how Proptech leaders are improving our cities and quality of life, how will the remote work revolution reshape our cities and impact Real Estate valuations, the Great Tech Correction (don't call it Dotcom 2.0) and how we can tackle the Housing supply and affordability crisis. We will examine these topics through diverse ...
Jul 08, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: 💚MetaProp ( site ) Maureen Waters on LinkedIn Featured: 💚Urban Impact Agency ( site ) - Making cities smarter and more sustainable. 💚ility ( site ) - SaaS platform enabling commercial real estate owners to increase NOI by creating awesome workplaces. To learn more: [email protected] Maureen Waters, Partner at MetaProp, the largest Proptech Venture Capital firm focused on early-stage Proptech companies, with over 150 investments in startups. ...
Apr 13, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: Rabbet (website) Will Mitchell on social: LinkedIn Also featured: Knock - Residential leasing proptech with self-touring technology Supportive Housing Network of NY - Collective effort to end homelessness among the most vulnerable New Yorkers...
Mar 27, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: ProptechVC Zain Jaffer on Twitter Boxabl - Modular homes construction Also featured: Jelly - The new following experience (NFT's) Zain Jaffer, Partner at Bluefield Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm investing in Commercial Real Estate & Proptech. Zain stepped into the real estate world after he sold his start up called Vungle to Blackstone for $780 million....
Mar 02, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: Rudin Management Nantum OS - Prescriptive Data Also featured: RealEstateXTechnology - Newsletter about modern real estate and the technologies that impact it Boom - The most flexible and rewarding way to pay rent Michael Rudin, SVP of Rudin Management and a key member of his family's proptech investing business Rudin Ventures, shares on Tangent what it takes to stay relevant in a saturated market; from tenant-focused renovations that prioriti...
Nov 08, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: FullStack Modular Roger Krulak on Linkedin Also featured: Neighbor - Peer to peer self storage and vehicle storage marketplace Knock - Residential leasing proptech with self-touring technology On this Tangent episode, we dissect the state of modular construction with FullStack Modular's CEO Roger Krulak, a pioneering development and construction executive with over 25 years of experience in the industry. Roger walks us through why the design-...
Oct 14, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Austin Allison is the Co-founder and CEO of Pacaso, a service that creates a more accessible category of second-home ownership and that is currently valued at $1BN. As a 2nd time founder after the successful exit of his first proptech company Dootlop to Zillow, Austin shares with us the lessons learnt throughout his entrepreneurial journey - such as what it takes to be a founder, which resources to optimize for, and how to think about industry pain points and TAM - and more broadly, his views on...
Sep 03, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: Manu Pathak on LinkedIn Featured: Rabbet - Construction finance software for real estate borrowers and lenders Swapp - Architectural and MEP planning company Data sources: NYC Open Source Database Location Data - iPhone On today's episode, we explore the intersection of data science and real estate with Manu Pathak, an urban planner and real estate data scientist working at CBRE's Business Development and Solutions Analytics for corporate occ...
Aug 14, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: Camber Creek - Proptech Venture Capital Jeffrey E. Berman on LinkedIn Also featured: The Finance Savior - Use discount code 'Tangent' for 20% off your first session The Subversive Gardener Jeffrey Berman has been at the forefront of the Proptech movement since 2008, and as General Partner of Camber Creek (investor in Latch, VTS, and Compstak among others), he shares with us his insights on the current state of real estate technology adoption,...
Jul 09, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Relevant links: Plotify website Anish Malhotra, Plotify Co-Founder & CEO Stimulus: One Rental at a Time, by Michael Zuber One Rental at a Time on Youtube The Product: Plotify The Industry: Single Family Homes The Vision: Democratizing Real Estate Investing for Global Investors 1:24 - Anish's Journey: From digitizing financial markets with Bloomberg Tradebook to digitizing real estate transactions at Plotify 5:24 - How Plotify was born out of friction an...
Mar 19, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Learn more: Knoq Featured Stimulus: Association For Neighborhood & Housing Development Kendall Tucker is the Founder & CEO of Knoq, a technology company that recruits, trains and guides neighborhood sales representatives at scale. Knoq creates stronger, more personalized conversations between reps and their neighbors by using customer modeling to predict the appropriate home product fit for each household. Kendall shares how her company has evolved since it's initial focus on political c...
Jan 12, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: Michael Lewis' 'The Big Short' The Big Short (movie) Steve's Zillow Short Prediction on CNBC Featured Stimulus: Project Parachute (https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/) Project Parachute on the Real Deal 1:21 - 2008 Financial Crisis vs. Pandemic: How is it impacting real estate values differently? 4:16 - Cyclical or Permanent: Transfer of wealth from Commercial to Residential Real Estate 5:38 - Is Washington making the same mistake as ’08? 8:24 ...
Dec 22, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: 'The Great Indoors' on Amazon Emily Anthes Official Site WELL Building Certification Featured stimulus: Project Parachute (https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/) Project Parachute on the Real Deal 1:48 - We are an indoor species after all 4:03 - Rethinking how to use our buildings 5:38 - Remote Work: Lessons & predictions for the Real Estate Industry 9:06 - Data-driven decisions to improve productivity & office space usage 15:40 - WELL Ce...
Dec 01, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: Meister Seelig & Fein LLP Matthew Kasindorf on LinkedIn Featured Stimulus: RevelAndAwe.com/Tangent 01:40 - Atomic Networking: How networking is changing in the remote work era 3:58 - The Democratization of Networking: Context is queen 13:01 - Real Estate Tech adoption during COVID-19 19:58 - How will Commercial leases change temporarily and permanently 24:37 - Stimulus : Revel & Awe Coaching Company 26:25 - Housing affordability & su...
Nov 14, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: - The Neighborhood Challenge, An Open Innovation Platform for Small Businesses - Jonathan Lane on LinkedIn - NYC Economic Development Corporation Featured Stimulus: - Fusion100 (Discount code: Tangent) Relevant Links: - The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein - The 13th, on Netflix 2:37 - Jon's journey: From Non-profit to Venture Capital to the public sector 5:13 - What is the NYCEDC's role? 9:13 - #AllinNYC - Campaign to revitalize the city's ho...
Nov 06, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: Dr. Josh Harris' LinkedIn Featured Stimulus: Rock the Vote Other Links: The Great Indoors by Emily Anthes 1:50 - Antifragile Survivors and the Role of Extreme Events 8:50 - Future of Student Housing & Economies of College Towns 16:27 - Why Our Physical and Digital Worlds Won't Converge Just Yet 22:07 - Stimulus : Rock the Vote - Digital Volunteer for the Upcoming Elections 23:31 - Do Vertical Cities Have an Advantage Over Horizontal Cities C...
Oct 28, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: StriveCares Featured Stimulus: RevelAndAwe.com/Tangent Other Links: Atomic Habits by James Clear How to Build Your Emotional PPE? 1:28 - A Mission to Increase Access to Addiction and Mental Health Treatment 4:08 - Residential vs. Real World Habits 8:48 - How Tech is Helping with our Self Care: Silver Lining Post COVID-19 15:23 - Stimulus: Arielle Sadan's Revel & Awe Coaching Company 17:24 - Combating Stigma and Language to Address the Suicid...
Oct 09, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: TFliving.com Devin's contact: [email protected] Featured Stimulus: Fusion100co.com (discount code 'Tangent') 1:47 - Devin's entrepreneurial journey into the Real Estate amenities space and TFLiving's mission to enhance resident experience. 4:16 - What measures are property owners & managers taking to ensure residents are safe during COVID-19? 10:14 - Urban mobility trends from Tier 1 cities (New York & San Francisco) to 18/7 cities. 12:...
Oct 01, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 2
