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Small Sites, Big Constraints: Testing Hotel vs. Multifamily on a 4,950 SF Lot

Small sites are where feasibility gets interesting. On larger parcels, there is usually more room to solve design problems. You can absorb inefficiencies with a ramp, structured parking, internal circulation, or a larger footprint. But on very small sites, every constraint becomes more important. A few feet can change the...

The Spreadsheet Is Not the Site

That may sound obvious, but it is one of the most important lessons behind the creation of Developer, the core product that became the foundation of Deepblocks. In 2019, after five major iterations of the user interface, we completed Developer with a simple goal: help real estate professionals analyze development...

The Assemblage Question: Why 100 Units May Not Beat 20 Units at a Time

I love this deal because it is not just a zoning exercise. It is a strategy exercise. The immediate question people keep bringing up is parking. I keep hearing that the standalone site cannot solve the parking requirement for a boutique 20-unit condominium project. I do not fully buy that....

Deepblocks Deal of the Day: A Single-Family Home With a 20-Unit Condo Path

Today’s deal is a single-family home with redevelopment potential. At first glance, that may not sound like a major development opportunity. But this is exactly the kind of site where the strategy can be more interesting than the existing structure. The property has been on the market for more than...

Deepblocks Deal of the Day: A $1 Auction Site With a 77-Unit Zoning Catch

A Philadelphia development site is heading to auction on May 18 with a starting bid of $1. But this is not really a $1 opportunity. There is a minimum $20,000 transaction fee, so the more important question is not whether someone can bid $1. The more important question is whether...

Building an AI Marketing Lab for Real Estate Technology

Why I Set Out to Build a Self-Correcting Marketing Lab I set out to build a self-correcting marketing lab. Deepblocks has a new deal flow infrastructure, and I wanted our network to know about it. The technology delivers on-market deals directly to real estate professionals based on their investment strategy....

When to Use AI Agents vs. Simple Automation in Real Estate Workflows

The Excitement Around Agentic Workflows I am excited about agentic workflows. But I also believe something I learned years ago at Singularity University still applies: Only use AI when it is absolutely necessary. That may sound strange in 2026, when everyone wants to build agents. But I think it matters...

How I Manage an AI Workforce Stack to Build Software as a Real Estate Expert

From Using AI to Managing an AI Workforce Today, I think less in terms of “using AI” and more in terms of managing an AI workforce. That does not mean the AI is autonomous in some magical way. It means I use different AI environments for different jobs, and my...

How Real Estate Experts Build AI Intuition by Getting Their Hands Dirty

Intuition Does Not Come From One Field My intuition did not come from one field. It came from moving between fields. I spent 11 years in architecture and real estate academia. I also worked across architecture, brokerage, construction, and development. That gave me one kind of intuition: how to look...

Why Market Intuition Matters More Than Coding When Building Real Estate AI Tools

The First Skill Is Not Coding When industry experts ask me what matters most when building with AI, I tell them two things. Impeccable documentation. And intuition. Not vague intuition. Market intuition. That distinction matters because AI has made the act of building easier, but it has not made judgment...

Why Real Estate Education Needs AI and Technical Literacy

AI Is Changing What It Means to Prepare Students for Work Every school will have to rethink what it means to prepare students for work. Not because every student needs to become a software engineer. Because every student will need to understand how to work with intelligent systems. That is...

How AI Coding Tools Are Turning Entry-Level Real Estate Experts Into Builders

AI Is Changing Who Gets to Build Software The future competitor to a software engineer may not be another software engineer. It may be a real estate student. It may be an architecture graduate. It may be an analyst who understands zoning, finance, feasibility, and AI tools well enough to...