Olivia Ramos is an entrepreneur, architect, and founder and CEO of Deepblocks, an artificial intelligence company that uses data to optimize real estate development. A native of Cuba who grew up in Miami, Ramos obtained a master’s degree in architecture from Columbia University before pursuing a master’s in real estate
As a graduate of Singularity University, I subscribe to the idea that digitization and automation promise a future of abundance. Undeniably, it will require new skill sets. From time to time, I get the feeling that I need to start learning how to code. The sooner we move towards acquiring
Most of what we are building today is by request of our customers. The need for custom real estate reports was heard loud and clear. I wasn’t sure what the big deal was until I looked into what it took to create a branded real estate presentation. Investors, brokers, and
There are good reasons to keep an older building. In this blog I will go over replacement cost and how it affects investing in existing buildings. Replacement cost is asking the questions “how much would it cost if I had to build it from scratch?”. This is important to understand
Single-family homes make up a large percentage of most of our cities' total area. For example, in the City of Miami, 46,400 of 67,921 parcels (68%) are zoned for single-family homes. In Los Angeles, 436,427 of 671,742 parcels (65%) are zoned for single-family. As urbanization increases, slowly but surely zoning
Big data, the vast amount of information generated daily in our connected world, is upending business models in industries from finance to tourism. It is also permeating real estate, a multi-pronged, multi-billion-dollar sector known for its reliance on tradition and intuition. “Real estate has traditionally been a late adopter in
Today, your clients have access to data and technologies that provide comparables and trends for most types of assets. The more sophisticated your clients get, the more you need to stay ahead of the curve. Provide value beyond that which is already available. In my opinion, the next step or
I often drive around new neighborhoods wondering what can be built around me. Sometimes I get excited about a property, intuitively knowing it has potential. But by the time I get home, I lose momentum and fail to go through the old zoning ordinance to see if I was right.
Property listings have three general options: sell as-is, sell for its rehab potential, or sell for its development potential. Each option has a different type of buyer. The more you focus your sales pitch, the faster you close. Why settle for one type of buyer? Agents that understand all the
Real estate leaders will congregate in Downtown Miami and Brickell for this week’s events on Opportunity Zones, retail and technology: ▪ The Opportunity Zones Roundtable, hosted by law firm Duane Morris and public accounting firm Cherry Bekaert, will take place Monday from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 201 South
Excerpt: Deepblocks - Olivia Ramos Olivia Ramos started her career in architecture and real estate development. When she was managing a construction project, she saw the need to simplify the data gathering process for real estate developers evaluating a new project and created Deepblocks, which puts demographic, zoning, financial, and
Olivia Ramos | Deepblocks Ramos had master's degrees in architecture and real estate development, but it wasn't until she had worked in those industries for a decade that she saw a need for software that could merge demographic, zoning, financial, and market data all in one place. Using her Deepblocks
