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The Work vs. the Judgment

Every real estate deal evaluation has two jobs. Only one of them should still be human. The first job is gathering. Pull the zoning. Find the comps. Review the rent rolls. Build the financials. Structure the assumptions. Turn the mess into something readable. The second job is judgment. Look at...

Nine Products. One Is for Sale.

We built nine products. Today, only one is sold as standalone software. That was not the plan. When we started Deepblocks, we were trying to solve every major question in real estate investment. We wanted to help investors, developers, brokers, and analysts move faster from raw information to confident decisions....

Deepblocks Daily Deal: Testing an Edgewater Hotel on a 4,950 SF Site

Why This Site Is Interesting Small sites are often dismissed quickly. They can be tight, inefficient, and difficult to park. But sometimes the location is strong enough that the constraints are worth testing. For this Deepblocks Daily Deal, we looked at a small parcel in Edgewater that feels like a...

Deepblocks Daily Deal: Testing Industrial Storage in Little River

A narrow industrial site in Little River offers an interesting test case for storage, distribution, or self-storage, but the real question is whether the site can operate efficiently. Why This Site Is Interesting Little River is becoming one of Miami’s more interesting commercial neighborhoods. The area has been attracting more...

Deepblocks Daily Deal: Little Havana Restaurant Corner

A corner retail site in the heart of Little Havana could offer an interesting path for a neighborhood-serving restaurant, café, market, or hybrid food concept. Today’s Deepblocks Daily Deal is a corner retail site for sale in the heart of Little Havana. The property sits at 16th Street and 22nd...

Every Site Tells More Than One Story

A single parcel can support many different investment strategies. The key is being able to study those strategies early, quickly, and clearly enough to understand which paths deserve more attention. Every site tells more than one story. A single parcel can support multiple strategies, and being able to study them...

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....