The AI Edge Podcast: CRE & AI

Recent Episodes

1. They Both Got Laid Off the Same Day, Then Built a 7-Figure Business

   Aug 4, 2026

   Mike Deaton, co-founder of Flipping Dirt, shares how he and his wife transitioned from 20+ years in corporate roles at Motorola, Nokia, and Microsoft to building a seven-figure national land investing business after being laid off on the same day in 2016. The conversation covers the land flipping business model (buying vacant land below market value and reselling at profit), how Mike applies operational excellence from his corporate background to keep the business lean and scalable, and how he's leveraging AI and automation to compete effectively. Mike discusses his philosophy of eliminate-automate-delegate, market selection strategy, pricing psychology, and his vision for scaling both the land business and his coaching program through systemization and AI-enhanced tools.

2. Stop Letting AI Make Decisions for You

   Aug 4, 2026

   Brooks Saye, Partner at Varro Capital, discusses why AI should augment human decision-making rather than replace it in multifamily operations. She argues that the industry's core problem isn't a shortage of technology but poor coordination between existing tools, inadequate change management, and failure to build solutions with both operators and renters in mind. The conversation explores why PropTech implementations fail, the regulatory pressures facing operators, and how companies can leverage AI to reduce administrative burden while keeping residents at the center of operational strategy.

3. Trillions in Property Are Being Managed Through Email

   Jul 30, 2026

   Sally Hamini, Founder and CEO of On Property Technologies, discusses the state of HOA and property management operations, where billions of dollars in aging infrastructure are still managed through email and spreadsheets. She explains how her AI-enabled platform connects property managers, vendors, boards, and technicians into a unified operating system to automate maintenance workflows, improve vendor accountability, and enable data-driven decision-making across the entire property management ecosystem.

4. He Fired His Software... And Built His Own AI Instead

   Jul 28, 2026

   Guillermo is a 29-year-old commercial real estate broker and founder of Panther Capital Group, who has closed over $350 million in industrial and outdoor storage transactions. He discusses building his brokerage from scratch through cold outreach and relationship-building, and reveals how he fired expensive software and built his own AI-powered platform (Bill Kraxus) to automate deal sourcing, underwriting, contract drafting, and client reporting. The episode covers his journey from Spain to the US, his philosophy on people-first leadership, and how proprietary data and AI automation create competitive advantage in industrial real estate.

5. The Biggest AI Risk Nobody Is Talking About

   Jul 28, 2026

   Matthew Schneider, President and CEO of Building Incorporated, discusses why real estate's biggest challenge is not technology but data integrity and workflow. Building provides a platform that organizes, verifies, and activates property data using blockchain-based fingerprinting and AI to prepare real estate assets for financing, compliance, reporting, transactions, and digital markets. Schneider argues that AI and tokenization cannot succeed without trustworthy data foundations, and warns against treating AI as a silver bullet while skipping fundamental data governance.

6. Everyone Sells Data. He Sells Decisions

   Jul 24, 2026

   Andrew Weiss, 24-year-old founder of HomeStream, discusses his AI-powered residential real estate investment analysis platform designed to replace manual deal analysis workflows. Born from his own investor pain point of juggling spreadsheets and fragmented data sources, HomeStream compiles property data, comps, cash flow analysis, and financing scenarios into a single investment decision report scored 0-100. The episode covers real estate investing fundamentals, how HomeStream differentiates against incumbents like PropStream and Batch Leads by delivering decisions rather than just data, and Andrew's path from bootstrapping a $300K e-commerce business to building PropTech.

7. Zillow Doesn’t Own Homeownership. He Wants To

   Jul 21, 2026

   Bobby Bryant, founder and CEO of HomeHub AI, discusses his vision to build an AI-native real estate operating system that consolidates the fragmented homeownership journey into a single platform. Unlike traditional listing portals (Zillow, Realtor.com) that serve only the transaction, HomeHub addresses the entire lifecycle of homeownership—buying, selling, renting, financing, services, and post-purchase support—while giving consumers and agents greater control and reducing MLS dependency. Bryant shares his 27-year journey from teacher to mortgage broker to real estate entrepreneur, explaining how industry fragmentation and the rise of AI created an opportunity to rebuild real estate infrastructure from the ground up.

8. He Refused to Sell, So She Became His Competition

   Jul 18, 2026

   Cassie Smith, founder and president of KS Global Development, discusses her nearly three-decade career shaping luxury real estate environments including branded residences, resort communities, private clubs, and large-scale master plan developments. The conversation covers how iconic projects are built behind the scenes—from vision and brand alignment through capital structuring, municipal approvals, and operational execution. Smith shares insights on the evolution of luxury real estate, the critical importance of stakeholder communication, the rise of AI in predictive infrastructure management, and the distinction between true private clubs and social clubs.

9. Why Construction Projects Actually Fail (It Isn't What You Think)

   Jul 18, 2026

   Nick Johnson, Director of Business Development at Rizick Building Group and President of Contractors, Closures & Connections (CCC) Nashville, discusses why construction projects fail—not in the field, but upstream in planning, approvals, and stakeholder alignment. He shares insights from managing $30M in annual revenue with 15 employees across food service, retail, and emerging verticals, and explains how relationship-based operations, transparency, and early stakeholder involvement drive project success in a rapidly growing Nashville market.

10. Why Your Kids Still Won't Be Able to Afford a Home

    Jul 18, 2026

    Dave Hewey, founder and CEO of Sound Capital, discusses the residential construction lending business and the national housing affordability crisis. With a background building MLS data aggregation businesses and real estate technology, Hewey explains how Sound Capital connects passive investors with active real estate developers and homebuilders, having funded billions in construction loans. The conversation covers the root causes of housing unaffordability (supply-demand imbalance, regulatory burden, labor costs), why interest rate cuts won't solve the crisis, and how AI is actually being applied in lending versus the hype.