Lessons from building our own AI-based pre-leasing platform
What Boardwalk House taught us about prospect records, duplicate leads, staff ownership, voice-agent handoffs, and the failure cases that matter.
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Current Field Notes
Practical notes tied to active development, leasing systems, property operations, underwriting, and land assembly.
What Boardwalk House taught us about prospect records, duplicate leads, staff ownership, voice-agent handoffs, and the failure cases that matter.
Read the field noteHow accounting, maintenance, and guest communications move their pieces of the same claim into one reviewable record.
Read the field noteWhat we learned connecting Rentvine and ButterflyMX with a once-daily file sync.
Read the field noteThe workflow connects inbound call records, contact checks, follow-up tasks, opt-outs, duplicate protection, and an audit trail.
Read the field noteHow we divide responsibility among the property-management platform, CRM, communications tools, and our internal operating layer.
Read the field noteConstruction completion and operational readiness are different milestones. Boardwalk House shows why the website, lead channels, CRM, team, and follow-up standards need to be built in parallel with the physical work.
Read the field noteA building can be nearly complete while the operating business is still unprepared. A useful handoff tracks decisions, owners, systems, and dependencies—not just a punch list.
Read the field noteThe Southeast Inlet work illustrates why parcel control, redevelopment plans, entity mapping, approvals, and builder transactions need to be reported by block and phase.
Read the field noteInstitutional credit work teaches disciplined risk framing. Ownership adds sequencing, incomplete information, and the daily operating decisions that never fit neatly into a model.
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