What are the Tools in the symmetRE MCP?
If you use Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI assistant at work, your next question should be: what is a "tool"? What is an "agent"? And what does the symmetRE MCP actually do with them?
The Classic Build vs. Buy Dilemma in the New World of AI
A practical take on what it actually costs to build your own AI analytics platform for real estate, what we've already learned the hard way, and when DIY might still be the right call.
Why We Spent Months on Something We Could’ve Built in Ten Minutes
We just launched the new symmetre.com. Here's the thinking behind it — on design, trust, and why bespoke still beats a template when the people you're trying to reach have seen everything.
Everyone Has AI Now. That's the Point.
If you use Claude or ChatGPT, you have probably used MCP already without thinking about it. Here is what it is, why we shipped one for symmetRE, and why the edge in real estate AI is starting to live somewhere other than the model.
The Quiet Rise of the Accidental Tech Company
A conversation with Pathfinder Partners' Managing Director, Matt Quinn, on tech, restraint, and the choice not to become an accidental tech company.
Field Notes from the Best "Tech" Conference in the West (*Cough* It Was a Real Estate Conference)
Are AI tools the new COVID toilet paper? A postcard from IMN CFO & COO West, where every panel was about AI and nobody mentioned cap rates once.
Building the Standard: Why We Built symmetRE, and Why It's More Relevant Than Ever
Real estate doesn't have a software problem. It has a foundation problem. The story of two finance guys and a fintech architect who set out to fix it, and why the case is stronger now than when we started.
You’re Probably Playing the Wrong Game
A conversation with Magma Equities’ Head of Portfolio Management, Mike Wagar, on tech, trust, and building a future-proof investment firm
MCP, Explained for Real Estate
Most AI writing in real estate stops at "you need clean data" and ends with a vendor recommendation. This starts where that thinking stops.
Can AI Fix Real Estate Data If We Haven’t Defined It Yet?
At RETCON this week, a panel on the future of multifamily data kept circling one issue. The industry's biggest challenge isn't access to data—it's the lack of shared structure around how it's defined. The same metric, three different answers, depending on where it came from.