Realer Estate

What Realer Estate does

Realer Estate is a New York City-focused real estate technology company founded in 2024 by two Brooklyn high school students, Beckett Zahedi and Derrick Webster. The company operates a consumer-facing web platform at realerestate.org that uses machine learning algorithms to scan 33,000+ NYC rental and purchase listings weekly, evaluating thousands of data points per property — including price per square foot, days on market, and comparable sales — to assign a deal score (0–100, A+ to C) and surface units priced up to 60% below market, with a particular emphasis on identifying rent-stabilized apartments. The platform covers 130+ NYC zip codes and serves 134,000+ New Yorkers.

The product is structured as a freemium offering: the base tier provides free access to all flagged deals with neighborhood data, search, and filtering, while a $18-per-year "Early Access" premium subscription adds real-time alerts, personalized deal filters, and priority notifications. The company markets itself as a consumer advocacy tool addressing the NYC housing affordability crisis, where 11 renters compete for every rental on average and 3 million New Yorkers face housing insecurity, and has secured earned-media coverage from ABC, CBS, The New York Times, NY1, and CNN.

The business is privately held, headquartered in New York, and operates with 1–10 employees. The only disclosed outside capital is a $100,000 non-dilutive investment from Audos in March 2026 under a 15% revenue-share structure. The company also maintains a partnership with Project Renewal as part of an Affordable Housing Resource Directory. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; all monetization flows through the $18/year premium subscription tier.

Name

Realer Estate

Legal name

Realer Estate

Website

https://realerestate.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Realer Estate is a New York City-focused AI-powered real estate platform that scans 33,000+ listings weekly to identify rent-stabilized and below-market apartments for individual NYC renters and buyers via a freemium web product with a paid $18/year Early Access subscription.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Search Platform

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & First-Time Buyer Brokerage (BPAJAAAD)

Keywords

• Real estate search platform
• Rent-stabilized apartments
• Below-market listings
• NYC rental deals
• Property deal scoring

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscription - Early Access: Annual subscription at $18/year ($1.50/month billed annually) providing early access to new deals, personalized deal alert filters, and real-time notifications. Revenue from premium tier subscription.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Realer Estate is an AI-powered web platform that scans over 33,000 NYC real estate listings weekly and applies machine learning algorithms to identify rent-stabilized apartments and below-market rental and purchase opportunities. The platform grades deals on an A+ to C scale with a 0-100 score and surfaces listings up to 60% below market value, with an Early Access premium subscription at $18/year adding real-time alerts and personalized filters.

Product overview

Realer Estate is a single unified AI-powered platform for NYC real estate that helps users find affordable rent-stabilized and below-market apartments. The core platform scans and analyzes listings, while the Early Access subscription adds a premium notification layer for faster deal discovery. The platform includes a free tier with basic deal access and advanced analysis, and a paid Early Access tier ($18/year) for priority alerts and personalized filters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Realer Estate Platform AI-powered web platform that scans over 33,000 NYC real estate listings weekly and applies machine learning algorithms to identify rent-stabilized apartments and below-market rental and purchase opportunities. Features real-time market analysis, algorithmic deal scoring (A+ to C, 0-100), below-market flagging up to 60% below market value, and neighborhood data across 130+ NYC zip codes. Free tier provides access to all deals, advanced deal analysis, neighborhood data, and search/filter functionality. Designed for individual NYC renters and buyers seeking affordable housing.
• Early Access Subscription

Quantifiable outcome

• Average savings of $925/month on rent
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Project RenewalminorOthersFeatured partner in Realer Estate's Affordable Housing Resource Directory. Project Renewal is one of NYC's largest providers of comprehensive services to individuals experiencing homelessness, offering emergency housing, transitional services, permanent supportive housing, healthcare, and employment training. Realer Estate promotes their services as trusted resources for New Yorkers seeking stable housing.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Compass: National real estate brokerage and technology platform with strong NYC presence. Adjacent because it serves the same NYC buyer/renter audience, but operates as a full-service broker network rather than a consumer self-serve deal-discovery layer.
• Apartments.com: Large national apartment search platform (CoStar Group) covering rentals across the U.S. Comparable as a renter-facing search destination, but Realer Estate's deal-scoring and below-market detection differentiate it as a value-discovery layer versus general listing aggregation.
• Trulia: Zillow Group-owned consumer real estate search site offering local insights alongside listings. Comparable in DTC renter/buyer motion and neighborhood-data overlay, but a much broader portfolio play versus Realer Estate's narrow NYC focus.
• Realtor.com: Major U.S. residential real estate listings portal operated by Move, Inc. Comparable as a discovery destination for buyers and renters, though broader geographically and without the below-market or rent-stabilized specialization Realer Estate provides.
• Zillow: Largest U.S. real estate marketplace, also one of Realer Estate's named data sources. Operates broadly across the U.S. with general listing search rather than the AI deal-scoring and rent-stabilized focus that Realer Estate specializes in for NYC.

Direct peers

• RentHop: NYC-focused rental listing platform that also assigns quality scores to listings (HopScore) to filter out dubious postings. Most directly comparable peer in terms of NYC focus and listing-quality scoring, making it Realer Estate's closest direct competitor.
• HotPads: Zillow Group-owned map-based apartment and home search platform serving renters and buyers. Similar PLG search experience with map-driven discovery, but broader geographically and without below-market or rent-stabilization flagging.
• StreetEasy: NYC-focused residential real estate search portal (owned by Zillow Group) that Realer Estate explicitly lists as an upstream listing source. Both serve NYC renters and buyers searching for apartments, but Realer Estate differentiates by scoring below-market and rent-stabilized opportunities that StreetEasy surfaces without value assessment.
• Zumper: National rental listing platform that aggregates apartments and serves both renters and landlords with search and alert functionality. Comparable in PLG/DTC motion to Realer Estate, though broader geographically and without NYC-specific rent-stabilization intelligence.

Emerging players

• Localize.city: NYC-focused real estate intelligence platform providing neighborhood-level data, school info, and noise/transit analysis to buyers and renters. Comparable in NYC specialization and consumer-facing intelligence layer, though more buyer-oriented and analytics-led than deal-scoring.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/realer-estate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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