JETA is a smart platform built for real estate developers, investors, and micro-entrepreneurs. It uses AI to break down zoning laws, identify buildable opportunities, estimate development costs, and help users reinvest gains — all through a modern, automated workflow.
🚀 This project is currently in development for the UMass Lowell DifferenceMaker competition.
- Backend Lead: Jordi Lopez
- Frontend Developer: Mena
- Additional contributors TBD
Navigating zoning laws, estimating construction feasibility, and reinvesting in real estate is a time-consuming and costly process for small developers. Tools like zoning maps, code books, and pro forma sheets are fragmented and often require expert interpretation or expensive consultants. International and commercial real estate analysis is even harder to access and automate.
JETA centralizes and simplifies this process using AI, so small teams and individual investors can scale like large firms.
- 🔍 Property Search by Address or Parcel
- 🏗️ Zoning Breakdown (rules, usage types, restrictions)
- 🧱 Buildability & Use Case Recommender (e.g., duplex, retail, ADU)
- 📊 Development Cost Estimator
- 📈 ROI, Cap Rate, and Cash-on-Cash Calculator
- 🌐 Search Commercial Property Listings Globally
- 📌 Zoning & Land Use Breakdown for Key International Markets
- 💸 Track Property Equity Growth
- 🧠 AI Recommendations on Where to Reinvest
- 🏘️ Portfolio Optimization Assistant
- 📄 Generate PDF Investor Reports
- 💬 AI Assistant for Permit & Planning Questions
| Layer | Tech |
|---|---|
| Frontend | React |
| Backend | FastAPI or Flask, PostgreSQL |
| AI Layer | OpenAI or Claude API |
| Hosting | Railway / Fly.io (Student Dev Pack) |
| APIs | (TBD) MLS, zoning, permit, global property datasets |
- 🧠 Micro-developers & RE investors
- 🏗️ Real estate agents with developer clients
- 🌐 Small firms seeking international property entry
- 💼 Buyers looking to reinvest gains from one market into another
- ✅ Accounts and dev setup complete
- 🔄 Planning data integrations and feature architecture
- 🧠 AI zoning prototype in progress
- 🎨 Frontend mockups being built by Mena
- 💡 Targeting DifferenceMaker Fall 2025 pitch
JETA is not a consumer home search site — it’s a high-leverage decision engine for serious builders, buyers, and investors. By combining real-time data, AI, and smart automation, we’re democratizing the tools that only large developers and private equity firms usually have access to.