Hi Candice,
I'm Stephen, cofounder of Castellan. We build AI leasing tools for property managers whose units are spread across town, and we're already live on thousands of units across LA County. About half of our clients' showings are booked after office hours.
Last week we mystery-shopped how property managers across LA County respond to renters. We focused on 75 mid-sized and larger companies with a median of 29 active vacancies. We used real inquiries during the day and after 6pm.
Nearly 1 in 4 already had an automated solution somewhere in their leasing flow.
We have data about property managers working around you, including Belmont, Berro, and Cadman Group. I mapped how each performed and where your team landed.
If you're interested, reply yes. I'll send a link to find 20 minutes so I can learn more about your leasing flow and what may be getting in the way of effective after-hours coverage. I'll send the full report right after.
Stephen
T2 · sent 7/16/2026, 3:37:37 PM
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{{first_name}}, quick follow-up on the shop. A few property managers answered a 7pm renter fast but what almost none of them do is the part that matters when your units are spread across Southern California.
Batch nearby showings and open houses seamlessly and route showing agents properly instead of criss-crossing them around town.
Cross-sell warm/hot prospects to similar properties consistently after the unit they were interested in was rented out.
Pass tricky questions or requests to talk to someone to a real person rather than a frustrating bot.
These are the gaps we built for in case they resonate. I'm still running a handful of report walkthroughs and I'm doing them myself. So if the local report is useful or you're interested in what we do, say the word and I'll hold a slot.
Stephen
www.castellan.so
T3 · sent 7/23/2026, 5:45:56 PM
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{{first_name}}, last note for now.
I'm certain you understand entrepreneurship and operating a business is not easy work. If something here didn't resonate, I would still be very interested in learning more about how you run leasing and get some mentorship around building technology for property managers.
If now is not a great time, perhaps sometimes next month or quarter?
Stephen
www.castellan.so