\u201cWe spent six months and I realized there has to be a system helping on that,\u201d Balogh [pictured above], LIBA\u2019s founder and CEO, told Refresh Miami, recalling his own frustrating search for multifamily investments.<\/p>\n
Balogh previously built Colle, a blockchain-powered luxury marketplace. But as enthusiasm for NFTs faded, he began reconsidering the technology\u2019s purpose. His experience searching for investment properties convinced him that better data and decision-making tools could address a major problem in real estate.<\/p>\n
Today, LIBA operates two businesses: LIBA Capital, which invests its own money in residential properties, and LIBA SI, which licenses its technology to professional investors.<\/p>\n
Rather than relying on conventional listings, LIBA\u2019s platform draws on government records and other sources covering unpaid taxes, foreclosures, insurance, zoning, and flood risks.<\/p>\n
The platform currently tracks roughly 580 Miami-Dade properties, with more than 13,000 data points across 17 categories. Some 94% of that information comes directly from government records.<\/p>\n
Co-founder Peter Liptak, a telecommunications infrastructure entrepreneur and multifamily investor, leads LIBA SI\u2019s data network and infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe built the data network the way you build a telecommunications network: every source tested, and every reading traced back to where it came from,\u201d Liptak said.<\/p>\n
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But finding opportunities is only half the equation. LIBA also helps investors decide when to walk away.<\/p>\n
Its technology evaluates potential returns, financing costs, vacancy rates, and other variables. Four AI models, including OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Anthropic\u2019s Claude, Google\u2019s Gemini, and xAI\u2019s Grok, feed into a system LIBA calls Consensus.<\/p>\n
Crucially, humans retain final authority.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the decisions have to be principal approved,\u201d Balogh said, explaining that investors must document their reasoning so the platform can learn from previous decisions.<\/p>\n
For Balogh, the focus on affordable housing reflects a broader view of Miami\u2019s economy. \u201cIt\u2019s not the typical Miami story where you see the mega yachts and the fancy cars,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s more how normal people are living.\u201d<\/p>\n
LIBA Capital serves as the technology\u2019s first customer, testing its capabilities on actual investments. Now, the seven-person company is onboarding outside multifamily investors through a subscription model and opening discussions with venture capital firms after funding development internally.<\/p>\n
Miami-Dade is the starting point, with plans to expand across Florida and eventually nationwide. Las Vegas is already being tested as another market.<\/p>\n
Balogh\u2019s ambitions extend beyond property investing, potentially applying the same decision-making technology to other asset classes.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe want to be a Miami-based startup, a Miami-based next AI unicorn,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n
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LIBA Co-founder Peter Liptak. Pictured at the top of this post: Co-founder and CEO Akos Balogh.<\/p>\n
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