Shane Mason
@DeveloperDude_
LA / SF Commercial Real Estate GP w/ $130mm in exited projects. Building a $45mm self-storage & pursuing $100mm of distressed office. Film/ Crypto/ A.I. curious
As requested: Underwriting 101 for non-finance folks If you know how to design or build a building, but don’t how to judge whether a project is a good financial investment or a waste of time, read on! 1.The Proforma 2.Underwriting a. Market Study b. Yield Study c.…
For the longest time I had an employee who basically ran our back office. Now I'm stepping in to take it over, outsourcing and delegating where I can. Financial Operations is a huge part of being a developer, but it's a very different skill set from developing a building.
This guy' implements AI automations for a fee and his sales funnel is pretty interesting. He curates and reposts AI content, offers up free docs describing AI automations in return for retweets, and then pitches his service on the landing page of the doc
My Claude MCP Agent just wrote a sales proposal that closed a $6K deal. Not kidding. One MCP setup: - syncs Airtable transcripts automatically - extracts pain points with Claude reasoning - runs Perplexity research on prospects - generates Google Doc proposals that convert…
Dude vibecodes a domain lookup tool, has an engineer proof his code and designer collab on branding, ships it in a day, and hits 1k MRR in a week He live tweeted every step of the way to his 50k followers which didnt hurt with distribution =)
He finds a startup idea, he vibe codes it in 12h, goes viral, sells it 8 days later for $15k (could have sold it for more) and has a blast doing it (exact playbook in 37 mins)
My Claude MCP Agent just wrote a sales proposal that closed a $6K deal. Not kidding. One MCP setup: - syncs Airtable transcripts automatically - extracts pain points with Claude reasoning - runs Perplexity research on prospects - generates Google Doc proposals that convert…
Let's talk about permit expeditors: Do I wish cities gave everyone the same quality of service? Yes Expeditors build relationships through repeat interacitons with the city. Sponsors just can't match their reach It's pay to play in the Bay and LA
I compiled 50+ n8n automation templates you can copy & paste into your business or sell to other companies. Just straight plug-and-play systems for: – Lead gen -Content creation – Email outreach – CRM updates – AI workflows – Slack Follow + Retweet + Reply “n8n” and I’ll send.
Day 1: First roadblock: Used google gemini (it's free and I've been using it for other work) to try to generate the list of best selling products on amazon. Didn't work. Gemini told me how to find good products, but woudn't tell me what the best sellers were Ended up grabbing…
30 min a day/ 10 hours per month -> earn 5600? sure why not . worst case scenario it's an adventure in modern ai tooling I'm giving it a shot and sharing how it goes here
30 min a day/ 10 hours per month -> earn 5600? sure why not . worst case scenario it's an adventure in modern ai tooling I'm giving it a shot and sharing how it goes here
ChatGPT + 1 hour = $5,650 per month. My 14-year-old brother literally does this. Here are the 3 simple steps to follow to $5,650 per month ↓
Had a great time reconnecting with fellow alums at last night’s Berkeley Real Estate Alumni Association networking event! 50 folks attended - big thanks to Hines LA for hosting! A few highlights from the stacked panel representing several billion of multifamily investment:…
Parent Entrepreneurs I'm about to join your club Care to share any tips or advice for a small business owner who's about to have a newborn Would be much appreciated!
Social media is a double edged sword. It can be an incredible marketing device, as well as a horrendous time sink. The discipline is learning to use it as a tool, and avoiding checking it repeatedly to get the dopamine hit of seeing how many likes your post received
Anyone else love some good motivation porn? My facebook algo has been spitting out some real bangers lately. It's all good stuff - wonder if anyone's ever taken the time to really study and internalize self-help content. If so, how did that turn out?
Anon accounts - are they still a thing? Sometimes I think it would be nice to have an unfiltered mouth piece, with way less need to worry about what I say lol
As a developer and a UC Berkeley alum, I sometimes have the tendency to overcomplicate things. I've been building a relationship with another sponsor who has acquired 20+ small apartment buildings in CA with a dead simple strategy Comment if you'd like to learn more!
Hello friends It's been a while! My wife is expecting, my storage is open for business, and we just signed an LOI to partner with a San Francisco Multifamily operator and help scale his platform Work is busy and life is about to get more hectic. But probably in a good way
To supplement our long-term development activities, Mason Equity Partners has been exploring contrarian acquisition strategies since early 2023. Excited to share with you over the next couple weeks why we are bullish on sub-institutional multifamily in San Francisco