The operator testing AI tools against real CRE work — underwriting, OMs, entitlements — and shipping the workflows that survive.
- Role
- Founder, AI for CRE Collective
- Also
- Co-founder, JDJ Consulting Group
- Based
- Los Angeles, CA
- Former
- Co-founder, MIDOS Development Group
- Education
- Indiana University Bloomington · Finance / Real Estate
- Generation
- Third-generation homebuilder and CRE developer
- Stack
- Claude · ChatGPT · Gamma · Endex · Manus · Perplexity
About
Jake Heller is a third-generation homebuilder and real estate developer who grew up around the family business. Public profiles describe his work across development, operations, land use consulting, permit expediting, and AI implementation.
On LinkedIn, Jake describes himself as a CRE developer and consultant, founder of AI for CRE Collective and JDJ Consulting, and a person helping CRE professionals implement AI. His experience includes co-founding MIDOS Development Group and JDJ Consulting Group.
The thread that makes the profile compelling is translation. Jake is not presenting AI as abstract software enthusiasm. He tests tools in the shape of CRE work: underwriting models, investor decks, market reports, permitting workflows, deal sourcing, and analyst output.
Areas of authority
A third-generation builder with experience around multifamily projects, entitlements, permitting, planning, financing, and construction coordination.
Uses Claude, ChatGPT, Gamma, Endex AI, Shortcut AI, Manus, Perplexity, and others inside existing CRE workflows instead of replacing the workflow.
Runs live sessions, weekly huddles, tool reviews, workflow demos, and member problem solving for CRE professionals adopting AI.
Covers AI underwriting, OMs, entitlement analysis, market intelligence, investor decks, Excel agents, construction review, dashboards, and deal screening.
By the numbers
- 6,000+
- Units facilitated
- 8+ yrs
- Experience
- 554
- LinkedIn posts
- 4,000+
- Subscribers
The mission is simple: I test every AI tool and workflow so CRE professionals do not have to figure it out alone.
Network
- AI for CRE CollectiveFounder and operator
Community, workflows, tool reviews, and training for CRE professionals.
- JDJ Consulting GroupCo-founder
Land use consulting and permit expediting referenced in public profiles.
- MIDOS Development GroupFormer co-founder
Multifamily development across sourcing, planning, permitting, and delivery.
Signals
- 01LinkedIn
Three-time founder
Currently leads AI for CRE Collective and JDJ Consulting; formerly co-founded MIDOS Development Group.
- 02Voyage LA
Third-gen developer
Launched the Collective in August 2025 after working across 6,000+ housing units.
- 03Building LA
~6,000 units approved
Approvals facilitated through his consulting work as a third-generation homebuilder.