Jake Heller
Jake brings a third-generation development background to the AI conversation. His public work focuses on practical workflows for underwriting, OMs, market intelligence, lease abstraction, dashboards, entitlement analysis, and CRE tool selection.
Jake Heller
13,806 LinkedIn followers
CRE developer, consultant, and founder of AI for CRE Collective, focused on helping real estate teams implement AI without losing the operating rigor deals require.
Professional narrative
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
Builder context
Public interviews describe Jake as a third-generation builder with experience around multifamily projects, entitlements, permitting, planning, financing, and construction coordination.
Workflow-first education
Jake's content focuses on using Claude, ChatGPT, Gamma, Endex AI, Shortcut AI, Manus, Perplexity, and other tools in existing CRE workflows instead of replacing the workflow.
Operator-led learning network
Through the Collective, Jake runs live sessions, weekly huddles, tool reviews, workflow demos, and member problem solving for CRE professionals adopting AI.
Public CRE AI library
The Collective blog covers AI underwriting, OMs, entitlement analysis, market intelligence, investor decks, Excel agents, construction review, dashboards, and deal screening.
Network
Community, workflows, tool reviews, and training for CRE professionals.
Land use consulting and permit expediting work referenced in public profiles.
Multifamily development experience across sourcing, planning, permitting, and delivery.
Signals from public sources
- LinkedIn lists Jake as founder of AI for CRE Collective and JDJ Consulting, and formerly co-founder of MIDOS Development Group.
- The public LinkedIn profile lists Indiana University Bloomington, Finance/Real Estate, and Los Angeles as his metro area.
- Voyage LA describes Jake as a third-generation developer who launched the Collective in August 2025 after working across 6,000+ units.
- Building LA describes Jake as a third-generation homebuilder and entrepreneur whose consulting work facilitated approvals for approximately 6,000 housing units.
"The mission is simple: I test every AI tool and workflow so CRE professionals do not have to figure it out alone."