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Founder Story of the Week: Can One Photo Fill Every Vacancy?

Meet Paruey Anadirekkul, the founder of Spacely AI, a Bangkok-based startup helping property managers lease units faster with instant virtual staging and AI-powered interior design.

He’s the founder of Spacely AI, a generative AI platform that helps property managers fill vacant units faster and boost rental income, no pro staging crew needed.

Paruey Anadirekkul built Spacely AI in Bangkok, growing to 1,500+ customers globally with a $1M seed round in just one year.

Spacely AI transforms vacant units into fully furnished listings in seconds.

Upload any room photo, pick a style (modern, cozy, luxury, whatever), and get photorealistic, staged visual plus options for lighter, brighter, or entirely new decor instantly. No photoshoots, no waiting, no staging fees.

What makes it smart?

• Instead of generic edits, Spacely AI uses advanced rendering and “Auto Furnish” to generate layouts that actually fit each space, right down to color palette and natural lighting.

• You can choose room type, style, even tweak results on the fly. Download pro-level visuals to share with tenants or use in your listings.

The Results

• Property managers reduce vacancy times by 40–60%.

• Listings with AI staging lease faster and often at a premium, with some managers earning $200–400/month more per unit.

• No more sitting on empty rooms, your whole portfolio looks better, faster.

The Human Impact

• Instead of waiting weeks and paying thousands for traditional staging, property teams stage 20+ units in a day.

• Tenants choose homes that “feel right” because they can instantly envision themselves living there.

• No more “bare room syndrome” listings get more clicks, more viewings, and fill with less effort.

Why It’s Great for Property Managers

• Better Leads: Beautiful, furnished visuals attract serious renters and filter out window-shoppers.

• Faster Turnover: Stage and relist dozens of units instantly, with pro-quality that doesn’t break the bank.

• Higher Rents: Tenants pay premium rates for listings that feel like home before they even set foot inside.

• Easy Integrations: Download, share, or connect Spacely’s API right to your workflow for automated, always-on staging.

Bottom line: Spacely AI puts property managers in control: less vacancy, faster leasing, higher margins. Your portfolio deserves more than empty rooms.

Tool of the Week: ClickUp — The Automation Engine for Property Managers

If you’re still juggling leasing emails, maintenance requests, WhatsApp messages, spreadsheets, and reminders across six different apps… you’re not “managing,” you’re firefighting.

ClickUp fixes that.

ClickUp for Property Managers
✔ 100% free to start
✔ No credit card needed
✔ Trusted by teams at Zillow, Wayfair, and 800,000+ companies

It’s an all-in-one operations and automation hub that consolidates maintenance, renewals, compliance, team workflows, and reporting into a single system. For property managers, ClickUp isn’t just another project tool, it’s a central nervous system that eliminates repetitive admin and gives your team a live, automated command center.

ClickUp is used by PM companies managing anywhere from 20 to 3,000+ units, and early adopters report saving 10–15 hours per week through automated workflows alone.

5-Minute Implementation Guide:

1. Import Your Portfolio & Set Up Spaces

Create dedicated Spaces for:

• Leasing

• Maintenance

• Renewals

• Compliance

• Finance / Arrears

• Vendors

Add properties as Lists or Folders, and tenants as tasks or custom fields. This gives you a single source of truth, not scattered emails.

2. Build Your Maintenance Intake Automation

ClickUp does the boring work for you:

• Auto-create tickets from email or form

• Auto-classify by issue type (plumbing, heating, access, etc.)

• Auto-assign to the right contractor

• Auto-update tenants with status changes

• Auto-follow-up on overdue tasks

This one workflow alone saves most PMs 3–6 hours weekly.

3. Automate Renewals & Compliance

Set recurring tasks for:

• Lease renewals

• Gas safety

• EPC

• Electrical checks

• Annual inspections

Use automations to:

• Regenerate tasks after completion

• Notify the tenant automatically

• Escalate if no response

• Assign the right team member

Say goodbye to forgotten dates.

4. Create a Live Reporting Dashboard

Your dashboard should auto-update:

• Open maintenance issues

• Vendor SLAs

• Renewals due

• Upcoming compliance

• Portfolio occupancy

• Rent roll

• Weekly workload

• Overdue tasks

No more Excel, no more manual reporting.

5. Add Smart Alerts for Exceptions

Create simple rules:

• “If task overdue by 48 hours → ping contractor + notify manager.”

• “If renewal ignored → escalate to team lead.”

• “If maintenance cost > £300 → require approval.”

The system handles policing and follow-up. You only jump in when there’s a real issue.

Case Study: 14 Hours Saved Per Week

A mid-size PM company in Leeds (148 units) implemented ClickUp for maintenance, renewals, and compliance tracking.

Within six weeks:

• Team saved 14 hours per week

• Maintenance misrouting dropped 60%

• Renewal response times improved by 3×

• Compliance deadlines hit 100% on time

• Weekly reporting time dropped from 90 minutes → 0

ClickUp didn’t “improve” their workflows — it deleted them.

The Takeaway

If your property management still runs through inboxes, spreadsheets, portal chats, and human memory, you’re already behind.

ClickUp replaces:

• maintenance coordinators manually forwarding emails

• leasing teams chasing renewals

• endless WhatsApp chains with contractors

• compliance reminders that live nowhere

• reports that take half a day to build

With one platform that does it automatically.

Smart operators aren’t scaling by hiring, they’re scaling by automating.

ClickUp makes that possible for any team, from solo landlords to national PM firms.

Latest AI Developments in Property Management

The Technology Is Moving Fast. Are You?

While you were clearing your inbox, the biggest names in real estate were pouring millions into AI to make human admin obsolete.

Here’s the global digest of what broke this week (October 24 – October 31, 2025).

🇺🇸 Americas

Rightmove Integrates AI Tools for Property Search

• Rightmove launched AI Keywords (natural language search), Vendor Prediction Model, AI valuation writing, and virtual staging tools.

• Implication: Traditional portals racing to add AI features; natural language search becoming standard expectation.

Jitty Passes 500K Property Searches

• AI home-buying platform Jitty achieved 500,000 searches with 25% MoM growth and zero acquisition spend; 75% prefer AI over traditional filters.​

• Implication: AI-native challengers disrupting legacy portals through organic growth and better UX.

BaseAI Reduces Inspection Time by 80%

• InventoryBase's BaseAI processes thousands of property inspections daily, generating audit-ready reports automatically.

• Implication: AI inspection tools becoming operational standard, not pilots.

Innovation25 Summit Showcases Voice AI Transactions

• Virginia summit featured voice-activated offer creation platform Ink'd and practical AI tools for agents.

• Implication: Voice-activated agentic AI emerging as next-gen productivity tool.

🇪🇺 Europe

EU AI Act Sets GPAI Compliance Requirements

• General-purpose AI obligations effective August 2025 require transparency, copyright disclosure, and systemic risk management.

• Implication: Stricter compliance reshaping how property AI operates; penalties up to €35M for violations.

CHAOS Raises €2M for Location Intelligence

• Finnish startup CHAOS secured €2M from Nidoco & Finnvera to expand AI-driven urban analytics across Nordics and DACH.​

• Implication: European investors backing AI infrastructure for real estate location analysis.

Amenitiz Raises $45M Series B for AI Hotels

• Barcelona's Amenitiz closed $45M Series B led by Kfund; powers 15,000+ independent hotels processing €3B bookings.

• Implication: Hospitality proptech attracting major capital for AI-driven operations.

🌍 Middle East & Africa

UAE's Next Boom Will Be AI-Powered

• Dubai recorded 125,000 transactions worth AED 431B in H1 2025; startups like Prop-AI integrating 3B+ data points with AI.

• Implication: Middle East leapfrogging to AI-native systems; transparency and data-driven valuations becoming market differentiators.

African Proptech Surges 3,650%

• African proptech investments hit $75M in H1 2025 as fintech-proptech convergence unlocks housing access.

• Implication: Tech-enabled property solutions creating new pathways for housing and efficiency across Africa.

MRI Software Opens Riyadh Office

• Global proptech firm MRI opened Riyadh office to serve Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 with AI-powered management solutions.​

• Implication: Major proptech platforms establishing Middle East presence for long-term GCC growth.

🌏 APAC & Oceania

APAC Leads Global AI Adoption

• Asia-Pacific firms deploy more generative AI than any region, with 100+ use cases by year-end; 65% prefer hybrid/on-premise infrastructure.

• Implication: APAC is fastest-growing AI real estate market with localized solutions winning.

Industry 4.0 Transforms APAC Industrial Real Estate

• APAC AI market projected to grow from $54B (2024) to $279B by 2029, driven by 5G and smart manufacturing.

• Implication: Data-driven processes becoming standard in manufacturing and logistics real estate.

Top PropTech Funding Rounds (This Week)

Property management is shifting fast: the teams winning now are the ones replacing manual tasks with automated systems.

AI staging, automated maintenance, renewal workflows, live dashboards - this is the new standard.

If you’re still relying on inboxes and spreadsheets, you’re already behind.

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