UDI Seminar: Transformative Real Estate Technology

UDI is excited to present this year's "Tools of the Trade" seminar, showcasing innovative and revolutionary services and platforms for our industry.

The featured companies were selected from their profile in the media and UDI member testimonials on their impact in various stages of real estate development - acquisitions, legal and marketing. 

Join us as we hear from these visionaries on how their platforms will change the way you conduct your business from your customers to internal processes. 

• Darian Kovacs, Jelly Marketing
• Richard Bell, Yongle Technologies
• Charlsy Dobell, AutoProp Software

JELLY MARKETING - "The Power and Influence of Digital Marketing & PR for Your Development"

Jelly Marketing is a provincially recognized training organization that specializes in digital marketing + PR. In addition to working with national brands like LEGO, Spence Diamonds, La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries, one of Jelly's main verticals is real estate development. Darian Kovacs, Principal of Jelly Marketing, will share findings from their recently written white paper and how it's been helpful for the industry to better educate developers on how to execute marketing strategically. 

YONGLE TECHNOLOGIES - "Taking the Real Estate Market Online" 

Yongle is a web-based application for pre-sales which eliminates paper and streamlines the real estate sales engagement process from gathering data and generating contracts, to signing documents digitally. Data is reportable in real time - view listing status & revenue, control inventory & pricing, and identify market trends. Richard Bell, CEO & President of Yongle, will be presenting a demo of the application which has received quick adoption by many developers and project marketing companies. 

AUTOPROP - "Retrieve, Export, and Visualize Real Estate Data like Never Before" 

AUTOPROP was founded upon the belief that everyone in real estate should have access to the same data - in an instant. The platform allows access to more information, more consistently, to enable better analysis and smarter decision making. Incorporating due diligence, land mapping, comps fusion and presentation tools. Charlsy Dobell, founder of AUTOPROP, will provide a live demonstration of how AUTOPROP will become a necessary resource for every developer to succeed. 

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BIOS

Darian Kovacs, Principal - Jelly Marketing

Darian Kovacs has developed curriculum and taught at various Universities and Colleges. He has over 6 years of experience in training, education and facilitation in teaching people of all ages how to market and promote their brand via workshops, school programs, and group and one-on-one training. Darian has written for BC Small Business and has been featured in Business in Vancouver and BC Business magazine. Darian is a member of the CPRS (Canadian Public Relations Society) and is the co-founder of the Canadian Internet Marketing Conference. Darian studied his MBA at Edinburgh Business School.​

Richard Bell, CEO and President - Yongle Technologies

Richard Bell, CEO & President of Yongle Technologies, is a Vancouver lawyer who has over 30 years’ experience in real estate. He co-founded Yongle Technologies as a paperless, efficient, secure and end-to-end solution for the sales engagement process for pre-sales and his extensive experience in real estate has been helpful in developing the technology to meet industry needs. Yongle launched their first project in April this year with rareEarth Project Marketing and Jago Development Inc. and most recently with Bosa Properties, Marcon Developments Ltd., and The Boulevard Marketing Group, and will be launching with many other developers and project marketing companies over the next few months. Richard also founded Bell Alliance which is the largest residential conveyancing law firm in Vancouver and has been named Best Real Estate Lawyer in Canada by Canadian Real Estate Magazine. He had a goal of creating a paperless law firm and has been recognized by Adobe as one of the leading minds behind the paperless model and digital signatures. Richard sits on the Board of the Arts Club and is an active supporter of World Housing, a charity that builds homes for the poorest of the poor. His outstanding contributions and service to the community saw his law firm as one of three finalists for a Vancouver Board of Trade Spirit of Vancouver Award.

Charlsy Dobell, Founder - AutoProp
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Charlsy Dobell has a BCOM from UBC and a wide range of experience - from construction to stunt work in the movie industry - but has always had a passion for technology. In 2013, Charlsy was working in IT support for MOSAIC Homes when Rob McCarthy, founder of MOSAIC, approached Charlsy with the idea to compress research time. Charlsy and Rob started by racing four analysts at MOSAIC to complete data acquisition using a standard due-diligence checklist for a 5-acre site in Surrey. From that point forward, Charlsy has devoted his energy to building AUTOPROP. Following his passion, Charlsy is excited to grow the AUTOPROP team and bring the platform to new markets.