This is an early, evolving build. Everything here is a working prototype I'll keep refining before any real pitch — treat it as the shape of the idea, not the finished product.
It's a neighborhood social app first. Most people on Nabe aren't apartment hunting — they're living in their neighborhood. Real estate is one feature among many. Please read it social-first.
All names, photos, and data are fictional placeholders. Nothing here is a real person, listing, or business. The gated live link lets you tap through the actual app.
Goal of this deck: show you what Nabe is, how people use it, where it goes — and why I want to bring it to Compass.
The Problem
02 / 27
Your whole neighborhood life — and nowhere to find it online.
Think about everything you'd actually want to know about the place you live. It spans your whole day — and not one app holds it.
Right now
"Power's out on N 7th — anyone else?"
"Lost dog spotted near Bedford"
Food & spots
"Best tacos open right now?"
"That new place any good?"
Meeting people
"Pickup soccer this Saturday?"
"Singles night nearby?"
Family & pets
"Trusted babysitter in this building?"
"Who walks dogs around here?"
Stuff & deals
"Free moving boxes — anyone want them?"
"Stoop sale on 6th Saturday"
Plans & events
"Where's everyone watching the game?"
"What's on this weekend?"
Today the answers are scattered across a dozen apps that don't talk to each other —
Instagram · Facebook · Nextdoor · Yelp · Google · Eventbrite · Citizen · a group chat —and you still miss most of it.
The Idea
03 / 27
A new category
The daily app for the place you actually live.
Not "Nextdoor done right." Not "Facebook for neighbors." Nabe is the single place your neighborhood happens — the feed you open with your coffee to see what's going on within walking distance, right now.
It's social, first
Posts, events, neighbors, groups, singles, local recommendations. The 90% who never touch a listing live here every day.
It's tied to a place
Everything is anchored to your block, your building, your neighborhood — not a global firehose of strangers.
It replaces a dozen apps
Feed, events, marketplace, services, listings, safety, dating — unified around one identity and one map.
One App
04 / 27
Today it takes a dozen apps. Nabe is the one they collapse into.
The Nabe
Yelp · reviews
TaskRabbit · Angi
Eventbrite · Meetup
Tinder · Hinge
Care.com · sitters
Nextdoor · feed
Citizen · alerts
Craigslist · stuff
Listing sites · scattered
Facebook · groups
A dozen logins become one. One map, one identity, one neighborhood.
How you use it · Resident
05 / 27
A day on Nabe for someone who just lives here.
8 AM
Right Now
Coffee + the feed. A "Right Now" banner: free moving boxes on Bedford, power flickering on N 7th, a stray dog spotted.
12 PM
Asks the block
"Best lunch that isn't packed?" Neighbors answer — people you'll see at the bodega, not Yelp randos.
6 PM
Plans the weekend
Calendar shows a McCarren playdate, a stoop sale, a watch party. One tap to RSVP and add it to your calendar.
9 PM
Meets people
Drops into a running-group thread, browses Singles, posts the apples you can't finish.
No real estate required. This is the product for the 90% — the reason they open it daily.
The Daily Habit
06 / 27
Briefings through your day — made to be read, then put down.
Nabe isn't an endless scroll. It's a rhythm — short briefs that catch you up at the moments that matter, then send you back to your life.
Morning
The handful of things that matter on your block today — in a couple of minutes.
Midday
A quick catch-up on what's developed since you looked — new posts, plans, alerts.
Evening
A wind-down: what you missed, what's on tonight, what's coming tomorrow.
Right Now
Real-time when it counts — an outage, a lost dog, a safety alert. The block's pulse.
Short by design. You read what matters in a few minutes — and the home feed nudges you to go live your life.
Critical Infrastructure
07 / 27
The calendar is the engine of neighborhood life.
This is the piece that turns an app into real-life connection — and the thing Nextdoor and Facebook never actually built.
An editorial "what's on"
A curated feed of everything happening near you — block parties, stoop sales, group runs, classes, kids' events, live music, watch parties.
RSVP + add to calendar
See which neighbors are going (not strangers), RSVP, and it drops straight onto your calendar with a reminder. Residents, hosts, and local businesses all post their own.
The flywheel
Event → attend → meet a neighbor → post about it → that becomes the next event. The loop that keeps a neighborhood alive.
Why it matters
Online activity only counts if it becomes real life. The calendar is the bridge from the feed to the sidewalk — and the reason people keep coming back.
How you use it · Connection
08 / 27
Meet real people — based on who they actually are.
The whole point is real-life connection. Nabe helps families find families, neighbors find their people, and singles meet someone they'll actually run into — all grounded in real identity, never a curated profile.
Families find families
Find other families nearby, see what they're up to, and line up playdates and things to do — for the kids and the grown-ups.
Meet new people
Groups, shared interests, running clubs, newcomers' meetups. The neighbors you'd never have met, one tap away.
Singles, for real
Hyperlocal dating built on who someone really is — not a polished dating-app profile. Meet someone you'll see at the bodega next week.
No catfish, no curated personas — real neighbors, shown by how they actually show up.
The Living Map
09 / 27
A map that connects you to what's actually happening — right now.
Every other app gives you a static map of pins. Nabe's map is alive: it shows where the neighborhood is buzzing, what's on each block this minute — and ties your corner to moments anywhere in the world. Nothing else has this.
Live "Right Now" pins
Events, alerts, posts, watch parties, openings — happening this moment, mapped to where you are.
Neighborhood heatmap
See where it's lively at a glance — then tap a block to drop in. Your saved neighborhoods, one swipe away.
From your block to the world
The same map spans cities. Follow a moment — like the World Cup — across the globe, and connect to neighborhoods anywhere.
Discover by place
Listings, businesses, trusted pros, events — all on one map, anchored to the place you live.
Discovery
10 / 27
Explore — discover everything around you, in one place.
Search or just ask, and Explore pulls together a curated local mix — no ten separate apps, no feed full of strangers.
What's happening
Events, trending posts, and what's buzzing on your blocks right now.
People to meet
Groups, neighbors, and singles surfaced by shared interests and proximity.
Local biz & services
The best-loved spots and trusted pros nearby — ranked by neighbors, not ads.
What's being built
New developments, permits, and openings reshaping the neighborhood.
Neighborhood Knowledge
11 / 27
The Vault — your neighborhood's collective memory.
The answers usually trapped in someone's head or scattered across a dozen group chats — collected, searchable, and written by people who actually live here.
Community guides
"Best coffee to work from," "where to take the kids" — local know-how, organized.
Topic threads
Ongoing Q&A on the things neighbors actually ask about, kept in one place.
Real, not paid
Built on resident knowledge and honest feedback — never paid ads, never fake reviews.
Compounds over time
Every contribution adds up — the longer a neighborhood's here, the richer the Vault gets.
Built-in Intelligence
12 / 27
AI that actually knows your neighborhood — working for you.
ChatGPT can quote a rent. It can't tell you the super answers texts at 9pm. Nabe's AI is grounded in real resident data — and it's growing from "ask it" into "it looks out for you."
Ask anything local
"Quiet cafe with wifi open now?" "Where's a good happy hour tonight?" "What's it really like at 287 Bedford?" Answered from what neighbors actually contribute.
Proactive, not passive
It surfaces what you'd care about before you ask — a rare opening, a price drop, friends going to the park Saturday — and can draft your post or plan your weekend.
An ambient layer (where it's going)
The roadmap turns today's assistant into a quiet neighborhood concierge that sees, suggests, and acts on your behalf — the firehose becomes "here's what matters to you."
Every resident contribution makes the AI smarter — the same compounding data, working for the people who live here.
Live Moment Hub
13 / 27
The World Cup 2026 hub — proof Nabe can host a live moment.
The Cup comes to NYC, LA, and cities worldwide this summer. So we built a live hub that rallies the whole neighborhood around it — and it switches flavor city to city.
Where to watch
Live map of bars, parks & parties showing the match near you.
Fans nearby
Find supporters of your team on your block.
Local commerce
Bars post specials, hosts sell spots, a path to tickets.
Many cities
Hosted across cities at once — so the hub spans them.
The Bigger Idea
14 / 27
If we can do the World Cup, we can do any big moment — anywhere.
The World Cup hub is one instance of a reusable engine: curated, live, hyperlocal content built around whatever a place cares about this week.
Any marquee event
Olympics, a festival like Coachella, New Year's Eve, marathon weekend, election night. People travel and gather — Nabe becomes the local layer for it.
A mode for tourists & newcomers
The same engine flips into "I just landed here" — where to go, what's on, who's around. Visitor guidance for any neighborhood on Earth.
Commerce rides along
Every moment is a reason for businesses to post specials and sell tickets, and for hosts to open their spots. The hub monetizes itself.
One engine, infinite occasions. Proof the platform can manufacture live, local relevance on demand — not a one-off feature.
Civic Infrastructure
15 / 27
Vesta · a fictional town we built
We built a whole town in crisis — to show what Nabe does when it matters most.
Vesta is a fictional neighborhood you can open in the app today — a coastal town living through a disaster and the long recovery after. It's how we show, not tell, what Nabe becomes when a community needs each other: not a social app, but civic infrastructure.
Routes you can trust
Safe-route maps updated in real time — which roads are open, which to avoid ("Pine St open, avoid Harbor Rd 6–9pm") — posted by neighbors actually on the ground.
Neighbors helping neighbors
Aid convoys, shelter capacity, winter blankets for 60+ families, a 40-person seawall cleanup — coordinated by the people who live there.
Finding the missing
A community missing-persons board that actually works: "Yusef Vance found alive — 47 days after the harbor attack."
When It Counts
16 / 27
When the worst day comes, it's already where everyone is.
Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, a blackout, a shelter-in-place order. In Vesta you watch the everyday neighborhood app become the place a community routes around danger and takes care of its own.
Routes & safety
"Safe-route map updated — Pine St open, avoid Harbor Rd." Live, from the people on the street — plus shelter capacity and the day's advisories.
People helping people
An aid convoy with 1,400 coats, blankets for 60+ families, a 40-neighbor seawall cleanup — all organized inside the app.
Already where everyone is
A platform people open daily on a normal day is the one that's ready on the worst day — civic infrastructure, anywhere people need each other.
One Identity, Two Sides
17 / 27
Be a whole person here — work life and real life, one profile.
Everyone gets a neighbor profile. Professionals get a pro side too — so you can be the agent or the contractor and still just be a neighbor.
Resident
Posts, events, groups, the spots they love. Just a neighbor living their life — no real estate in sight.
Resident · open to looking
Flip on "looking" and a home-search side appears — saved listings, their agent, budget — visible only when they want it.
Service provider / builder
A pro side: services, verified reviews, past work, availability — right alongside their normal neighbor profile.
Agent
Full pro presence — listings, farm, vibe check, stats — plus a personal side. A real person, not a billboard.
The point: you're never just a transaction. The agent who sells homes is also the neighbor at the watch party — and Nabe is the one place both are true.
Find an Agent
18 / 27
Find an agent by who they actually are.
No cold-calling a name off a list of old listings. Nabe ranks your top matches and shows what actually matters — so you vet a real person before you ever reach out.
Your top three, ranked
The agents who actually fit you — by track record and farm, not who paid for the spot.
Vibe check
Warm or no-nonsense, fast or thorough — a read on how they actually work.
Real stats
Years in the game, deals on your blocks, response time, neighbor ratings.
How they answer
Their real answers to neighbor questions — tone and honesty, up front.
And every other service provider, the same way — handymen, sitters, dog walkers, tutors, movers and 20+ more, each neighborhood-verified with real reviews and a visible track record.
Messaging
19 / 27
One inbox where nothing gets lost.
Personal chats and professional ones — kept separate, but in one place. Working with an agent or a contractor finally lives where the rest of your neighborhood does.
Personal vs professional
A clean split — neighbors and friends on one side; agents, pros, and businesses on the other.
Your agent, in the thread
Work with an agent and the whole conversation lives here — no deal scattered across random texts.
Listings & emails inline
Share and discuss a listing right in the chat — even emails surface here, so the whole trail stays together.
Nothing gets lost
Every message, listing, and detail in one searchable thread — not buried across five apps.
The Power Feature
20 / 27
And when you do need a home — we tell you what it's really like.
Real estate is the power feature for the slice who need it. The difference: Nabe knows the neighborhood, because the neighborhood lives here.
Block Report
Quiet hours, noise, foot traffic, the last 30 days on the block — the honest signals a listing never shows.
Building reviews
Real tenant reviews across eras — the super who answers at 9pm, what management won't say.
Agent take + Nabe Score
A straight, honest read — plus grounded AI: "what's it really like at 287 Bedford?"
Zillow can show you the photos. Nabe tells you what it's like to actually live there — from the people who do.
How you use it · The pro side
21 / 27
And the professional's Monday morning, collapsed into one app.
For agents and service pros alike, Nabe replaces the 4–5 tools they stitch together by hand — one neighborhood command center.
8:02 AM · Briefing
Intel, pre-sorted
A price drop on a building a client asked about, a fresh tenant review, a new venue on their farm, two buyers checked in nearby. 6 minutes vs. 90 across 5 tools.
9:30 AM · A heads-up
Plugged in
A tenant posts "elevator out since Saturday?" — they're showing that unit at 11. They call the super (number's in the building's Nabe profile) and reassure the buyer.
11:45 AM · Match
Suggest to my buyers
Nabe AI flags 3 buyers who fit a listing's vibe — not just price and beds. Two reply within hours.
Why it matters: the same place that helps a resident find tacos helps a pro be the most plugged-in person in the neighborhood — and that's a paying relationship.
The Full App
22 / 27
And the rest of the neighborhood, all in one place.
Everything else a neighborhood runs on — already part of the app.
Groups & communities
Running clubs, parents, hobbyists, building chats — the recurring threads of local life.
Marketplace
Free stuff, stoop sales, buy/sell with neighbors — Craigslist without the creep.
New developments & permits
What's being built near you, who's building it, and what it means for your block — before it's news.
Ask the neighborhood
Post a question, get answers from people who actually know — not strangers across the country.
Neighbors & safety
A real neighbor directory plus Right Now alerts — outages, closures, lost pets, heads-ups.
Block history
A "time machine" of your block — what was here before, throwbacks, how it's changed over the years.
Why It's Different
23 / 27
The mission
Most apps are built to keep you on your phone. Nabe is built to connect you to the people and places in your real life.
When you're all caught up, Nabe sends you back out — because the point was never screen time. It's the neighbors you actually meet and the corners you actually know: real life, in the place you actually live.
The whole mission: connect you to the people and places in your own neighborhood.
Why It Lasts
24 / 27
The data compounds. Features don't.
A rival can copy our features in a weekend. What they can't copy is five years of a whole neighborhood pouring its knowledge into the platform — that record only grows, and only here.
Yr 1
Useful
"12 building reviews." A helpful start.
Yr 3
Irreplaceable
"84 reviews across 3 years. Management changed, ratings shifted. Quiet hours mapped."
Yr 5
A moat
A full historical record of a neighborhood no competitor can clone.
Why now: urban loneliness is a public-health crisis, local journalism is dead, and AI finally makes "what's it like to live here?" answerable. The window is open.
The Model
25 / 27
We don't tax the community. We charge professionals to be found.
One flat price — $9.99/month — for the two groups who get business from being discoverable here. Everyone who makes the neighborhood worth being in stays free.
Group
Why
Price
Residents
They are the network
Free
Landlords / developers
Data sources
Free
Retail businesses
They draw the community
Free
Real estate agents / brokers
Listed & reachable in-app
$9.99/mo
Service providers (trades, sitters, walkers…)
Listed & reachable in Discover
$9.99/mo
Deliberately low — to kill sign-up friction and win on adoption. Growth over price-per-user.
The $ Vision
26 / 27
At $9.99/month, here's the ceiling — and the realistic slice.
Two paying segments — agents and service providers — across known populations. "Ceiling" = every eligible account paying. "Realistic" = a defensible adoption slice.
Reach
Paying accounts
Ceiling / yr
Compass — today
~40K agents
$4.8M
Compass + Anywhere family
~340K agents
$40.8M
United States
~4.5M agents + providers
$539M
Worldwide
~16M agents + providers
~$1.9B
Pre-revenue today — projections from the $9.99 model. A conservative realistic capture (25–50% on Compass's owned channel, 5–10% open market) lands around $1.2–2.4M (Compass today), $10–20M (family), $27–54M (U.S.), $96–192M (worldwide). And this is the subscription line only — services, events, and local commerce sit on top.
Why Compass
27 / 27
Why I want to bring this to Compass first.
Zillow owns the listing funnel. Generic hyperlocal social (Nextdoor, Meta's failed local plays) is brutal. Nabe sits at the seam — real social life with real-estate intelligence layered on — exactly the consumer moat Compass needs.
Instant distribution
~340K agents across the Compass + Anywhere family in 120 countries. Solves the cold-start problem nothing else does.
Differentiation vs. Zillow
Every brokerage shows the same listing. A Compass agent shows the listing and the truth about living there.
A defensible asset
Resident sentiment, neighborhood intelligence, trusted local recommendations — valuable far beyond brokerage.
Coming to Compass first is intentional — but the category window won't stay open forever, and whoever builds this first owns it.
