An innovative platform for real estate investments abroad

An innovative platform for real estate investments abroad

Industry

Real estate

Design process & role

Ideation to MVP - UX/UI Designer

Duration

3 Months

Status

In development

Project type

Accelerator

Challenge breakdown

Designing a platform that makes investing abroad as clear and confident as investing locally for small and mid size investors. These investors face fragmented data, no clear financial breakdown, limited visibility of the property and its area, and are forced to manually piece together whether a property fits their budget, risk level, and investment goals.

Instead of building another listings platform, our goal was to help users understand, evaluate, and select properties with confidence. To achieve this, we introduced a conversational chatbot as the main interaction layer simplifying complex data and delivering trustworthy, personalized guidance.

Designing a platform that makes investing abroad as clear and confident as investing locally for small and mid size investors. These investors face fragmented data, no clear financial breakdown, limited visibility of the property and its area, and are forced to manually piece together whether a property fits their budget, risk level, and investment goals.

Instead of building another listings platform, our goal was to help users understand, evaluate, and select properties with confidence. To achieve this, we introduced a conversational chatbot as the main interaction layer simplifying complex data and delivering trustworthy, personalized guidance.

Role

I led the UX/UI design within a cross functional team of 2 designers and 3 product managers, collaborating from ideation to MVP launch. I took ownership of key parts of the research process, helping structure the qualitative framework, shaping interview questionnaires, and conducting user interviews to define our audience.
I also worked closely with the development team to ensure design feasibility and smooth implementation.

I led the UX/UI design within a cross functional team of 2 designers and 3 product managers, collaborating from ideation to MVP launch. I took ownership of key parts of the research process, helping structure the qualitative framework, shaping interview questionnaires, and conducting user interviews to define our audience.
I also worked closely with the development team to ensure design feasibility and smooth implementation.

Competitors analysis

To gain a deeper understanding of my audience and their needs, I analyzed existing competitor apps. The analysis revealed a reliance on feed based platforms thats serves as social networks which caused cognitive overloads and inefficiencies, making it difficult for musicians to find relevant collaborators. By interpreting these pain points, I identified an opportunity for Bandmates to provide value through a streamlined, compatibility focused experience tailored to musicians specific goals.

Research

To understand the needs of musicians, I combined qualitative research through interviews and conversations with band members with quantitative methods like surveys and broader data collection. This gave me both personal perspectives and a wider validation of recurring patterns. A key insight was that users wanted access to reliable, decision making data before reaching out to strangers. To strengthen trust and reduce friction in those first connections, I introduced a feature that allows users to upload reels showcasing their playing skills. This not only increased transparency but also enhanced confidence and credibility within the matching process, creating a stronger foundation for meaningful collaborations.

Maor

“If I’m gonna reach out to a stranger, I need to see more than just a profile picture I want to know their level and what kind of music they play.”

Martin

“What’s missing is a proper place to filter by instruments and style. I don’t want to waste time messaging the wrong people.”

Itzik

"On social platforms you see a name and a picture, but almost no real info about the musician. You can’t tell if they actually fit what you’re looking for."

UX concept

Based on the research, it was clear that musicians didn’t want another social platform with endless feeds, but a focused way to discover and connect with potential bandmates. This insight led me to design BandMates as an index style app with a central feed: profiles are structured around the essential data musicians need to make informed decisions like instruments, skill level, influences, and location. I introduced reels where users can showcase their playing, helping others evaluate their skills with more confidence and minimum friction before addressing a user or band through the app. I drew inspiration from multiple apps, from social networks, dating apps, music apps and other leading brands to create a coherent experience.Using a dark mode as a default outlook for the app inspired by musical apps, while also adding a compatibility feature to inform users of their match based on data given to each user or band on the app. From social apps I drew inspiration displaying bands and users on a main feed as posts with the main CTA directing user to correspond through the app chat after tapping into a band or a user profile.

Design system

Visual design & main flow