Helping people understand what is possible on a property.
I am Avi Kaufman, co-founder of FutureLot. My background includes years in real estate brokerage, housing analysis, and technology, and my work today focuses primarily on housing, zoning, and property feasibility tools.
Building FutureLot
I currently focus all of my time on FutureLot, a platform that helps builders, housing professionals, and property owners evaluate what may be possible on a specific lot, using zoning rules, site constraints, maps, and property-specific data.
From zoning research to practical feasibility.
Zoning research is often slow, inconsistent, and difficult to apply to a real property. FutureLot turns that early research into a clearer starting point, helping teams identify opportunities, constraints, and next steps before spending time and money on deeper feasibility work.
Zoning intelligence
Lot-specific analysis that helps identify relevant zoning rules, dimensional standards, and potential red flags.
Site planning tools
Map-based tools for evaluating setbacks, environmental constraints, floor plan fit, and early project layout.
Builder workflows
Tools designed to help builders qualify leads, communicate feasibility, and move prospects toward informed next steps.
Massachusetts ADU Resource Center
One example of FutureLot’s public-sector partnership work is the ADU Wizard for the Massachusetts ADU Resource Center, a statewide resource that helps Massachusetts homeowners better understand accessory dwelling unit opportunities and zoning considerations.
Visit the Massachusetts ADU Resource CenterA background in real estate and housing analysis.
Years working in real estate gave me a practical view into how buyers, sellers, builders, and homeowners make decisions. That experience helped shape the problem FutureLot is built to solve: understanding what a property is, what constraints apply to it, and what may be possible next.
Past brokerage work
I previously worked extensively with buyers and sellers in Greater Boston through Accent Realty. While I am no longer actively practicing brokerage, that experience continues to inform my perspective on housing and property analysis.
Property potential
Real estate decisions often depend on more than price and location. Zoning, use, layout, and future flexibility can matter just as much.
Trusted referrals
I am happy to connect people with experienced local real estate agents, builders, and other professionals when helpful.
Past client feedback
“Avi is one of the most thoughtful and analytical people I have worked with. He gave us advice that materially improved our decision-making process, and we never felt pressured at any point.”
Verified Google review
Media and podcast appearances
Conversations and interviews about housing, zoning, ADUs, real estate technology, and the future of property feasibility tools.
Accent Insights archive
Before FutureLot, I hosted Accent Insights, a real estate-focused podcast exploring housing, neighborhoods, market trends, and property decision-making in Greater Boston.
The archive is included here as part of the broader path from brokerage and local housing analysis to zoning technology and FutureLot.
Browse Accent Insights on SoundCloudSelected writing
Before co-founding FutureLot, I spent years publicly writing about housing supply, zoning, ADUs, affordability, market structure, and the future of real estate. These articles reflect many of the ideas and observations that eventually led to FutureLot.
Quoted by Redfin on Micro-Apartments
Commentary on the rise of micro-apartments, urban housing tradeoffs, and changing buyer priorities.
How Historic District Rules Affect Housing Supply
An exploration of how preservation rules can constrain housing production and neighborhood evolution.
Why Cities Should Eliminate Parking Minimums Near Transit
A case for reducing parking requirements in order to support affordability, density, and better land use.
Affordable Housing Observations: Why Housing Costs Keep Rising
Introduction to a multi-part series examining affordability, supply constraints, zoning, and housing economics.
Affordable Housing Observations: The Housing Supply Problem
Thoughts on how supply constraints and regulation shape affordability outcomes across cities and suburbs.
ADUs and Hidden Housing Stock
An early exploration of accessory dwelling units and how underutilized housing stock could help address affordability.
Affordable Housing Research Appendix
Supporting charts, data, and observations related to affordability, housing supply, and zoning constraints.
Interview on Housing and the Boston Market
Conversation about housing trends, buyer behavior, and decision-making in Greater Boston.
How Sale Prices Compare to Assessed Values
Analysis of the relationship between municipal tax assessments and actual market sale prices.
Three Trends That Could Reshape Real Estate
Early thinking on technology, climate, demographics, and long-term shifts in housing demand.
What Variables Correlate With Housing Prices?
A data-driven analysis exploring which property characteristics appear most correlated with home values.
Background
Previously: service in the U.S. Army, marketing and sales at GE Capital, co-founding Accent Realty, serving as a founding board member of Code Platoon, and years of housing and market analysis work before co-founding FutureLot.
Code Platoon
I was a founding board member of Code Platoon, a nonprofit coding bootcamp for veterans and military spouses. The organization recently reached its ten-year milestone and has helped hundreds of veterans transition into careers in technology.