June 2026 Update

When you are weighing a property, or sizing up one you already own, the questions that decide it are about the neighborhood, not the house. Is it safe? Are the schools any good? Is it walkable? Is the area heading up or down? The honest answer used to be a guess, or a dozen open browser tabs.

This month Nimbus changed that. Ask Chene about any address, or open the map, and you get a sourced answer in seconds. Here is what shipped and why it matters for you.

Nimbus now knows your neighborhood

The questions that decide a real estate move are about the neighborhood, not the house. Now you can answer them in seconds: crime, schools, walkability, commute, who lives there, and what they pay in property tax. Six new data sources, at the county and ZIP level.

School quality, from the source. Reading and math proficiency from Stanford that runs through 2025, plus the school details parents actually ask about: student-teacher ratio, the share of students on free or reduced lunch, the share of charter schools, and how many schools serve each area. All from the federal Department of Education.

Crime, in plain numbers. FBI crime data showing property and violent crime per 100,000 people, with year-over-year direction so you can see whether an area is getting safer or not.

Walkability and commute. EPA walkability scores and Census Bureau commute times. How easy is it to live somewhere without a car, and how long is the drive to work? Both affect rentability and resale.

Taxes and who lives there. What neighbors actually pay in property tax, and the makeup of each community, straight from the Census Bureau.

More of the sale data you already trusted. The map now shows median sale price, price per square foot, homes sold, and sale-to-list ratio from Redfin, at the state, county, and ZIP level.

And we figured out what actually drives prices. A new model estimates which of these factors moves home values in each specific market, so you are working from evidence instead of a hunch. Ask Chene "what is driving values in Denver?" and it will tell you.

A property is the biggest purchase most people ever make, and the neighborhood around it decides whether it holds its value. Getting that wrong is expensive. Now you can know before you commit, not after.

Ask Chene about a neighborhood

Chene learned six new skills this month

Chene started as a chat advisor. This month it gained real tools it can use on your behalf, each one gated behind your approval so nothing changes without you saying yes.

• Assess any address. Ask about a property you do not own yet and Chene pulls walkability, crime, schools, and commute for that exact spot.
• Add or remove a property by chat. No forms. Tell Chene about a new purchase and it sets up the asset after you confirm the details.
• Explain what moves your market. Chene can break down which factors are actually driving values where you own.
• Look up the rules. Homestead exemptions, property tax rates, ballot measures, and pending legislation for your area.
• Ask you questions back. When Chene needs a detail to give a better answer, it asks, and you reply right in the chat.
• Share an answer. Send any Chene response to someone by link or email, no account required on their end.

Open Chene

Your monthly email got sharper

We replaced three numbers that did not help you make decisions with three that do.

The monthly market brief used to lead with owner-occupied housing rate, college degree rate, and the share of multifamily housing. Interesting, but none of it helps you decide whether to buy, hold, or sell.

Now it leads with median sale price from Redfin closed transactions, the effective property tax rate in each area, and property crime per 100,000 people. Each one carries a year-over-year change so you see the direction, not just the snapshot. The brief also lands earlier in the morning so it is waiting for you when you start your day.

Also shipped this month

• Chene works better on your phone. The chat drawer now lays out cleanly on mobile, and answers always cite where the numbers came from.
• A full security and dependency review. We audited and updated the libraries behind the platform, front and back, to keep your data safe.

The free calculator suite

Cap rate, cash-on-cash, DSCR, refinance, renovation ROI, and more. All free, no login, no signup. Share them with anyone.

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Watch the June walkthrough

A short walkthrough of the new map data: schools, crime, walkability, and commute, plus how Chene assesses an address you do not own yet.

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Know someone who owns property?

A rental, a vacation home, land, or a primary residence. Send them nimbusportfolio.com/tools or the market map. No signup required.

Or get paid for sharing

If someone you refer signs up for a paid plan, you earn cash. Real cash, paid by ACH.

• Refer another property owner. 10% of their annual subscription. $39 for a Portfolio+ conversion, $19 for a Portfolio conversion.
• Refer a real estate agent. 20% of their subscription for 24 months. Up to $2,080 per agent depending on tier. Same payout whether you are a property owner or another agent making the referral.
• Already a real estate agent? The agent referral page has dedicated tools for tracking client invites and agent referrals.

Get my referral link. Payouts are manual ACH once you cross $50 earned.

Tell us when we get something wrong

Nimbus is built in the open. If a calculation looks off, a market number is stale, or something in the product does not fit your situation, call it out. Reply to any email, send a note from the app, or grab time below. We will dig in, fix it, and credit the catch.

The point is not to be right. The point is accuracy, less anxiety around real estate decisions, and shared understanding instead of guesswork. That only works if mistakes surface and get corrected fast.

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Thank you.

Nimbus is here because of the family, friends, colleagues, and people from the internet who have sent encouragement, broken things in early demos, asked hard questions, and forwarded the platform to someone who needed it. None of that is taken for granted. Every "have you thought about this?" message has shaped what shipped this month.

If you want to catch up, share feedback, or just talk real estate, I would love that. Schedule 30 minutes with me.

Building something worth your time.

Steven Destine Founder, Nimbus Portfolio