How a national real-estate fund gained a competitive edge with AI-powered analytics and decision support

In the high-stakes world of distressed real estate investing, speed and precision are everything. Yet for one national investment fund, identifying and assessing opportunities was mired in manual workflows and fragmented, inconsistent data. With each bank reporting data for assets in its own proprietary format, analysts were forced to wrestle with incompatible data structures, slowing deal flow and clouding decision-making. It wasn’t just slowing operations, it was compounding business risk: Regulatory compliance was becoming more difficult to maintain, and promising opportunities were slipping through the cracks.

Our mandate was clear: standardize inconsistent data, elevate its utility, and streamline the path to action.

Building a common language for asset evaluation

The first hurdle: make sense of the noise. Each financial institution had its own reporting language. To address this, we developed a machine learning framework that established a unified internal representation of distressed asset data across banks, regardless of origin or format. By teaching our systems to interpret and normalize disparate data sources, we gave analysts a clear and consistent foundation to work from.

Augmenting intelligence with third-party data

Once a common model was in place, we layered in additional intelligence. By leveraging trusted third-party data providers, we enriched each asset profile with contextual insights, from historical valuations and neighborhood trends to foreclosure timelines and regulatory indicators. Just as important, we incorporated the firm’s proprietary “secret sauce”, internal data signals and investment heuristics refined over years of experience. This fusion of external augmentation and internal expertise elevated the model’s predictive power and ensured that recommendations aligned with the fund’s unique edge.

From manual research to real-time Insight

To make this intelligence usable, we built a real-time dashboard designed for action. Investment teams now have a live view into the most compelling opportunities, automatically scored and prioritized based on AI-driven analysis. With each click, users access the full context: what the asset is, where it’s from, and why it matters, instantly.

The Results: Better data, faster decisions, higher confidence

By rethinking the way data was ingested, interpreted, and augmented, we unlocked game-changing outcomes:

• Improved decision speed and quality with normalized and enriched data
• Higher confidence in asset evaluations thanks to intelligent augmentation
• Streamlined regulatory compliance through a centralized data model
• More surfaced opportunities, and more acted upon before competitors could respond

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What was once a patchwork of manual processes is now a modern decision support system: fast, reliable, and predictive.

At Quantiva, we don’t just work with data, we make it work for you. Whether you are managing distressed assets, launching a new product, or building a more intelligent enterprise, we help you uncover clarity where others see complexity.

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