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The Real Deal is a trusted and influential brand that serves as the ultimate resource for real estate professionals. With a dedicated team of journalists, The Real Deal provides up-to-date news, data, information, and powerful tools that empower professionals in the industry. As the industry's publication of record, The Real Deal is read by millions of professionals and investors every day. This brand is widely recognized for its breaking news coverage and market analysis of key markets across the United States. Offering a wide range of content, including market intelligence, proprietary rankings, deal analysis, profiles, and trends, The Real Deal has received more than 50 awards for editorial excellence. Its website has been ranked as one of the 300 most visited websites in the US, and it boasts the #1 website with the wealthiest audience. The Real Deal is an independent media company owned and operated by Korangy Publishing, which was founded by publisher Amir Korangy in 2003. The brand's sales team handles all advertising, while the Brand Studio team creates and runs native sponsored content. The Real Deal is committed to providing factual, unbiased news and maintaining rigorous journalistic standards.

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The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through our media channels. We have received 60+ awards for editorial excellence over the past six years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors.

Quantcast rates us among the 300-most visited sites in the US and the website with the wealthiest audience and one of the most educated.

As a publication, The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics – a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the entire industry.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We partner with our employees to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace and through higher education programs supporting rising journalists.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

**This is a freelance, hourly contract role working on a project basis**

**Responsibilities**

- PDF Mining: Extract structured data from scanned or text-based PDFs, including property records and filings.
- Web Scraping: Develop scrapers to pull data from public websites, real estate portals, and government records.
- Interactive & Custom Data Visualization: Build bespoke maps, charts, and dashboards to support editorial storytelling.
- Data Cleaning & Normalization: Standardize, deduplicate, and reconcile inconsistent records across multiple sources.
- Entity Resolution & Research: Identify and verify real estate entities (buyers, sellers, LLCs, brokers, developers) using registries and public records.
- Story Support & Collaboration: Partner with editors and reporters to translate data into compelling narratives, graphics, and insights.
- Automation & Workflow Scripting: Create and refine scripts to automate routine data tasks, including scheduled scraping and data transformation.
- Manual Record Cleaning: Willingness to perform tedious but essential data tasks, such as reconciling names, addresses, or document IDs by hand.

**Qualifications**

- Journalistic Rigor & Detail Orientation: Capable of tracing data lineage, documenting sources, and identifying inconsistencies or red flags.
- Strong Data Literacy in a Real Estate Context: Ability to understand how data reflects trends, transactions, and players in the property world.

Freelance Researcher

Senior Data Analyst

Researcher

Bringing transparency to one of the world's most important and least understood industries. 

The Real Deal is the premier real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through digital, print, social media and events. Readers turn to us for breaking news, market intelligence, custom research, proprietary rankings, deal analysis, profiles, trends and much more. We have received more than 50 awards for editorial excellence over the past 5 years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors.


The Real Deal is the leading source for real estate news and information. Covering the deals, developments and policies that matter.

**This is a freelance, hourly contract role working on a project basis**

**Responsibilities**

- PDF Mining: Extract structured data from scanned or text-based PDFs, including property records and filings.
- Web Scraping: Develop scrapers to pull data from public websites, real estate portals, and government records.
- Interactive & Custom Data Visualization: Build bespoke maps, charts, and dashboards to support editorial storytelling.
- Data Cleaning & Normalization: Standardize, deduplicate, and reconcile inconsistent records across multiple sources.
- Entity Resolution & Research: Identify and verify real estate entities (buyers, sellers, LLCs, brokers, developers) using registries and public records.
- Story Support & Collaboration: Partner with editors and reporters to translate data into compelling narratives, graphics, and insights.
- Automation & Workflow Scripting: Create and refine scripts to automate routine data tasks, including scheduled scraping and data transformation.
- Manual Record Cleaning: Willingness to perform tedious but essential data tasks, such as reconciling names, addresses, or document IDs by hand.

**Qualifications**

- Journalistic Rigor & Detail Orientation: Capable of tracing data lineage, documenting sources, and identifying inconsistencies or red flags.
- Strong Data Literacy in a Real Estate Context: Ability to understand how data reflects trends, transactions, and players in the property world.

**Who We Are:**

The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through our media channels. We have received 60+ awards for editorial excellence over the past six years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors.

Quantcast rates us among the 300-most visited sites in the US and the website with the wealthiest audience and one of the most educated.

As a publication, The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics – a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the entire industry.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We partner with our employees to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace and through higher education programs supporting rising journalists.

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Freelance Fractional Researcher to support data projects for real estate news outlet

Fractional Researcher

Data

The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through our media channels. We have received 60+ awards for editorial excellence over the past six years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors.

Quantcast rates us among the 300-most visited sites in the US and the website with the wealthiest audience and one of the most educated.

As a publication, The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics – a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the entire industry.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We partner with our employees to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace and through higher education programs supporting rising journalists.

## UX/UI Designer

**Remote**

**This is a freelance, hourly contract role working on a project basis**

We are seeking a UX/UI designer who can improve usability, spacing, hierarchy and clarity across product pages, dashboards and marketing surfaces.

This role is not purely visual. The ideal candidate understands product thinking, user flows and conversion optimization, and can translate business goals into clean, intuitive interfaces.

You will collaborate closely with product and development to refine layouts, improve navigation clarity and create a more modern, cohesive design system.

**Responsibilities**

- Audit existing TRD Data and website pages for usability and design inconsistencies
- Improve spacing, typography hierarchy and visual clarity
- Redesign key product landing pages and dashboard entry points
- Help simplify navigation and highlight product features more effectively
- Create Figma files that are organized and developer ready
- Establish basic design system guidelines including spacing rules, typography scale and component patterns
- Iterate based on feedback from product leadership
- Suggest UX improvements based on user behavior and engagement patterns
- Provide guidance on improving subscription conversion through layout and messaging clarity

**Qualifications**

- 4+ years experience in UX/UI design
- Strong portfolio demonstrating clean, modern SaaS or data product design
- Experience designing dashboards or data-heavy interfaces
- Strong understanding of layout systems, spacing principles and typography
- Highly proficient in Figma
- Ability to work within an existing brand and improve it without reinventing everything
- Comfortable collaborating with product and engineering teams

**Nice to have:**

- Experience with media, publishing or B2B products
- Familiarity with analytics-driven design decisions

The Real Deal - UX/UI Designer

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UX/UI Design

User Experience Designer

**This is a freelance, hourly contract role working on a project basis**

**About the Role**

We are seeking a UX/UI designer who can improve usability, spacing, hierarchy and clarity across product pages, dashboards and marketing surfaces. This role is not purely visual. The ideal candidate understands product thinking, user flows and conversion optimization, and can translate business goals into clean, intuitive interfaces. You will collaborate closely with product and development to refine layouts, improve navigation clarity and create a more modern, cohesive design system.

**Responsibilities**

- Audit existing TRD Data and website pages for usability and design inconsistencies
- Improve spacing, typography hierarchy and visual clarity
- Redesign key product landing pages and dashboard entry points
- Help simplify navigation and highlight product features more effectively
- Create Figma files that are organized and developer ready
- Establish basic design system guidelines including spacing rules, typography scale and component patterns
- Iterate based on feedback from product leadership
- Suggest UX improvements based on user behavior and engagement patterns
- Provide guidance on improving subscription conversion through layout and messaging clarity

**Qualifications**

- 4+ years experience in UX/UI design
- Strong portfolio demonstrating clean, modern SaaS or data product design
- Experience designing dashboards or data-heavy interfaces
- Strong understanding of layout systems, spacing principles and typography
- Highly proficient in Figma
- Ability to work within an existing brand and improve it without reinventing everything
- Comfortable collaborating with product and engineering teams

**Preferred Skills**

- Nice to have: Experience with media, publishing or B2B products
- Familiarity with analytics-driven design decisions

**Who We Are:**

The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through our media channels. We have received 60+ awards for editorial excellence over the past six years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors.

Quantcast rates us among the 300-most visited sites in the US and the website with the wealthiest audience and one of the most educated.

As a publication, The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics – a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the entire industry.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We partner with our employees to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace and through higher education programs supporting rising journalists.

UX/UI Designer

This is a freelance, hourly contract role for a UX/UI Designer at The Real Deal, focusing on improving usability, spacing, hierarchy, and clarity across product pages, dashboards, and marketing surfaces. The role involves collaborating with product and development teams to refine layouts and create a cohesive design system.

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