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Clay Smith
Co-founder of LREI Property Management. Owner of Reliabuilt Contracting. Helps property managers put software and AI agents to work at LaunchEngine.
Clay Smith is co-founder of LREI Property Management, founded in 2017 with his wife, Stephanie Smith. LREI manages 1,450 rental homes across Louisville, Lexington, Southern Indiana and surrounding communities.
He also owns Reliabuilt Contracting, the EPA lead-safe certified (RRP) renovation firm that turns and rehabs LREI's rentals and takes on remodeling, roofing, excavation and snow work across Louisville.
At LaunchEngine, Clay helps property management companies set up their software and put AI agents to work with a person in charge.
Before real estate, he spent two decades in operations and information management, after starting out as a U.S. Marine Military Policeman. He holds an MBA from Sullivan University, is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Six Sigma Green Belt, and sits on the board of the Kentuckiana Real Estate Investors Association.
Clay's companies
- LREI Property Management
Property management for 1,450 rental homes in Louisville and Southern Indiana
- Reliabuilt Contracting
EPA lead-safe certified renovation, rental turns, roofing, excavation and snow removal in Louisville
- Clay Smith on LinkedIn
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