LPT Realty Parent Agrees to Acquire Team Platforms Reside and Humaniz

LPT Aperture Holdings, the Lake Mary, Florida-based parent of LPT Realty, Aperture Global Real Estate and Listing Power Tools, said it has signed definitive agreements to acquire the technology assets of Reside, a coaching and leader development platform for real estate teams, and Humaniz, an AI-powered agent recruiting platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The company, led by founder Robert Palmer, said both platforms will remain brokerage-agnostic, keep independent operations and leadership, and receive capital investment to accelerate growth across the United States and Canada. It said access to technology, training and talent development will determine which teams are best positioned for the next market cycle.

Reside was founded in 2023 by Jon Cheplak, Suneet Agarwal, Preston Guyton and Nick McLean and has supported 112 teams across North America, according to the company. Cheplak plans to remain involved as a consultant. Humaniz, launched in 2022 by Chris Giannos, has facilitated more than 50,000 agent introductions and contributed to more than 5 billion dollars in closed transactions, the company said, and is preparing to launch a product called AgentIntelligence.