Episode 51: How Taylor Peake and Occupi Are Transforming Rent Payments Across America

Is rent collection still stuck in the past? In Episode 51 of Funded, Now What?!, Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Taylor Peake, founder and CEO of Occupi, to discuss how her company is modernizing rent payments for property managers and residents nationwide. After raising $3.2 million in funding, Taylor shares lessons on fundraising, product-market fit, scaling lean teams, and building technology for an underserved market.

What You'll Learn:

● Product-Market Fit: How Occupi discovered a major gap in the rental housing market and built a solution customers love.

● Fundraising Lessons: Taylor's experience raising $3.2M as a female founder and finding the right investors.

● Rent Payments Reimagined: Why giving residents more payment options improves both customer experience and operational efficiency.

● Marketing for Startups: Andrew's playbook for balancing conferences, outbound outreach, SEO, GEO, and AI-powered marketing.

● Scaling Lean: How Occupi achieved strong growth with a small team and a relentless focus on solving customer problems.

Featured Guest: Taylor Peake

Taylor is the founder and CEO of Occupi, a rent payment platform helping property managers simplify collections while giving residents more flexibility in how they pay. Occupi serves operators across multifamily housing, manufactured housing communities, single-family rentals, and housing authorities nationwide.

🔗 Connect with Taylor: linkedin.com/in/taylorpeake

🌐 Website: paywithoccupi.com

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