RealNote
A web platform presenting tokenized real estate notes as digital investment opportunities, with access requests and an investor portal.
Service · Build
Websites and web apps built to last past launch.
We build fast, maintainable websites and web applications on modern stacks, with the documentation and testing that let your team keep shipping after we hand over.
Overview
Code quality is a business decision, even when nobody calls it that.
A website can look finished and still be fragile. Slow templates, plugins stacked on plugins, hard-coded content, and no staging environment are invisible on launch day and expensive six months later, when a simple change takes three weeks and nobody wants to touch the quote form.
Our development team builds for the second year, not the first week. That means semantic, accessible front-end code, a performance budget set before development starts, version control and staging from day one, and integrations with your CRM, ERP, or scheduling tools that are logged and monitored instead of quietly failing. We are pragmatic about platforms: WordPress for most content-driven marketing sites, headless builds with Next.js when the content model or performance case justifies it, and custom Laravel or Node applications where off-the-shelf tools stop fitting.
Typical engagements include building a completed design, rebuilding an underperforming site, and integration-heavy work such as quote flows, portals, and data-driven directories. Builds of an approved design generally run $12,000 to $45,000; integration-heavy web applications start around $60,000. Teams in Chicago and across the country use us both as a full build partner and as an extension of an in-house team.
Business problems we solve
Where web development usually goes wrong.
- 01
Pages load slowly on real devices
Oversized images, render-blocking scripts, and heavy page builders push load times well past what visitors tolerate on mobile data. Search visibility and paid campaign costs both suffer for it.
- 02
Integrations break without anyone noticing
Form submissions that never reach the CRM, inventory that stops syncing, webhooks that fail silently. Without logging and alerts, these failures surface weeks later as lost leads.
- 03
Every change feels risky
No staging site, no version control, and edits made directly on production. Teams stop improving the site because the last update took it down for an afternoon.
- 04
The original developer is gone
Custom code with no documentation leaves you dependent on one person's memory. New vendors quote a full rebuild because they cannot safely work inside what exists.
Capabilities
What the work includes.
Front-end engineering
Semantic HTML, modern CSS, and lean JavaScript built to the approved design system and tested across browsers and devices.
Performance engineering
Core Web Vitals budgets, image pipelines, caching, and CDN configuration treated as acceptance criteria.
CMS and headless builds
WordPress, headless WordPress, or a headless CMS with Next.js, chosen to fit your content model and your team.
API and system integrations
CRM, marketing automation, ERP, scheduling, and payment integrations with retries, logging, and alerting.
Interactive features
Calculators, quote builders, filtered directories, maps, and availability tools built as maintainable components.
Accessibility implementation
Keyboard navigation, correct semantics, and automated plus manual checks against WCAG 2.1 AA.
DevOps and hosting setup
Git workflows, staging and production environments, automated deployments, backups, and uptime monitoring.
Code audits and rescues
A written assessment of an existing codebase with a fix-or-rebuild recommendation and a costed plan.
Approach & process
How we run a web development engagement.
- 01
Technical discovery
We review designs, content, integrations, and hosting, then write a technical brief that names the risks up front.
- 02
Architecture
Platform, data model, integration approach, and performance budget agreed and documented before code is written.
- 03
Build in sprints
Two-week sprints with a working staging site you can click through at every review.
- 04
QA and hardening
Cross-browser, device, accessibility, load, and integration testing, plus a security review of forms and user access.
- 05
Launch and handover
A planned cutover with redirects and monitoring, followed by documentation and a recorded walkthrough for your team.
Related work
Recent web development projects.
Technology
Tools we use for web development.
- PHP
- Laravel
- WordPress
- Next.js
- React
- Node.js
- MySQL / PostgreSQL
- GitHub Actions
- Cloudflare
- AWS
Rated 5 out of 5 Google review
I worked with this team on building a website and integrating it with my CRM (HubSpot). They were responsive, easy to work with, and delivered what was discussed. Communication was straightforward, and the process moved along without issues. Overall, a solid experience.
FAQ
Web Development questions.
You do. The code lives in a repository under your organization's account from the first commit, and hosting and domain accounts are registered to you. We work as collaborators on your accounts rather than holding anything back.
Usually not for a marketing site managed by a small team. Headless adds hosting, build, and preview complexity that pays off when you publish to several channels, need app-like interactivity, or have demanding performance needs at scale. We will tell you plainly which side of that line you are on.
Yes. We start with a paid code audit, typically one to two weeks, that documents what exists, what is risky, and what it would cost to stabilize versus rebuild. You keep the report whether or not we continue.
We set targets for loading, layout stability, and responsiveness before development, then test on mid-range phones over throttled connections, not just a fast office laptop. Templates that miss the budget get fixed before launch.
Every build includes 30 days of fixes. After that, most clients move to a monthly support plan covering updates, monitoring, backups, and a block of development hours, typically $750 to $3,500 per month depending on the site's complexity.
Start a project
Need a build partner who documents the work?
Tell us what you are building and what it has to connect to. We will come back with a technical approach and a realistic budget range.
- 01 A senior strategist replies within one business day.
- 02 A 45-minute call on goals, constraints and budget.
- 03 A fixed scope, timeline and price, usually within a week.