Case study · Real Estate

Full-Stack Real Estate Platform with Admin Portal and CRM Integration

Designed and built a complete property listing platform for Rise Property in Qatar, including interactive map search, admin dashboard, WhatsApp lead capture, and Zoho CRM integration.

RISE PROPERTYrise-property.com
40+
Listings Live
Rent and sale
4
Core Pages
Plus admin portal
2
Weeks to Launch
End to end
5.0
Client Rating
On Upwork
Client
Rise Property
Industry
Real Estate
Year
2026
Duration
2 weeks
Slobodan Gajic
Slobodan GajicCEO
The platform

Property platform screens from homepage to admin

Homepagerise-property.com
rise-property.com
Homepage page design for Rise Property showing the homepage section
Property Search with Maprise-property.com/properties
rise-property.com/properties
Property Search with Map page design for Rise Property showing the property search with map section
Property Detailrise-property.com/properties/modern-furnished-1-bhk
rise-property.com/properties/modern-furnished-1-bhk
Property Detail page design for Rise Property showing the property detail section
Recommended Propertiesrise-property.com
rise-property.com
Recommended Properties page design for Rise Property showing the recommended properties section
Admin Portalrise-property.com/admin
rise-property.com/admin
Admin Portal page design for Rise Property showing the admin portal section
Admin Loginrise-property.com/admin/login
rise-property.com/admin/login
Admin Login page design for Rise Property showing the admin login section
Mobile Homepagerise-property.com
rise-property.com
Mobile Homepage page design for Rise Property showing the mobile homepage section
Mobile Searchrise-property.com/properties
rise-property.com/properties
Mobile Search page design for Rise Property showing the mobile search section
Footer & Contactrise-property.com
rise-property.com
Footer & Contact page design for Rise Property showing the footer & contact section
Slobodan is a highly professional freelancer who has helped me with a wide range of tasks. He consistently goes above and beyond the agreed scope of work to ensure the best results. He is reliable, proactive, and easy to work with, and I have built a strong working relationship with him. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a skilled and dedicated professional.
Sam Saleh
Founder · Rise Property
The story

From a coming soon page to 40 live listings

Rise Property came to us with a domain pointing to a single "Coming Soon" page and a previous developer who could not deliver. The founder had a clear vision for a premium real estate platform serving the Qatar market but had already fallen out with the first developer over a failed map implementation. The previous build used a WordPress template that could not handle the interactive map search that was central to the product.

The brief was straightforward but the scope was not small: a homepage that matched the premium positioning of Qatar luxury real estate, a property search page with an interactive map showing listings in real time, individual property detail pages, and a full admin panel for managing the catalog. All of it needed to integrate with Zoho CRM and WhatsApp, the primary communication channel in Qatar.

We built everything from scratch using Next.js, Neon for the database, and Cloudflare R2 for media storage. The admin panel, map integration, search with autocomplete, agent profiles, and CRM pipeline were all delivered within two weeks. The client went from nothing to 40 live listings with leads flowing directly into Zoho.

Stack
Next.js + Neon + R2
Hosting
Vercel
CRM
Zoho
Timeline
Mar 2026
The challenge

A failed WordPress build and a market waiting

Previous developer failed to deliver a working map integration using WordPress templates
Domain had only a single "Coming Soon" page with no backend or database
Property search needed interactive map with location-based filtering, a feature the previous developer could not implement
WhatsApp is the primary communication channel in Qatar, not email, requiring custom lead capture flow
Client needed a full admin panel to manage listings, agents, and property categories without developer involvement
Zoho CRM integration required for automatic lead capture from WhatsApp inquiries
Site had to match the premium positioning of competitors like Knight Frank and Jones & Jones
Domain migration from Squarespace DNS to Vercel hosting with zero downtime
The solution

Custom Next.js platform built from database to deployment

01

Interactive Map Search

Built a split-view property search page with an interactive map powered by location autocomplete. Clicking a map pin highlights the corresponding listing card, and filtering by Rent or Buy updates both the grid and map in real time. This was the feature the previous developer could not deliver.
02

Full Admin Portal

Built a complete admin dashboard for managing the property catalog: create, edit, publish, and draft listings. Manage agents, categories (Residential, Commercial with Offices and Retail Shops), and premium location tags. All without touching code or a database console.
03

WhatsApp-First Lead Capture

Every property page features WhatsApp, Call, and Email agent contact buttons. WhatsApp inquiries are automatically captured and pushed to Zoho CRM as leads, matching the communication culture of the Qatar market where nobody uses email.
04

Premium Visual Identity

Translated the client's brand assets (logo, color palette, typography) into a cohesive dark-theme design with teal accents. The homepage hero features a full-bleed property background with autocomplete search. Every detail from property cards to the footer reinforces the luxury positioning.
The results

Delivered in two weeks with full CRM integration

01
LAUNCH

2-Week Full Delivery

From first conversation to live production site with 40+ listings, admin panel, CRM integration, and domain migration. All delivered in two weeks.
02
PLATFORM

Complete Listing Management

Full admin portal with listing CRUD, draft/publish workflow, agent management, category management, and property image uploads via Cloudflare R2.
03
INTEGRATION

Zoho CRM Pipeline

Every WhatsApp inquiry from property pages automatically creates a lead in Zoho CRM, giving the sales team a complete pipeline from first touch to follow-up.
04
MOBILE

Full Mobile Experience

Responsive design across all pages including the map search view, property cards, mobile navigation menu, and search autocomplete dropdown. Optimized for the mobile-first Qatar market.
40+
Listings
2
Weeks
5.0
Rating
4
Integrations
Project delivery metrics, Q1 2026

What building a real estate marketplace requires

Real estate platforms are deceptively complex. The listing page alone needs to handle multiple property types, price formats, location data, map rendering, and agent assignment. Add an admin panel, CRM integration, and WhatsApp lead capture on top of that, and you have a system that most developers quote months for.

The key was choosing the right stack from day one. Next.js for the frontend and SEO, Neon for a serverless Postgres database, Cloudflare R2 for image storage, and Vercel for deployment. No WordPress templates, no plugins, no compromises. When you build the system yourself, you can ship features that template-based developers cannot even attempt.

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