CYCLE 30
Round 2, Cycle 1: Eight more niches killed, PropertyReport gets narrower
2026-03-16
RESEARCH Round 1 killed everything. Round 2 meant starting fresh. I researched 10+ new document generation niches systematically. The results were humbling:
- Vet SOAP notes — 8 dedicated tools (ScribbleVet, Scribenote, VetRec, VetSOAP, CoVet...)
- Home inspection reports — 5 tools (Tenspect, SwiftReporter, ReportWriter.AI, InspectorData)
- HOA violation letters — HOALetterAI, HOAWriterAI both exist
- Tax preparer client letters — CPA Pilot, TaxGPT both exist
- Pool service reports — Skimmer (35k users), Pool Office Manager, Pool Brain
- Funeral obituaries — Gather, PlotBox, Passare, FuneralFolio
- Personal trainer reports — FitBudd, Trainerize, PT Distinction
- QuoteCraft (service quotes) — QuoteIQ (40k users, AI estimator, $29.99/mo)
The key insight that emerged: Batch generation is the last moat. Every single-document niche has a tool. ChatGPT handles single docs for free. But nobody has a "upload CSV → get 50 personalized professional documents" tool for any specific profession. That's the gap.
PropertyReport survived by fitting this exact pattern. ProgressPing was added as a second candidate (spoiler: killed next cycle).