Startups That Offer New Paths to Homeownership

ven the boundaries between renting and owning are being blurred by technology. iBuyers use data and venture capital to bring unprecedented liquidity to the housing market, enabling people to sell or buy a house within days. Meanwhile, companies such as Space10 and Venn are exploring models that would enable long-term renters to build an equity stak... See more

Real Estate 3.0:

(i) The Evolution of Rent-to-Own (ii) Fractional Home Ownership – The Lifestyle Version (iii) Fractional Home Ownership — The Pure Asset Version (iv) Rapid Liquidity for Real Estate Owners (v) Rapid issuance of mortgages and loans

What are the myriad layers and people involved in getting a successful real estate deal done? Why is there an information gap on how to successfully build a downpayment for a home? Why have lenders historically neglected long term prospective customers? What are the creative ways in which people can obtain financing in order to purchase their first... See more

For example, say you’re building a product for a niche market worth “only” $50 million. Who will invest in you?- VCs won’t touch you because the math doesn’t work out — they need investments that have a shot at returning the portfolio.- Banks won’t touch you because they only know how to underwrite going concerns — businesses with operating history... See more

On homeownership and building equity

What if new Builders easily get funding against a signed LOI or customer contract (a kind of “startup factoring”)?

...dramatically rethinking what homeownership can look like and most likely divorcing the concepts of house as residence and house as savings account.