Open Listings
Web and SaaS
real estate brokerage
SHOW HN2014
16points
18comments
#1,388of 2,272 in 2014
Top 62%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Privacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool idea and looks awesome
From 2 comments
looks awesome. I want an invite!
hschoenburg on HNHow do you plan on gaining national coverage of listings? Between the agents, brokers, aggregators, and MLSs the data supply chain is incredibly fragmented. Securing access to…
ahulak on HN
Objections
Requiring email signup to browse
From 1 comment
Sounds like it might be cool, but I'm hesitant to put my email in there in order to just browse around.
bratsche on HN
Listing data coverage is fragmented and hard to get nationally
From 1 comment
How do you plan on gaining national coverage of listings? Between the agents, brokers, aggregators, and MLSs the data supply chain is incredibly fragmented. Securing access to…
ahulak on HN
Crowded market of existing listing startups
From 1 comment
How do you plan to set yourself apart from the hundreds of other real estate listing startups that have come about in the past 5 years?
Mandatum on HN
Requests
Invite to try the product
From 1 comment
looks awesome. I want an invite!
hschoenburg on HN
Questions
How they get listing data
From 2 comments
How do you plan on gaining national coverage of listings? Between the agents, brokers, aggregators, and MLSs the data supply chain is incredibly fragmented. Securing access to…
ahulak on HNHow do you get the listing information? I assume you wont be connected into every realtor database so where are you pulling data from?
benjymau5 on HN
Business model
From 1 comment
What's your business model then?
balor123 on HN
Whether it is a brokerage and how buying works
From 1 comment
Are you guys a brokerage? How can I buy a property by sending you an email?
state on HN
Alternatives named
Redfin
From 1 comment
How do you plan on gaining national coverage of listings? Between the agents, brokers, aggregators, and MLSs the data supply chain is incredibly fragmented. Securing access to…
ahulak on HN
ListHub and Point2 aggregators
From 1 comment
Great questions Austin. We've spent the last 6 months "exploring" the data supply chain and have learned first hand how fragmented and closed the system really is. National…
jschoenholtz on HN