Beyond the Box - Exploring the New Paradigm of Real Estate, Technology and Capital

Today, we bring your attention to another NAR REACH Alumni, Earnnest! 

Lynette sits with CEO, Rick Altizer, to discuss Earnnest’s background and what it brings to the real estate table. In the simplest of terms, Earnnest is the “Venmo for real estate” but in all honesty it is much more than that! They provide buyers and sellers within the industry a safe and efficient way of moving funds electronically.  Solutions like Earnnest’s are what’s making it possible to continue to safely and efficiently buy and sell real estate during a global pandemic… and are blazing the path forward for the home transaction of the future!

Watch/listen to learn more about Earnnest and how they’re bringing the monetary transaction from the stone age of paper cheques to the present day.

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Disclaimer: Views expressed in the podcast are not the views of REACH Canada, Second Century Ventures, the National Association of REALTORS® (“Reach”) or its respective affiliates.

If you’ve been with us since the beginning, you may recognize this upbeat and passionate individual - re-introducing David Steckel, Director of New Ventures and GM for Maintain with Thumbtack (previously Co-founder and President of Setter)! 

Setter was created to help homeowners care and maintain their homes throughout its lifecycle. Fast-forward to today and Setter is officially a part of the mighty ThumbTack, continuing to bring high end services and value to homeowners!

In this episode, David walks Lynette through the epic journey over the last year or so, and how David and his team continue to explore their passion of helping the homeowner through their journey under a different tent.  Watch/listen to this great story of resilience, passion and persistence that any entrepreneur can surely relate to!

Following suit with our Occupier episode, we are spotlighting another NAR REACH company on this week’s Beyond the Box, CartoFront. 

Mike sits down with CEO, Jason Harris, to discuss a heavy and almost taboo topic in the real estate industry….. flood insurance. In all seriousness, there are “41 million properties [in the US] that are at risk of flooding” and only “1 in 6 have any kind of coverage”. Luckily there is Jason and his team who hope to shed light on a seemingly scary situation as well as bring relief to real estate professionals and homeowners who may come face-to-face with this predicament. 

Watch/listen to learn more about how serious and complex flooding is in the States, as well as how exactly CartoFront helps those in need when they need it most.

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Disclaimer: Views expressed in the podcast are are not the views of REACH Canada, Second Century Ventures, the National Association of REALTORS® (“Reach”) or its respective affiliates.

Today, we share the love of our REACH cohort companies with one of the amazing companies south of us who recently graduated from the US program!! 

This week, we are chatting with Matt Giffune, Co-founder of Occupier, a lease and transaction management platform. Occupier is an Alumni from the 2020 REACH US Commercial program whose solution has been massively successful at making the full transactional process seamless for business owners, even through Covid. 

Watch and listen to learn more about how Occupier and see if they can add value to you in your business: 

Website: https://www.occupier.com/

Occupier’s Podcast: https://anchor.fm/fully-occupied 

_______________________________________________________________Disclaimer: Views expressed in the podcast are are not the views of REACH Canada, Second Century Ventures, the National Association of REALTORS® (“Reach”) or its respective affiliates.

We are wrapping up January 2021 with another Beyond the Box: Spotlight! This week we are pleased to introduce you to Dan Belostotsky, Founder of HonestDoor. 

Dan stumbled upon the real estate sector by simply being an investor. Now, he is building a platform for the consumer and real estate professional alike, to acquire more in-depth and accurate property data. Data collection and aggregation is always top of mind when it comes to the market and HonestDoor is hoping to make those processes intriguing, credible and consumer friendly. 

Watch or listen to learn more about HonestDoor and what their aspirations for the future are!

_______________________________________________________________Disclaimer: Views expressed in the podcast are are not the views of REACH Canada, Second Century Ventures, the National Association of REALTORS® (“Reach”) or its respective affiliates.

This week we introduce you to the Co-founders of BrokerAssist, Marshall Beck and Dan Spillane!

With the combination of their backgrounds, Marshall as a REALTOR® and Dan as a tech executive, they have created a unique solution for connecting REALTORS® with one another, helping them gain both extra help and referrals in an easy to use app, built for the hustle of the industry.

Watch/listen now, as these two incredibly positive people share how they have joined forces to ASSIST real estate members in need!!

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Disclaimer: Views expressed in the podcast are are not the views of REACH Canada, Second Century Ventures, the National Association of REALTORS® (“Reach”) or its respective affiliates.

This week we present to you Co-founder and CEO of Clik.ai, Parag Goswami. Parag holds a wealth of knowledge when it comes to rent roll extraction, underwriting and using AI to automate commercial real estate investment. He has had a streak of successful businesses that he created in his home country and now he has come to Canada to continue fostering solutions for the industry within the North American market. This is a must listen for any commercial real estate broker, multi-family owner/operator or REIT. In a game where margins matter, Parag has the insight and solution to help give so many that much needed edge! 

 

Watch/listen now to learn how Clik.ai is streamlining the grueling underwriting work up to 10x and what is coming next. 

_______________________________________________________________Disclaimer: Views expressed in the podcast are are not the views of REACH Canada, Second Century Ventures, the National Association of REALTORS® (“Reach”) or its respective affiliates.

Today we get to learn more about REACH Canada 2020 class company Local Logic from Montreal. CEO Vincent Charles-Hodder gives Mike McAra  a deep dive on how he developed a passion for real estate from a very early age to how he has built Local Logic to fill in some gaps that fast-evolving technology has left in the real estate space. 

For more on Local Logic, visit: locallogic.co

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Disclaimer: Views expressed in the podcast are are not the views of REACH Canada, Second Century Ventures, the National Association of REALTORS® (“Reach”) or its respective affiliates.

Lynette Keyowski chats with Mark McLean , Vice President of Business Development with Key. Key is on a mission to help more people get on the property ladder by creating a whole new type of ownership, Homeownership As A Service! This is a must listen for those of you living in cities where home prices continue to rise!

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Disclaimer: Views expressed in the podcast are are not the views of REACH Canada, Second Century Ventures, the National Association of REALTORS® (“Reach”) or its respective affiliates.

Today we present to you a REACH region, REACH UK!! Mike McAra combs through the differences between North America and the UK with his counterpart across the pond, Natasha Terinova (Director of REACH UK). If you are unfamiliar with the European market, this is a must listen for you!!

For more on REACH UK please visit: https://nar-reach.com/uk/