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Re:Opendoor, a startup worth emulating by mooreds on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:11PM (#13164375)
How are you going to have accurate purchase prices without a human on the ground?

What is your optimal holding period?

What are your primary source capital, and are they loan or equity based?

Re:Opendoor, a startup worth emulating by jdross on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:16PM (#13164392)
Our current pricing model & offer process is more accurate than the in-home appraisals we've done with third parties. The in-home inspection we do before close catches major repair issues and other sources of adverse selection (e.g. hoarders)

Targeted hold time varies by market, but optimal holding period is 0 days :)

We fund a small portion of each home with equity and the rest with debt-like instruments. I can't name names though.