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

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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 HN
    • 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

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

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 HN
    • How 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
  • 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

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