Introduction
Hey everyone, my name is Brandon Donnelly.
I work in real estate development, building buildings.
The Problem
My startup is called Dirt.
It’s based on the idea that there’s tons of real estate activity happening all around us and we’re missing out on it.
- Why can’t I follow properties?
- Why don’t get I get push updates when stuff sells/rents?
- Why don’t I get construction updates sent to my phone for the building I bought into?
- Why can’t I see if any of my friends are moving into the same building?
The two pain points I most commonly hear from real estate consumers are:
- There’s a lack of accessible information; and,
- They’re frustrated always going through agents because they don’t feel they really add value.
The Solution
What I want to do is shift the industry focus from the suppliers of real estate to the consumers of real estate (you and me).
Dirt is a network for crowdsourcing real estate activity.
To share, users simply:
- Find the address
- Upload activity
- Categorize it
Think of it as Path (the social network) for real estate.
The goals are to empower consumers and promote transparency.
The business model is to own the real estate analytics space.
I hope you’ll join me in trying to disrupt real estate.