Eddie Lim

Co-Founder and CEO, Point · 1 appearance on the record.

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Eddie Lim co-founded Point in 2015, building a platform that provides homeowners with home equity investments without monthly loan debt. Previously, he co-founded TrialPay and served as its CTO until its acquisition by Visa, and also co-founded Yub and TXN.

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5 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 5 are resolved. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Eddie argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Lim: Half of CFPB regulations focus on mortgages
“Half of the regulations that the CFPB has put out are around mortgages.”
Eddie Lim Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:09 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Lim: Fractional home equity aligns investor and homeowner interests
“The really radical thing here is there's alignment with the homeowner, alignment between the investor and the homeowner. Where when the homeowner does well, when their home goes up in value, that's when the investor does well. And that kind of alignment doesn'…”
Eddie Lim Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:09 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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Everything Eddie Lim said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Partly supported
Lim: $18 trillion in US home equity is locked without non-debt options
“There's 18 trillion dollars of equity locked up in US residential real estate, and there's no solutions available to consumers except for debt, you know, leverage on the home.”
Eddie Lim Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:31 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy
Assertion Contradicted
Lim: Fractional home equity aligns investor and homeowner interests
“The really radical thing here is there's alignment with the homeowner, alignment between the investor and the homeowner. Where when the homeowner does well, when their home goes up in value, that's when the investor does well. And that kind of alignment doesn'…”
Eddie Lim Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:09 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy
Assertion Supported
Lim: Half of CFPB regulations focus on mortgages
“Half of the regulations that the CFPB has put out are around mortgages.”
Eddie Lim Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:09 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy
Assertion Supported
Lim: Residential real estate is historically a top inflation hedge
“Residential real estate exposure has been one of the best inflation hedges historically.”
Eddie Lim Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 24:18 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy
Assertion Supported
Lim: Most homeowners hold majority of net worth in a single house
“Most homeowners, they have most of their net worth tied up in their home. That's like having a stock portfolio with a single asset.”
Eddie Lim Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:26 a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy

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Appearances (1)

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a16z Podcast | Real Estate -- Ownership, Asset, Economy Jan 2, 2019 5m
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