Opendoor eliminates friction by purchasing homes directly from sellers for cash
Ian Wong · Modernizing Real Estate with Data Science // Ian Wong, Opendoor (FirstMark's Data Driven) · Feb 3, 2017 · at 1:50
Ian Wong is co-founder of Opendoor, an iBuyer platform that uses data science and balance sheet capital to purchase homes directly from sellers.
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“We'll actually make an offer for your house and buy it from you so that you don't have to endure three months of stress and headache.”
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