ZeroDown

also referred to as: zero down

10 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 11, 2019 by Laks Srini · said 26 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Dec 11, 2019
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Srini: ZeroDown's underwriting model bets on customers' earnings in five years
“The biggest thing that we evaluate is, like, is their income, like, healthy? Right? And do they have some savings? Because, like, we help them build the rest of the savings to be able to buy the house from us five years from now. So, so we are basically making…”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 11:31 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
Dec 11, 2019 positive
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Srini: ZeroDown is cheaper than renting after factoring in purchase credits
“If you actually look at the math at zero down, like, against rent even though the monthly payment is higher than rent, but at the end you get purchase credits that's worth, like, 15% of the home, and if you take that into account, It actually ends up being che…”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 14:14 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
Dec 11, 2019
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Srini: ZeroDown customers earn 0.25% monthly home equity towards purchase
“So you get .25% of the home every month, And over a five-year period, you get 15% of the home. So it becomes easier to buy the home from us at any time you want after a two-year period.”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 6:52 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
Dec 11, 2019 neutral
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Srini: ZeroDown operates a tech company and a property holding fund
“Zero Down is actually two businesses. Like, so we have a tech company and a, what is called a prop core, a property company. So the property company is actually a fund that actually goes and buys houses and holds them, and the fund has a lot of infrastructure,…”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 15:46 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
Dec 11, 2019
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Srini: ZeroDown monetizes via a $10,000 upfront fee and commission splits
“In fact, like, we charge the customers a 10,000 dollar upfront fee. That's how we make money. We split commissions with the buy side broker, and that's how, like, those are the two big things we make money.”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 22:58 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
Dec 11, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Srini: ZeroDown facilitates about a dozen home purchases per month
“We are doing about a dozen homes a month right now.”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 15:04 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
Dec 11, 2019 positive
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Srini: Roughly 75% of ZeroDown customers buy homes within three weeks
“Probably 75% of our customers so far have bought homes in two to three weeks. And they're in a home like in a month, month and a half. From the time they heard about zero down a month and a half, they're in a home, which is crazy.”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 12:54 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
Dec 11, 2019
Assertion Supported
Srini: ZeroDown qualifies buyers in minutes and delivers keys in seven days
“A pretty fast, like, three to five minute, like, qualification flow. You just connect your bank accounts using Plaid. Like, we look at an asset report. We look at your income. And we say, like, Craig, you can go and buy a 1.4 million dollar house. Like, and he…”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 12:04 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
Dec 11, 2019 negative
Assertion Supported
Srini: Bay Area households making over $200,000 still cannot afford homes
“There are people in the Bay Area today making more than 200,000 dollars household income, but they can't even think about buying a house.”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 33:57 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
Dec 11, 2019
Insight
Srini: Narrowing 10,000 homes to 20 is machines; 20 to 1 is human
“Machines can take your choice from 10,000 homes to 20 homes. Like, 20 to one is a human problem. 10,000 to 20 is a machine problem.”
Laks Srini Dec 11, 2019 ▶ 25:37 Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
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