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Tim Heyl and the House He Bought Twice
He began with cold calls, built a billion-dollar agent team, then put his own savings behind a stranger's move. Tim Heyl's career is a study in what happens when a salesman learns to build systems - and when those systems meet a market that refuses to sit still.
Tushar Garg Learned Real Estate by Selling One House. Then He Rebuilt the Move.
A computer scientist became a realtor to study one stubborn transaction. A decade later, his most useful lesson is still the same: stand close enough to the customer to see where the system blinks.
Flyhomes Raised $150 Million to Own the Homebuying Journey. Then It Learned to Get Out of the Way.
The Seattle startup tried to own the entire homebuying experience. A frozen housing market forced a sharper idea: let local professionals keep the customer, and give them the financial machinery to make moving possible.
zavvie
zavvie is a Boulder, Colorado proptech and fintech company that gives real estate brokerages and mortgage lenders a white-labeled marketplace of modern buying and selling solutions - cash offers, buy-before-you-sell bridge products, and iBuyer options - all designed to keep the agent and loan officer at the center of the transaction. Founded in 2015 by Lane Hornung and Stefan Peterson, zavvie turns ordinary buyers into cash buyers and helps lenders capture more mortgage business through its AI-powered HomeFAI platform.