RedFin/Zillows are good for searching listings but that's about it. You can't take much actions about them, research the ones you like, taking notes, plan multi-properties trips, compare them, see how your liked ones moving along with your journey. The ones (buyer portals from CRM) realtors let their buyers to use s**k. They are not designed for buyers but for agents and brokers. I took a shot and built OpenHomeVue, a buyer-first app designed to be the ultimate companion for the home buying journey. https://openhomevue.com/ People approach home buying differently, for folks with analytical thinking habits, this tool puts together their interested listings to a watch list, enrich the basic listing data with deep neighborhood research with map overlays, including insights not even available on redfin or zillow: – Environmental risk overlay: Noise, Superfund, Flood, Wild Fire, Powerlines – Safety Factors: Crime Index, Link to Sex Offender search: Magan's Law (CA), Dru Sjodin (National) – Demographic overlay: Income, Education – Commute and Point of Interest overlay: Work, School, places you often visit, all in one view The contextual notes allow buyer to easily note their thoughts on any data of the property. And the notes follow along the entire journey. You research findings on a school, note it down, and it follows you to the next property and show up when this school is nearby your interested property. The comparison enables buyer to tag listing photos with room type and compare the photos with same room type across different properties. So you are not just comparing the listing numbers and texts, but comparing the visuals of kitchen, living room, front yard, etc. The Journey view visualize all interested properties in a kanban style board, organized by their states along YOUR journey, from interested to offer made. Disclaimer, the app is optimized for San Francisco Bay Area (data richness).

OpenHomeVue

Your ultimate home hunting companion

Your ultimate home hunting companion