How Open Listings is becoming the Instagram for real estate

Judd Schoenholtz, Open Listings, Marketplace

Today’s guest was looking to buy a house. And when he did, he looked at his broker and thought, “What the hell do I need him for?”

That realization gave him an idea for a new business. He built it and it’s now changing the way people buy homes. Within three years, he’s done over $10M in sales.

Judd Schoenholtz is the founder of Open Listings, an online real estate brokerage, focused exclusively on representing buyers.

Judd Schoenholtz

Open Listings

Judd Schoenholtz is the founder of Open Listings, an online real estate brokerage, focused exclusively on representing buyers.

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Today’s guest was out looking to buy a house and ended up buying a house and then looked over at his broker and said, “What do I need this broker for? I think actually this broker is completely unnecessary.” He had an idea for a new business. He went to Y Combinator to try to raise money and get some guidance from them and everything else that comes with it. And they said, “No. Basically, go away kid.”

He did go away and he said, “I’m going to focus on the...

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