{"id":341114,"date":"2017-05-17T07:09:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T23:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1491781"},"modified":"2017-05-17T07:09:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T23:09:18","slug":"cadre-and-point-are-betting-that-the-best-way-to-win-in-real-estate-is-to-disrupt-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/cadre-and-point-are-betting-that-the-best-way-to-win-in-real-estate-is-to-disrupt-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadre and Point are betting that the best way to win in real estate is to disrupt the market"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the stage of TechCrunch Disrupt, the founders of two of the hottest startups in real estate, Cadre<\/a> and Point<\/a>\u00a0articulated\u00a0the inefficiencies\u00a0of today\u2019s\u00a0real estate markets and expressed optimism in their ability to use innovative markets\u00a0to benefit investors and\u00a0homeowners respectively.<\/p>\n

Cadre is an exclusive startup that connects real estate investors to top deals while Point enables homeowners to sell equity from\u00a0their own homes. Despite favoring different participants, each of these models alter the way that\u00a0people interact with physical assets.<\/p>\n

Eddie Lim, founder of Point, believes that his company can not only help individual homeowners get access to traditionally illiquid assets in times of need, but can help the overall housing market.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy creating a liquid market, by creating more ways to finance, more way to be liquid, you can actually smooth out the boom and bust cycles that have defined residential,\u201d argued\u00a0Lim.<\/p>\n

The catch of course is that when the market collapses, homeowners and \u201cinvestors\u201d alike lose, potentially putting Point in a tough spot. But\u00a0Lim believes that because Point\u2019s financial incentives are aligned with homeowners, it\u2019s positioned well to help homeowners refinance or find insurance to recoup some value.<\/p>\n

Cadre on the other hand avoids this problem by servicing wealthy investors \u2014 trading democratization for reduced exposure. Ryan Williams, founder of Cadre, does eventually believe that with time, Cadre can grow to serve more diverse users<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want Cadre to be established as the\u00a0domain and the\u00a0hub for high quality access to opportunities,\u201d explained Williams. \u201d We know that if we do that, we will build an enduring business, and we will have the optionality to open our marketplace to a much wider subset of our global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company has also\u00a0taken heat in recent weeks because of the specific investors it has let onto its cap table.\u00a0The\u00a0Kushners, Peter Thiel, Goldman Sachs and\u00a0George Soros have all backed the company, a series of names that doesn\u2019t send positive signals.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Cadre we have a pretty powerful mission and there\u2019s nothing, even if it was dynamics in DC, that would change or even disrupt, to use the name and theme of this conference, achieving our mission,\u201d asserted Williams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" On the stage of TechCrunch Disrupt, the founders of two of the hottest startups in real estate, Cadre and Point articulated the inefficiencies of today’s real estate markets and expressed optimism in their ability to use innovative markets to benefit investors and homeowners respectively. Cadre is an exclusive startup that connects real estate investors to… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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