Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Mahesh Kashyap
In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to Mahesh Kashyap, founder of Zipandfind.
Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth…
What do you do?
I am President/CEO of ZipandFind, which helps connecting Home Buyers and Sellers with Local Real Estate Experts by Zip Code or City.
ZipandFind is the easiest and best way to find an expert real estate agent to represent you while buying or selling a house. You can search for top Realtors by ZIP Code or city. Home Buyers and Sellers can watch Videos of Real Estate Agents talking about themselves, Videos about neighborhood, school district and many more
We are a Start-up and you will find me wearing many hats which includes working closely with my team of Software Developers, Marketing Folks, Agents, Brokers, and I will not hesitate to knock doors if it means to get things done.
Why do You Do What you Do?
I always wanted to have my own Company. In past I have tried many things including helping my clients building their websites, software, consulting. I have a passion for real estate and have worked in the technology industry from many years, so starting a real estate website was always a dream of mine. In June of this year, I finally decided to take the plunge and marry my love for real estate with my IT expertise and ZipandFind was born.
What are you most excited about right now?
We are in process of building many cool features for www.zipandfind.com . All these ideas about website Enhancement, Product Growth, App building keeps me awake at night as my brain is always planning, imagining and calculating all this.
I am also very excited about all those talented and wonderful people joining us, bringing plethora of knowledge and experience with them.
What’s next for you?
We just launched in Texas with goal of expanding in all major metroplex area in coming months. Our Next milestone would be to launch nationwide. During our Journey we would like to create Job Opportunities and always wanted to give back to the community. We need all the support that we can get to achieve these goals.
What’s a cause you’re passionate about and why?
I would want to see myself in a position where I personally, along with ZipandFind, able to contribute back to the society. I always thought that no one should remain Hungry just because they cannot afford to eat. I always try to help someone at least buy food if they cannot afford and pray that I should be able to help more people as I become capable.
Thanks to Mahesh for sharing his motivations and current projects. If you’re interested in connecting with him further, you can find him on Oh Hey World.
We’ll be featuring other real estate tech entrepreneurs in the coming weeks. If you are an entrepreneur in the real estate vertical (past or present), and want to be profiled, please follow the steps outlined here. Remember, you can always discover other people in the Geek Estate community here.
Drew Meyers
Posted at 16:16h, 29 Juneno results for 98075 – http://www.zipandfind.com/searchresults.htm?searchbox=98075
What do you view as your core diffentiator? How are you solving the trust aspect with buyers? How exactly are the agents on your site deemed “trustworthy”?
Mahesh Kashyap
Posted at 16:54h, 29 JuneWe just launched month ago. There are still some Zip codes in Texas where we are trying to encourage Agents to Sign up. Try some of the Frisco agents by going to http://www.zipandfind.com/agents/frisco/75034
or http://www.zipandfind.com/agents/plano/75024
We are working hard to educate Agents about our services
Drew Meyers
Posted at 16:56h, 29 June“We are working hard to educate Agents about our services”
But what is the vetting process of agents? Surely, if any agent can sign up…that’s not “trusted” any more so than the hundreds/thousands of other sites you can find agents on.
Mahesh Kashyap
Posted at 17:05h, 29 JuneGreat question! We are working on screening process to make sure the agents who are buying certain Zipcodes are really The Experts of their neighborhood. Also to add value to the end users we are going to encourage Agents to upload short Videos about themselves, neighborhood, schools etc. They can be creative by pre-answering some of the interview questions that Buyers and Sellers ask before they make decision about an agent.
Our goal is to work on features that will really make the difference. I will provide more information about those features( Website enhancements, Apps) as we come close on opening them to all.
Guest
Posted at 17:04h, 29 JuneGreat question! We are working on screening process to make sure the agents who are buying certain Zipcodes are really The Experts of their neighborhood. Also to add value to the end users we are going to encourage Agents to upload short Videos about themselves, neighborhood, schools etc. They can be creative by pre-answering some of the interview questions that Buyers and Sellers ask before they make decision about an agent.
Our goal is to work on features that will really make the difference. I will provide more information about those features( Website enhancements, Apps) as we come close on opening them to the public.
Drew Meyers
Posted at 17:08h, 29 JuneTwo more readings for you:
http://geekestateblog.com/consumers/ http://geekestateblog.com/next-big-fight-reviews/