HomeVestors of America, otherwise known as the "We Buy Ugly Houses®" people, is the #1 buyer of houses in the U.S.
Founded in 1989, and franchising since 1996, HomeVestors has bought more than 45,000 houses. Our franchisees buy homes that are hard to sell, paying cash to owners who often are in difficult situations ... they rehab houses ... and sell and lease homes, improving neighborhoods in the process and providing opportunities for first-time homebuyers and renters.
With about 200 franchisees in 33 states, HomeVestors enforces strict codes and systems to ensure high ethical standards and responsible business practices.
Roofstock is building the world’s leading single-family real estate investment platform.
Our mission is to make ownership and management of single-family real estate radically accessible, cost-effective, and simple. Our platform and portfolio of brands, including Mynd, Stessa, and RentPrep, enable everyone from first-time investors to global asset managers to evaluate, purchase, own, manage and sell residential investment properties with confidence from virtually anywhere in the world.
Since our launch in 2015, we’ve surpassed $9B in transaction volume and continue to disrupt the industry, deploying technology and innovation to build a vibrant, data-rich service for real estate investing.
For almost a century, regulatory barriers made it difficult for individuals to invest in private markets, giving billion-dollar institutions preferred access. The result has been that most investors have been limited to public markets and excluded from private investments—ranging from real estate to venture capital. Technology is finally disrupting this status quo.
Enter: Fundrise, America’s largest direct-to-consumer private markets manager. We built our technology platform to bridge the barrier. Software allows us to achieve the scale of institutions without the bureaucracy. Combining our technology and investment expertise, we are pioneering a new model to build you a better portfolio.