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Americans Are Buying Homes Sight Unseen: Here’s Why

Lester Knispel bought the $1.5 million white-columned house on the second fairway. His Porsche is now parked in the garage. And family pictures hang in the living room.Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreBut Lester and his wife have never set foot inside their new country club home! They live in California, and didn’t want to visit Florida during the lockdowns.So instead they toured the five-bedroom mansion virtually, bought it, and then shipped the car and furniture soon after. “I never thought I’d buy something like this, sight unseen” Knispel told the Wall Street Journal.In 2013...

Interview with Israeli Business Leader Roy Dekel, CEO of Real Estate SaaS Startup SetSchedule

Entrepreneurs are trailblazers, problem-solvers, and risk-takers. They view obstacles as opportunities that demand solutions. Frustrated with the shortcomings he found in industry-standard tools, Israeli-born Roy Dekel set out to change the way that real estate professionals conduct business.[reit]Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreIn 2014, Dekel and Israeli co-founder Udi Dorner disrupted the real estate industry by identifying a software standard that failed to equip professionals with the tools required to do their job. To bridge the gap, he developed a suite of SaaS tools that...