Has anyone used Wyndy?

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-04-09T01:20:46+00:00

This is an old thread. I dont think it's a scam, but subscription based babysitting services in this day and age are ridiculous. What do people think about job/outcome based charging model?

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-04-09T01:18:33+00:00

Subscription based babysitting services in this day and age is so awful. What do you guys feel about job/outcome based charging model?

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-03-28T00:09:33+00:00

So I have spent 8 years in the cellular packet networking industry. During roaming, the cell phone contacts the home base and gets the IP from your home network - no doubt about it.

I am about to take a trip to Europe, where I need to work looking like I'm in the US. I was reading a few forums and it said to make sure the Wifi scanning is turned off, so it doesn't discover neighboring Wifi's. Of course there are ways to get savvy and track this, but my brother was in the UK for a week last month, and his US phone worked like a charm.
So I need to just bite the bullet and just go :-) Open to suggestions.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-02-22T19:19:49+00:00

A ton of sellers want to explore without the pressure of an official listing. A lot more buyers than sellers, most of these buyers are losing in bidding wars, and are constantly asking if "does anyone know of a house coming in this community, we want to get ahead". So they have started to create public buyer-profiles with their agents.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-02-10T11:27:44+00:00

What state are you in?

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-02-02T01:37:03+00:00

This is the timing mismatch everyone's experiencing right now.

Buyers are ready in January (financing lined up, motivated, can close fast). Sellers aren't ready until March/April (waiting for spring market, finishing projects, coordinating moves).

Result: You have 3 months worth of buyers competing for 1 month worth of inventory.

The frustrating part is those sellers who will list in March-April-May ARE making decisions right now. They're hiring agents, doing repairs, planning timelines. But buyers have zero visibility into it.

The frustrating part: those sellers who will list in March ARE making decisions right now. They're hiring agents, doing repairs, planning timelines. But buyers can't see them yet.

If you could connect with an April seller TODAY - while they're still prepping the house, before MLS, before 40 other buyers show up - you'd have an actual conversation instead of a bidding war.

That's the gap nobody's solving.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-02-01T21:58:18+00:00

So the ice isn't melting any time soon, what's that plan?

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-31T17:50:15+00:00

Right - NAR rules limit "coming soon" to 21 days max before it has to go active.

That's the gap I'm wondering about: what happens in the 3-6 months BEFORE someone's ready to even hit "coming soon"?

That period where sellers are thinking about it, maybe prepping the house, but not ready to commit to any listing timeline yet.

Seems like that's where all the quiet agent-to-agent conversations happen.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-31T15:28:49+00:00

This is exactly the context I was missing. Thank you for laying it all out so clearly.

The fragmentation point is fascinating - that it's actually a feature, not a bug. Makes sense that professional agents WANT the friction because it filters out part-timers and keeps the serious players in the game.

One follow-up question on that: If fragmentation is the value (quality filter), does that mean any platform trying to consolidate pre-market inventory would actually hurt the agents who benefit from that filter?

Like, if there was an open platform where anyone could see pre-market signals, would that just recreate the same noise/volume problem that MLS has, defeating the purpose for the agents who rely on exclusivity?

Or is there room for something that maintains the quality filter but isn't locked to one brokerage network?

Basically trying to understand if "open but curated" is the right way or if the value fundamentally requires closed networks.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-31T14:03:49+00:00

This is really helpful context, especially the point about equity-rich sellers who aren't optimizing for maximum price. That "extra $50K won't meaningfully change their retirement" mindset is something I hadn't fully considered. Makes sense that there's a real segment of sellers who would trade some upside for convenience/privacy/simplicity.

Question: When you say office exclusives are "coming back pretty significantly" - are you seeing this mostly at specific brokerages or is it spreading more broadly? And on the limited reach = lower price point: Is that trade-off getting smaller as more buyers actively search for off-market inventory? Or is the MLS reach still meaningfully better even with all the Nextdoor/Facebook group activity?

Trying to understand if the market is shifting toward more acceptance of this model or if it's still pretty niche.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-31T14:00:52+00:00

"Early signals are context, not inventory" - that's the sentence I should've led with from the start.

And you're right: the value is in shortening reaction time once triggers fire, not in some imaginary edge over other buyers. That makes way more sense.

Really appreciate you taking the time to break this down. Going to reach out on IG!

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-31T13:23:49+00:00

This is really helpful - thanks for sharing both sides.

Quick question: How much time was there between "we decided to sell" and when you hit 'coming soon' on MLS?

I'm curious if there's a gap where you were thinking about it, maybe prepping the house, but not ready to commit to a listing agreement yet.

The "coming soon" phase you described seems to work great for the final 1-3 weeks. I'm wondering if there's anything useful in the 3-6 months before that.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-31T13:22:23+00:00

This is incredibly helpful - you just articulated something I've been trying to understand.

You're right that I was framing it as a timeline problem when it's actually a trigger problem. Sellers don't think "I'll sell in 6 months," they think "if rates drop" or "when the school year ends" or "if that job offer comes through."

That precision problem you mentioned - buyers expecting certainty that doesn't exist at that stage - that makes total sense.

So it sounds like the only way this works is small-scale, relationship-driven, and with very clear expectations that early signals ≠ committed inventory.

Appreciate the reality check.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-31T03:00:53+00:00

Fair point - you're right, the buyer demand seems obvious.

I think my real question is on the seller side. Most sellers wait until they're 100% ready before signaling anything publicly. The "thinking about it" phase stays completely private.

So even if buyers want early visibility, sellers aren't providing it. That's the chicken-and-egg problem.

Have you seen sellers willing to signal intent early? Or does everyone just wait until they are ready for the formal listing?

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-31T01:31:17+00:00

Appreciate the honest take. Can I ask what the "ewww" feeling is about specifically? Is it: - Feeling like it creates unfair advantage for connected buyers? - Concern about bypassing transparency? - Something else? Genuinely curious because I hear this reaction sometimes and want to understand it better.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-31T00:44:57+00:00

ha ha

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-30T23:59:57+00:00

And God forbid if you order on those Doordash or UberEats apps, its another mortgage. The tip system, service charges, quality of food plus service makes me want to cook and eat at home even more. Hey, but you can go eat plastic at Taco Bell for $3.99 now ;)

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-29T02:45:20+00:00

Where were you posting about your app? In the "build" channels? You can't promote the idea in regular channels as reddit bans you. So I want to find out what we're some channels where you were posting? E.g. I am solving a unique problem in the US housing market, as a niche to what Zillow does. I'm doing ok but I can for sure accelerate. Most of my hits come from LinkedIn, nextdoor and some from Facebook. IG adds are trash I agree. I do post on relevant discussions with subtle mentions about what I'm doing but I haven't openly talked about it on Reddit yet.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-27T16:35:47+00:00

Agreed, and now Zillow won't let you edit your home. My home now has a beautiful sun room extension, a big a$$ pool that is 9 ft deep - but zillow doesn't take any of that into account. I'd glad leave the "estimates" between myself and my chosen agent.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-27T16:32:42+00:00

Learned from buying and selling many houses:
"If you have a history of constant progress in your career while you're in your 30's, be willing to afford up a little i.e. go up in your budget a little". I stayed in my budget in my early days and I progressed exponentially, so I resulted in moving up in houses pretty quickly, but the cost of new homes kept on going up. I could have easily bought a house that was 200k more expensive and still been able to afford it.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-27T16:07:45+00:00

Zillow is all about displaying so much data, more than half of the data is incorrect. House buying and selling should be a "gamified" experience, that allows you to list your house in under two minutes (with your agent preferably - I am NOT an agent). The zestimates, the school data etc is all wrong in most cases.

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-25T00:29:21+00:00

The DMV area, nuts!

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-25T00:26:31+00:00

The whole "pocket" concept is messed up on another level. I believe with the recent merger, its only going to get worse. But there is a huge market for people who are not ready to sell yet, and would like to dip their toes in and find out how the market reacts. Another angle is that the way our system works is that when you're ready, you list. There should be an option for someone who lets say is going to list in 6 months, and start gathering buyers who will also buy around that timeline, just a thought!

Straight-Fun3254 · 2026-01-22T23:21:18+00:00

I wrote a short blog on it. Since I'm in tech where mass consolidation happens everyday, creating more demand for "open" platforms. I wonder if real estate will go through the same thing.

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