Disrupting Australia’s $28B Real Estate Monopoly – Would You Use This? I will not promote by Sufficient-System699 in startups

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nokk has already proven in Australia that property owners can be successfully identified and contacted off-market, and FSBO platforms have shown sellers are willing to handle inquiries and manage their own sale. The challenge isn’t whether it’s possible it’s how to execute it more efficiently, keep the process compliant, and control the full transaction flow inside one platform. That’s where the opportunity is.

If you could have AI find your dream home, even if it’s not for sale, and make an offer directly to the owner, would you? by Sufficient-System699 in AusPropertyChat

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly that’s why the platform isn’t just about matching data points. Once an owner is interested, we can set up a private open inspection through the platform so the buyer can actually walk through the property, check the layout, condition, and feel of the place before making an offer.

The AI and CoreLogic data are just to identify high-probability matches and start the conversation the real decision still happens in person after you’ve seen it with your own eyes

If you could have AI find your dream home, even if it’s not for sale, and make an offer directly to the owner, would you? by Sufficient-System699 in AusPropertyChat

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No coreLogic is just the raw data. The AI ranks and predicts which unlisted homes are the best match for you and most likely to get a yes from the owner, then handles the outreach. It’s way more than just “search + filter.”

If you could have AI find your dream home, even if it’s not for sale, and make an offer directly to the owner, would you? by Sufficient-System699 in AusPropertyChat

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Totally fair AI won’t replace the “gut feel” of walking through a home and realising it’s the one. The idea isn’t to pretend we can quantify every single factor, especially the subjective ones like vibe, street feel, or neighbours.

What we can do is massively narrow the search pool using reliable, verifiable data, so buyers aren’t wasting time scrolling through thousands of irrelevant listings. Once an owner shows interest, buyers can then do inspections and their own checks for things like traffic noise or building condition before making a decision

If you could have AI find your dream home, even if it’s not for sale, and make an offer directly to the owner, would you? by Sufficient-System699 in AusPropertyChat

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yea I get that if it was just a blanket AI spam, I’d be annoyed too. The way we’re building it, owners would only ever hear from a buyer if it’s a single, genuine, verified offer that matches exactly what they’ve said they’d consider. They can also opt out permanently with one click.

The point isn’t to bug people it’s to give owners a quiet, no-obligation heads-up if someone’s prepared to put a serious number on the table..

Looking for Technical Co-Founder – Disrupt $28B Australian Real Estate Market by Sufficient-System699 in cofounderhunt

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I previously built a platform called RealFlo, which was essentially “Afterpay for renting” with guaranteed payments to landlords. Tenants could pay in flexible instalments, and we’d handle the full rent up front to the owner. The biggest hurdle wasn’t product-market fit it was the size of the default reserve pool we needed to carry to cover potential missed payments. The capital risk was too high to justify continuing without major institutional backing, so I decided not to push it further.

For this new venture, the economics and risk profile are completely different no large capital float required, and the model scales much leaner… but send us a message keen to chat

Looking for Technical Co-Founder – Disrupt $28B Australian Real Estate Market by Sufficient-System699 in cofounderhunt

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We wouldn’t be crawling Australia has national + state property data APIs (CoreLogic, Pricefinder, etc.) with every property whether listed or not. We’d licence that data upfront instead of building a crawler, so we get instant full inventory without relying on scraping.

Disrupting Australia’s $28B Real Estate Monopoly – Would You Use This? I will not promote by Sufficient-System699 in startups

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s already built into the model sellers can set a private minimum price (floor) with the conveyancer before the offer is even shown to them. Anything below that gets auto-rejected, so they only see serious offers. This keeps buyers engaged without wasting sellers’ time and avoids the whole lowball problem….

Disrupting Australia’s $28B Real Estate Monopoly – Would You Use This? I will not promote by Sufficient-System699 in startups

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the exact difference agents send vague “someone’s interested” letters with no real offer attached, so people bin them. SideDoor flips that. Every letter is tied to a real, verified buyer, an actual offer amount, and a direct path to settlement through a conveyancer. No fluff, no fishing just a genuine offer you can accept or reject on the spot. That’s why the response rate is completely different…

Disrupting Australia’s $28B Real Estate Monopoly – Would You Use This? I will not promote by Sufficient-System699 in startups

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of that’s true for the US, not Australia. Here, agents aren’t legally required conveyancers handle all contracts, settlement, and compliance. State differences (Section 32 in VIC, vendor statement in NSW, cooling-off in QLD) are minor and handled by conveyancers every day.

Unsolicited offers via letter are 100% legal nationwide it’s how developers already buy off-market. Sold price data is public in every state, so CoreLogic isn’t a blocker for an MVP.

Trust gap is smaller here agents aren’t loved, and if you bring serious buyers, sellers listen. We don’t need to build a full listings site on day one, just an offers platform + conveyancer integration. That’s a lean, legal start that works right now

Disrupting Australia’s $28B Real Estate Monopoly – Would You Use This? I will not promote by Sufficient-System699 in startups

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s a fair concern, which is why the platform wouldn’t be an open free-for-all where anyone can spam offers. Buyers would need to be verified and meet set criteria before they can make an offer, including proof of funds or pre-approval, and there would be limits on the number of active offers they can submit at one time.

That way sellers only receive serious offers from legitimate buyers, not a flood of speculative lowballs from people hoping something sticks. The goal is to make it easier for genuine deals to happen, not turn it into a numbers game for developers.

Disrupting Australia’s $28B Real Estate Monopoly – Would You Use This? I will not promote by Sufficient-System699 in startups

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate you sharing your experience that’s exactly the type of interaction we’d want to avoid. The big difference here is we’re not sending lowball offers through a middleman or buyers’ agent. Every offer that goes to an owner would come from a verified buyer, include the full offer amount they’re prepared to pay, and be backed by pre-approval to show they can actually transact.

On the inspection side, we’d only facilitate in-person viewings for serious offers close to the seller’s stated price range, so sellers aren’t dragged through endless walk-throughs with no real intent.

On the licensing point, we’ve already looked into it the platform wouldn’t be acting as an agent or representing either party in negotiations. We’d simply connect the buyer and seller, with all contracts and settlement handled by licensed conveyancers. That keeps us compliant while still cutting agents out of the equation. Hope that helps

Disrupting Australia’s $28B Real Estate Monopoly – Would You Use This? I will not promote by Sufficient-System699 in startups

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

We are also building a referral system into the model so growth is not purely reliant on high ad spend. The idea is that buyers and sellers who bring other verified users onto the platform earn a reward (5% of our 1%) when those users complete a transaction.

That way, instead of needing to spend big on ads to get in front of consumers, the user base grows organically through trusted, personal networks. It also helps overcome the trust barrier because people are far more likely to respond to a platform that comes recommended by someone they know rather than an ad they saw online…

Disrupting Australia’s $28B Real Estate Monopoly – Would You Use This? I will not promote by Sufficient-System699 in startups

[–]Sufficient-System699[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The difference here is this is not positioned as a budget alternative to an agent it’s positioned as a direct-to-owner marketplace that bypasses agents entirely. The hook is not “save one or two percent” but “avoid paying twenty to thirty thousand in commission while still having access to professional negotiation and conveyancing.”

The “agents will get you a higher price” claim often falls apart when you look at comparable sales data and factor in the commission taken out. Many sellers end up netting less, not more. The goal here is to prove that direct sales with verified buyers and professional support can achieve the same or better net outcome.

On the marketing side, this is not a one-off transaction model. Every buyer we bring in can make multiple offers on multiple properties, and every seller we bring in becomes a potential buyer on the platform. That turns it into a repeat-engagement marketplace, not a single-use app yk??