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Kurt Averall

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349 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

So that's

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

The amazing thing, and this is part of the magic, is unlike a full home where you have to actually go through underwriting and title and et cetera, this is like a 24-hour transaction.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

You list the property, it goes up on the MLS, it goes on Ember's website.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

We bring in a buyer, the buyer buys a share, and they can actually close on that share in 24 hours because what they're buying is a membership interest in an LLC, not the actual real estate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

So that

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

Um, that process of buying and selling these shares is, is, you know, is part of the, is part of the benefit of owning.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

What we've had is we've had several customers upgrade.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

So it's been interesting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

Nobody's sold their out of Ember because once you've experienced it and tasted it, it's something you can't really let go of, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

Because it is such an amazing experience.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

But what we have had is customers who said, you know what?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

We love the home that we're in, but there's a new home that you just listed and we would like to buy a share in that home and sell the share that we have in our existing home.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

And actually during the first year of ownership, you can trade...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

without any fees.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

So no real estate commission.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

So if you find a better listing, there's kind of like an Ember guarantee.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

You can just move to the other property.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

Maybe it's a bigger house or a smaller house or a different location within the first year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

After the first year, it's just the traditional 3% real estate agent commission.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Rockstar Guitarist Launches SaaS, Breaks $3.6m in revenue, $30m valuation

And in this case, they were within their first year.