Apps are valued based on their usage and their users – Why isn’t the same applicable to real estate?
It’s interesting how technology companies and their products are valued by investors. At TheHouseMonk, we look closely at a lot of metrics around the usage of our products, and investors look at them in keen detail as it helps them identify how much value can be assigned to our (or any) product. While current revenues from […]
Will there ever be an Amazon for Real Estate?
It is no secret that Amazon is a once in a generation (possibly once in a century) company. Building a business that does $300 Billion in revenue and growing at ~ 30% YoY is a near impossible feat, and the Jeff Bezos lead juggernaut has managed to achieve the same. While everyone has their own […]
Selling PropTech in Emerging Economies
Let’s start today’s article with a quick story When I got into the real estate industry in 2013, I met one of the most interesting people I had ever met till that point in my life. His name is Amir, and he is a real estate agent in Bangalore. I first spoke to him over […]
Airbnb – Travel startup or a home rental platform?
Last week, Airbnb filed to go public. If you love reading through S1 documents, you can find the full filing here where they have given complete details about the business, or you can read a condensed version by Crunchbase here. I am not going to go into the details of the IPO as such, but it’s safe to […]
What REaaS is, and why you should care about it
Underexplained and poorly understood, the concept of Real Estate as a service needs much clarification. That is exactly the aim of this blog: to introduce you to what Space as a Service means, how it gives way to Real Estate as a Service, why this concept works, and how your business can adapt to it […]
Fund your Coliving Business: This Is How
Any new venture is about developing trust, gaining industry experience and insights, and stabilizing your revenue growth to expand over time. All of these require determination and hard work, but an equally important resource – if not more important – is capital. How to Fund Your Coliving Startup Acquiring capital is the first truly difficult […]
How Coliving Operators can Build a Community
Human beings crave much more than just a comfortable space and hearty meals to stay happy; a lot of it has to do with our nature of being social creatures. After all, society gives us purpose and identity, and engaging with others is a constant reminder of how we want to develop as a person. […]
How to Market Your Co-living Space
If you have done any research, you would know that the co-living market size has soared in the past decade. The co-living industry is estimated to be worth about 7.5 billion USD, and it is no surprise that several small businesses are popping up in the sector. What gives your business an edge over the others; […]
5 ways to safeguard your co-living business from the impact of COVID19
Businesses across the globe have had to bear the brunt of COVID 19’s rapid growth and the failure of the global community to prevent its spread across continents. The disease that started in Wuhan, China has now got volatile centers across different parts of the world– from East Asia to the Middle East to Western Europe, […]
Coliving sees strong growth of 20% YoY in 2019
The Global coliving market is now worth close to $7.5 Billion (Up from $6.3 Billion in 2018) with close to 3 Million people living in organized coliving setups across the world. China is the breakaway global leader with more than 2.5 million people staying in coliving facilities and about $6.7 Billion being paid to coliving […]