The Reinvention of Home Buying with Tushar Garg, Flyhomes

Summary: In this episode the Propcast talks to Tushar Garg from Flyhomes about the reinvention of homebuying.   The Propcast by Louisa Dickins, Co-Founder of LMRE the leading Global PropTech recruiter brought to you in partnership with UK PropTech Association, The UK PropTech Association is a membership organisation to drive the digital transformation of the property industry. This show will focus on connecting the Proptechs, real estate funds and VC’s globally…and get everyone talking about innovation of the build to rent environment.   About Our Host Louisa Dickins https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisa-dickins-ab065392/?originalSubdomain=uk  Louisa started her career in property working at a well-known estate agency in London. Realising her people skills, she moved over to Lloyd May to pursue a career in recruitment. She now is a Director at LMRE, who are a specialist recruitment firm driven by PropTech and recruitment professionals, and Louisa oversees their 5 core areas. Louisa co-founded LMRE and provides a constructive recruitment platform to the new disruptors in real estate. Louisa is also on the board of Directors at UK PropTech Association (UKPA).   About LMRE LMRE believe there is a better way to recruit. LMRE focus on a more comprehensive, client led focus delivering exceptional talent to the place at the time. They are passionate about the industry and passionate about people's careers. LMRE spend time with each client to become and an extension of the business, and their transparency and core values help them grow with the sector. LMRE simplify recruitment and innovate with our clients and evolve the people driven, PropTech community.   About Our Guest Tushar Garg https://www.linkedin.com/in/tushar-garg-a6837445/ Tushar is the co-founder of Flyhomes, which is an end-to-end real estate brokerage and technology company that empowers home buyers, sellers, and agents to win. Flyhomes transform the home buying experience through comprehensive consumer education, segmented expertise, financial innovation, and on-demand technology. Tushar has previously worked at Microsoft and McKinsey and Company, before deciding to pursue his passion for the real estate market. He and Flyhomes co-founder Steve Lane started the company in 2015 with the goal of reimagining the broken homebuying experience. The company has raised more than $70 million worth of venture funding, and helped thousands of customers close on $2 billion worth of homes.   Resources mentioned LMRE website www.lmre.co.uk UKPA website www.ukpa.com Flyhomes www.flyhomes.com   Insights From This Episode  

• (COVID) has put home at the centre of our lives, so the home is more important than ever before – Tushar Garg

• Once every buyer becomes a cash buyer, which is where we believe the world would go, at that point you won't necessarily win the home at a low price, but the system would become a lot more efficient – Tushar Garg

• And it's continuously putting people at the heart of it and taking the experience to the next level. That hypothesis, I think is becoming more and more true in these times – Tushar Garg

• Home buying has always been an essential human need, and I think it's becoming even more central to have a place that you can call your own. And it's more than just a place to work, it's a think it's a place that you feel that you belong, and I think that is becoming so core to everything – Tushar Garg

• is buying has always been just so daunting for people, because there has been no process that's been designed to simplify home buying – Tushar Garg