Interview with Founder of RentHop (YC S09)

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Post by anson » Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 4:10 AM UTC

Interview with Founder of RentHop (YC S09)
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Re: Interview with Founder of RentHop (YC S09)

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Post by zaidf » Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 4:41 AM UTC

I love reading stories of people dealing with complex backend stuff and translating that experience into an easy-to-use consumer tool.

Re: Interview with Founder of RentHop (YC S09)

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Post by mahmud » Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 9:29 AM UTC

I purchased two condos, living in one and renting out the other. That might sound pretty crazy for a guy fresh out of university

Raise your hand if 50% of your income at that age went into partying and having good times; I can't even remember what I did at that age :-(

Re: Interview with Founder of RentHop (YC S09)

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Post by byrneseyeview » Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 2:14 PM UTC

I used to read Lee Lin's blog through Facebook -- very smart guy. I think at one point he designed a custom search on Zillow for condos that were commutable from Microsoft, and in the price range that their newly-hired engineers could afford.

Re: Interview with Founder of RentHop (YC S09)

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Post by leelin » Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 2:35 PM UTC

I should have said SOME 2br townhouses in 2004 were selling for $120K, as in, the starter homes I wound up buying. The median near MSFT campus was about $180K.