Kukun: Making Over the Millennial Home Buying Experience

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4.4 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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With both Zillow & Realtor.com chief economists predicting that Millennials will be a major piece of the buying market in 2017, you won't want to miss this interview! You'll immediately have an extra tool in your toolbox to capture this captive real estate hungry audience! Every buyer wants it and every agent dreads hearing it -- 'Move in Condition.' Its enough to make a deal go south before its even been inked. So, what do you do when the only thing the market has to offer is homes that need updating or renovating? Today we'll hear from Founder & CEO of Kukun, Raf Howery, on how this completely online platform manages any and all renovation projects from start to finish and will help remove that fear of renovating from any buyers mind - especially those Millennials who want technology and creativitiy in their real estate process! Schedule A Free Coaching CallVisit Tim & Julie Harris OnlineListen on iTunesListen on Stitcher

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0:00.0	Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, America's number one trusted resource for realtors who demand authentic real-time coaching.
0:21.2	Starring, award-winning real estate coaches Tim and Julie Harris.
0:25.4	Get ready for unfiltered, full-strength honesty about what is truly working
0:29.6	to get you into action and make you money in this new real estate boom.
0:34.7	Now to our hosts, Tim and Julie Harris.
0:48.9	We're joined today by Raff Howary, the CEO and founder of Kukoon. Raff started Kukun with the mission to transform the home remodeling industry from an offline, fragmented, and frustrating undertaking
0:55.6	to an online, modern, and user-friendly experience.
0:59.3	His early career began with an interest in pursuing work as an architect before going
1:04.0	on to work in the technology sector.
1:06.9	In his personal life, Raff bought and renovated old homes as a hobby throughout the years,
1:12.1	which allowed him to learn the secrets of the renovation trade.
1:15.6	A conversation with a real estate agent and friend triggered the concept for cocoon.
1:20.5	His goal was to take away the anxieties associated with home renovation
1:24.6	and bring transparency to the process.
1:29.6	Now, let's welcome Raff to the call as we join our host, Tim Harris. So listeners, this was an interesting opportunity for us to
1:37.0	speak with someone who has really kind of been there, done that, but from a different perspective
1:42.3	than our usual guess, you know,
1:44.7	you guys know that Julie and I sold real estate, all of you, 99% of you, 137,000 of you that
1:50.2	listen on a regular basis, you guys are actively selling real estate as well. One of the challenges
1:54.7	that we always had when we sold real estate was that you'd walk into a house, the buyer would
1:58.9	like the house, and then, you know, they would get overwhelmed because maybe they wanted to do a room addition or a kitchen remodel or things like that, and sometimes that would lose the sale.
2:08.3	And the flip side is also true, is that you would have a walk into a listing appointment and an older neighborhood and the house needed some work, and there's, you know, how much is the kitchen that needs, that's
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