When I read Marx in school, I took away this message: “You’re a chump for renting. Get some land and join the bourgeoisie as soon as you can.”
This advice is easier said than done, especially when you’re trying to pay for school or financing startups by accruing credit card debt. I’ve always sort of thought that buying a house would be pretty unattainable for quite some time, but got excited about it again when Iqram approached me with an idea for a website that lists very attainable real estate opportunities on a map.
Although it will still be a while before I myself can take advantage of these auctions, I was surprised at the kinds of deals you could get, eg:
We haven’t implemented all the features we want, but PhiladelphiaSheriffSales.com has gotten to the point where we find it useful, so we have decided to open it to the public and follow a “release early, release often” strategy.
This weekend, while I’m in Philly for Alumni weekend, Iqram and I plan to meetup with real-estate tycoon, fellow Penn alumn, and owner of phillyliving.com, Dave Friedman, to brainstorm and get ideas how to improve the site. If you have any suggestions / comments / feedback, comment on this post, email me, or hit me on twitter @kortina.
