Odin: AI-powered real estate concierge in Canada. We automate searches and connect you to viewings via licensed agents. Saves time & nerves. Not a realtor.
At the end of the day, the value of any product comes down to how useful it actually is. Odin won’t solve every challenge when you’re searching for a home, but it can definitely make the process a lot less stressful by taking some of the routine work off your hands. It helps with the small but time-consuming tasks so you don’t have to do everything yourself. Why use it? Because it’s simple, pretty human, and honestly just makes the whole thing easier.
https://t.co/MOYHFPfWAx
You're right. We still have a long way to go and a lot to teach our Odin.
We released the MVP version of Odin in early February as a smarter replacement for the standard marketplace filters. What we've seen is that users talk to Odin the same way they would chat with a realtor at a bar - very casually and with very specific requests. We’re getting queries like: “I want something in the western part of downtown, with windows facing only the alley...” (This means we need to teach Odin to understand which exact neighborhoods make up downtown in every city, which of them count as the western part, and how to identify apartments with windows facing specific alleys or streets.)
We’re working on it now. Slowly. As much as our current resources allow. Thank you for your feedback - it will definitely be taken into account.
At the end of the day, the value of any product comes down to how useful it actually is. Odin won’t solve every challenge when you’re searching for a home, but it can definitely make the process a lot less stressful by taking some of the routine work off your hands. It helps with the small but time-consuming tasks so you don’t have to do everything yourself. Why use it? Because it’s simple, pretty human, and honestly just makes the whole thing easier.
https://t.co/MOYHFPfWAx
Similar solutions used to cost a lot more. You can buy a house on Amazon, have it delivered like a regular package, and simply unwrap it and unfold it like a children’s pop-up book. Prices are $15K–$25K.
My boomer mom’s house appreciated $600,000 in 22 years.
She didn’t invest. She didn’t grind. She didn’t “build multiple income streams.”
She just bought a house in 1998 and waited.
Last week she sent me a Dave Ramsey video about cutting subscriptions.
I cancelled Netflix.
My rent went up $300 the same week.
Affordable housing projects paused by Region of Waterloo due to high costs of construction, financing
Let's be honest: nearly $1 million per unit is an astronomical figure for affordable housing.
https://t.co/EsDSKur4uX
Who can share their thoughts on how exactly Odin’s algorithm should work when a user asks: 'I’m looking for an apartment to rent in the western part of downtown'?
A significant portion of the requests to Odin right now sound exactly like people talking to a real, live realtor:
“I’m looking in the western part of Toronto…”, “…wheelchair accessible…”, “…within 15 minutes of…”,
“…I’m looking for an apartment in the side streets between X and Y…”
Oh! We completely understand. People are already expecting real human-like intelligence from Odin — skills that can fully replace talking to a traditional realtor.
You’re tired of wasting time on searches. We get it.
We built the service to save you time on calls, help clarify all the important nuances, and organize viewings.
But we see that what you really expect from Odin is not the usual marketplace-style search, where you fill in filters and then manually study listing after listing.
You want Odin to understand very individual, specific nuances of your request and handle a complex, multi-layered search that goes far beyond the standard filters found on regular marketplaces - and do it instantly and better than a realtor.
"Realtors are losing a lot on pre-construction condos right now" - This post was posted on Reddit. The comments include screenshots of Redditors' reactions.
capricon9: I don’t see the need for them in the grand scheme of things if you know what you want and have found it. In Alberta they charge 3 to 7% commission for what really? I could have bought and sold my house without them but they have made so much harder to do that…
Normal-Ad8590: Especially with the internet and how easy it is to use Ai to find info. This would be one of the professions taken from Ai that I do not care about.
truemad: I am sorry, but realtors are probably the last people to get my sympathy.
featherknife: I'm not sorry that realtors don't get my sympathy.
whatifwealll: Not sorry at all. Awful, useless, overpaid people
goldenbabydaddy: yeah i was like "finally some good news!"