CurbCall, a real estate tech firm, has announced that it will now be under the ownership of Stephanie Sullivan, a long-time serial entrepreneur in the mobile high tech and real estate space, after the completed acquisition from Founder and CEO, Seth Siegler.
"As former head of my own real estate brokerage, I am intimately aware of the problems with the way real estate leads are currently routed," said Sullivan. "Leads are often delivered hours or even a whole day after they come in, with little to no vetting despite claims to the contrary, and providers charge a high cost per lead or even a percentage of the transaction. Inspired by the Uber model, I saw that we could use technology to connect buyers and agents instantly."
According to the press release of CurbCall in PR NewsWire, the newly acquired tech firm will be launching three new products, namely: ShowingIQ, SafetyIQ, and SafeShowingIQ.
ShowingIQ instantly connects homebuyers requesting showings or info to available agents in real time, while the SafetyIQ smartphone app makes showings safer for agents by automatically sending alerts when a showing begins, when a panic button is pressed, or when leaving a defined safety radius. ShowingIQ also offers API (Application Programming Interface) functionality that allows custom integrations with real estate brokerage or search websites.
On the other hand, the SafeShowingIQ is an integrated app that combines all the functionality of ShowingIQ and SafetyIQ in one.
"From the beginning, CurbCall [has] worked to instantly deliver showing requests to available agents, so that prospective homebuyers didn't have to wait for a callback, and [so] CurbCall-enabled agents could move on a lead first," said Siegler. "But our reach was always limited based on our available resources and having to educate consumers about our app. With a brand new API that brings CurbCall to already-existing home search apps and websites, we can easily plug our functionality into existing channels."
The three new products of CurbCall are available on both iOS and Android powered devices.
