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Ben Bear

@BenBear

Cofounder, CEO @_TurboHome + @BuildCasa. Tweets abt housing, policy, and startups. Prev CEO @ Spin (acquired by @Ford) + VP @ Vungle (acquired by @Blackstone).

Oakland, CA Katılım Aralık 2009
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
Charlie Munger has a famous quote: "Show me the incentives, and I'll show you the outcome." Both political parties have made homeownership a key priority while decrying the rise of build to rent communities funded by Wall Street. One big driver is that the tax code is nearly twice as favorable if new homes are sold to investors vs. homeowners. Today in the @washingtonpost I argue that by creating tax parity, we can incentivize developers to build hundreds of thousands of starter homes without the need for subsidies, creating 2-3 new good paying construction jobs for every home built.
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Donovan@DonovanBuilds·
Exit #38 It was a vacant, infill lot that was often not taken care of Now 4 families can live here while handing the city 15x more in property tax revenue Cities who want to increase the tax base, without providing any subsidy, should just upzone like crazy
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Hunter📈🌈📊@StatisticUrban·
The WSJ was really cooking here.
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Saad Asad
Saad Asad@realsaadasad·
Oregon may ban unfunded affordable housing mandates — because data proves they suppress homebuilding. When cities require below-market units without offsetting costs, developers build fewer homes, pushing up prices for everyone. California still uses the same counterproductive approach that Oregon may ban. sightline.org/2026/03/05/ore…
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
Consumers are using AI more than ever in the home selling process and it’s something we encourage @_TurboHome. That said we also have a network of local agents available to help for a flat fee (80% less than a commission based realtor). Why is this the best of both worlds? - access to standard MLS contracts - access to off market data you can’t access as a non broker - professional open house + negotiation support - preferred access to zillow premier with 3X more views than FSBO listings - someone to sue if something goes wrong - discounted no haggle access to photography, staging, and renovation services
Ejaaz@cryptopunk7213

i mean this story is insane. man used chatgpt to sell his house in 5 DAYS. got 5 offers in 72 hours. no real estate agents. saved so much money doing it too. he used AI to: > price the house (researched neighboring properties for sale) > wrote up the legal contracts (saving him $500/hr lawyers) > best part: MARKETED the fucking property for him (usually you pay estate agents for their network of buyers - ChatGPT did all of this) i honestly thought sales people would be hard for AI to replace (you need to know people) but apparently not

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The Dallas Express News
The Dallas Express News@DallasExpress·
DALLAS HOME BUYERS SAVE BIG WITH AI TurboHome lets DFW buyers skip traditional agents — use AI for comps, inspections, tour scheduling, and negotiation support while pocketing thousands in commission refunds. Full Story: dallasexpress.com/realestate/ski…
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badhombre@badhombre956·
@BenBear @DonovanBuilds How much did the media placement cost if you don’t mind sharing? how long will the ad run?
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
Don’t sleep on local TV news. Alongside sports, it’s the only content that people who aren’t terminally online watch in a linear fashion. We’ve had 75+ TX homebuyers sign up for TurboHome since this piece ran yesterday on Fox 4 in Dallas.
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Bobby Fijan
Bobby Fijan@bobbyfijan·
Building FOR SALE single-family homes and rowhomes in Opportunity Zones! LFG!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray·
Over the past 20 years, America has basically stopped building condos. Owing to a mix of restrictive financing regulations and endless defect litigation, the most viable path to urban homeownership has largely disapprared. In my latest for @TheAtlantic, we explain why.
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@mattyglesias Coincidentally or perhaps not, there’s no skiing in Phoenix.
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Adam Herscher
Adam Herscher@adamjh·
@levelsio @alec93 Redfin doesn't rebate commission anymore since Rocket Mortgage bought them. Try TurboHome - working with them right now and it's been great so far.
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Donovan
Donovan@DonovanBuilds·
We are submitting a townhome project in LA city next week Not only do they require physical copies of all the (30) documents They also want me to download all the files on to a USB and turn that it along with the physical copy First submission btw
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Mayor Matt Mahan@MattMahanSJ

We can fix California's broken housing market, but we must be bold. This is my plan to lower fees, cut red tape, and dramatically lower the cost of construction so we start building housing Californians can afford. mahanforcalifornia.com/housing/

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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@bobbyfijan Hey Bobby! Would love to trade notes on this when we chat Friday and team up on how to socialize. Have gotten some good support on capital hill since oped but need to get a coalition together. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
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Bobby Fijan@bobbyfijan·
We **literally** penalize developers who build homes and sell them
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
Thanks to @YIMBYLAND and @DeveloperHarris for giving the @BuildCasa team a tour of @americanhousing factory in Austin. Having toured River Rouge in my time at Ford, I got a similar feeling of pride that I was seeing the inner workings of a great American company. @rileymeik @bobbyfijan and team have done a great job innovating to create a building system that’s repeatable and cost effective without sacrificing great design.
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@auren Even if not true, the fact that it’s believable is pretty impressive. If you run an intelligence agency these are the kind of rumors you want your adversaries believe are plausible. Pretty clear that there are few worse situations in the world than Mossad wanting you dead.
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NBC Sports
NBC Sports@NBCSports·
"Our country loves sports and it brings us together unlike anything else." Mike Tirico wraps up a HISTORIC #WinterOlympics for Team USA. 🇺🇸
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