agribusinessreview.comAPRIL 20238 opinionIN MYAs a Vice President of Product at Opendoor, Brian Tolkin supervises various product divisions focused on the core operations, B2B efforts, and incubation of new adjacent services. He manages a team of 7 PMs across the different divisions. Prior to joining Opendoor he served as Senior Product Manager II at Uber were he ran Shared Rides product group at Uber. He was the PM on their first product (uberPOOL) for ~1 year before expanding the group to 5 PMs and launching different products including uberHOP (live in Manila) and uberExpress (live in Chicago and SF). Today, leading e-commerce platform for residential real estate transactions, Opendoor in partnership with Zillow, announced an expansion for our selling solution for homeowners in Dallas, Houston, and Phoenix. With this market expansion, Opendoor and Zillow's selling solution is now available to customers in five major metros (Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Atlanta and Raleigh).Customers who start their selling journey with Zillow can now simultaneously request both a cash offer from Opendoor and an SELL YOUR HOME ON YOUR TIMELINEBy Brian Tolkin, Vice President of Product, Opendoorestimate of what their home could sell for on the market with a local Zillow Premier Agent partner.A seller who decides to accept the Opendoor offer will be able to sell their home with simplicity, certainty, and on their timeline using the Opendoor platform. Sellers who opt to sell their home on the market will be paired with a local Zillow Premier Agent partner to guide them through the listing process. Buyers and sellers experienced skyrocketing mortgage rates in 2021, ultimately hitting a historic 7 percent in November 2022. The Federal Reserve's most recent meeting hit consumers with the 8th straight rate hike and inflation continues to be problematic for the average American. While there is continued volatility in many areas of consumers' lives, the home buying and selling Brian Tolkin
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