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How It Works

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Dedicated To Your Success

We founded Climb Homes with a vision to increase homeownership by enabling more renters to become first-time homebuyers and creating more liquidity options for homeowners that have locked in low-cost mortgages.

Our Team

Shalin Sheth

Founder & CEO

Shalin is a licensed Real Estate Salesperson (CA DRE #01771031) and investor since 2006. Prior to founding Climb Homes, Shalin was a tech executive, real estate and angel investor. Shalin has been at the intersection of real estate and tech as he co-founded the National Association of Realtors tech incubator, NAR REach in 2012.

After graduating from college Shalin wondered what it would take to buy a home and he created a rent versus buy budget spreadsheet that highlighted how much he had to save to achieve his goal of being a homeowner. Within 2 years, Shalin purchased his first home in San Francisco. Over the years, Shalin and his family upgraded their homes several times, learning about creative offers, inspections, savings, mortgages, home remodels, being a landlord, energy efficiency and more. Being the first of his friends to buy a home, Shalin became the “real estate guy” as his friends called to ask for advice when they would want to become homeowners or upgrade. Recognizing the wealth attained of early homeownership for his family and friends, Shalin asked himself how can I “scale” myself and help more prospective homeowners and that is where the mission for Climb Homes was born.

Nic Lazowski

Advisor

Nic is an entrepreneur focused on launching and building businesses that add value to customers' lives. Prior to joining Climb Homes, Nic's background spans more than a decade in Project Management, Consulting and Sales Leadership. He has helped build and grow businesses at every stage - from startups to Fortune 50 companies.

After college Nic started looking for an apartment for he and a friend to live in as they started their first full time jobs. Nic realized he could create a real win-win if he could find a 3 bed, 3 bath home and add another friend to the mix. After he purchased a property, Nic was able to offer friends low rent to get their own savings careers kicked off, but also had help covering the mortgage cost while paying for grad school out of pocket. Over those years, Nic's property appreciated by 65%, which fully covered a 20% down payment on the next home he purchased with his wife, with some money to spare. Realizing these opportunities are fewer and farther between these days, Nic was driven to create a company that could make scenarios like this - kick starting wealth building early - a reality for others.

Nic is an entrepreneur dedicated to the development and operationalization of purposeful ventures. Prior to co-founding Climb Homes, Nic's background spans more than a decade in Project Management, Consulting and Sales Leadership. He has helped build and grow businesses at every stage - from startups to Fortune 50 companies.

After college Nic started looking for an apartment for he and a friend to live in as they started their first full time jobs. Nic realized he could create a real win-win if he could find a 3 bed, 3 bath home and add another friend to the mix. From 2012 to 2020 Nic was able to offer friends extremely low rent (relative to the market) to get their own savings careers kicked off, but also had help covering the mortgage cost while paying for grad school out of pocket. Over those years, Nic's property appreciated by 65%, which fully covered a 20% down payment on the next home he purchased with his wife, with some money to spare (he would've been able to keep another $18,000 if Climb Homes were available back then). Realizing these opportunities are fewer and farther between these days, Nic's driven to create a company that can make scenarios like this - kick starting wealth building early - a reality for others.

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