Renovation Project Consultant

The Renovation Project Consultant plays an integral role in the operations unit of RenoFi. The role is reviewing residential construction estimates, and other documents, and completing a feasibility report. The ideal candidate has experience in reviewing and evaluating residential renovation contracts, renovation estimates, and renovation plans and is able to accurately and quickly determine the accuracy of the data. This role is best suited for a professional who is, or was recently, a General Contractor, HUD Consultant, or overall construction consultant.

• Complete a review of various residential construction documents and determine if the key factors that determine a projects success are reasonable, with, some times less than ideal construction documents available. Key factors include budget, timeline, accuracy, etc
• Work independently, with limited oversight, and complete assigned work in a reasonable and defined amount of time.
• Be responsible for the accuracy of the analysis of each project. Have ownership over the accuracy of each report. 
• Complete the defined report within reasonable and defined timelines. 
• Collaborate with the Head of Mortgage Lending Operations on best practice and minimum submission requirements to perfect the feasibility analysis concept.
• Be a champion for RenoFi throughout the General Contractor community. 

• 5 years experience reading construction contracts
• 5 years experience in evaluating plans/specs, floor plans, renderings, itemized breakdowns with the ability to determine accuracy in cost and timelines.
• 5 years as a General Contractor, or job experience equivalent 
• Applicant must have access or subscription to a construction estimating software

The role is part-time and requires about 10 hours a week currently. The role is a remote position. 

We are committed to hiring and cultivating a diverse team. If you are uncertain about whether you meet our requirements, please apply anyway!

ABOUT US:

The demand for home renovations has never been stronger, yet, it's surprisingly difficult for a new homeowner to renovate. It can take a decade to build up enough home equity and savings to pay for a major renovation. As a result, recent homeowners do a lot of financially-suboptimal things to compensate like borrow from their 401k, rack up credit card debt, and use high-interest personal loans. Or they just live unhappily for years in a home that doesn't meet their family's needs.

But by completing a major renovation, homeowners are increasing the value of their home. Professional real estate investors leverage this After Renovation Value (ARV) to roll the increase in value into new properties all the time. But there hasn't been a great way for homeowners to take advantage of this. If homeowners had an ability to borrow against the ARV, they could increase their borrowing power up to 10x.

To meet this need, RenoFi created a platform that enables homeowners to borrow funds from RenoFi approved lenders in the form of the first home equity loan purpose-built for renovations! Unlike standard home equity loans, RenoFi Loans use the value of your home post-renovation which lets you borrow the most money at the best possible terms.  RenoFi is creating a full suite of renovation loan products to better suit the needs of today’s homeowners!

For homeowners, RenoFi makes it possible to renovate years earlier than might be otherwise feasible. For contractors, we empower the financing of renovations at the point of sale, reducing instances of scope reduction, and ensuring prompt payment. Our lender partners, most often credit unions, rely on RenoFi's platform to generate loans, create efficiencies, and grow membership. The lenders pay RenoFi for the new loans, which allows us to offer our services to homeowners for free. RenoFi is truly a win-win-win for everyone involved.

RenoFi is backed by some of the best startup investors in the world, including First Round Capital, Comcast Ventures, and Canaan Partners.

WE ARE A GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED TEAM

RenoFi has been built from the start as a fully distributed team with an intentional focus on growing a strong team and culture that spans timezones and nationalities. Here's one fun example!

Please highlight any prior experience working remotely when applying. US or GMT-adjacent timezones will be prioritized.

RenoFi offers competitive cash and equity compensation. Some benefit offerings will vary from country to country. In the United States, we offer competitive health and retirement plans. All staff across the globe enjoy a flexible vacation policy.

READ MORE ABOUT RENOFI

Our post announcing our funding: https://www.renofi.com/blog/financing-should-not-be-the-hardest-part-of-renovating/

Blog post by our lead investor announcing his investment in RenoFi: https://www.canaan.com/latest/brendan-dickinson-announcing-our-investment-in-renofi

National coverage by Housing Wire: https://www.housingwire.com/articles/renofi-raises-6-4-million-to-help-lenders-offer-home-renovation-loans/

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