orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2016 marketplace homes inc type private industry property managment founded 2002 headquarters livonia mi usa key people mike kalis founder and ceo revenue 34 million usd 2015 number of employees 100 website marketplacehomes.com marketplace homes llc is a real estate services and property management company based in livonia mi . contents 1 profile 2 operations 3 ziptours 4 references 5 external links profile edit founded in 2002 marketplace homes is the largest broker of new home construction in the country with revenue for 2013 reported at 20 million . 1 according to inc magazine they were the 6th fastest growing real estate company in the united states in 2012 . 2 the company won the gold stevie awards in 2012 for real estate company of the year . 3 with a reported 30 million in revenue in 2014 marketplace homes was again added to the inc. 5000 list marking four consecutive years to be named to the list . 4 in 2015 marketplace homes offered a new home buying and rental platform ziptours which is the first known technology to allow interested customers to walk through properties while connected to a real time video with an agent via the ziptours mobile app . 5 operations edit marketplace homes operates primarily as a broker on new home construction deals with large builders such as pulte homes and d. r. horton in over 40 real estate markets . 6 the company also works as a property manager for new home buyers that are unable to sell their existing homes . 7 8 if those home buyers are unable to sell their house immediately marketplace homes then functions as a property management company with a guaranteed leasing program . 9 10 marketplace homes offerings and services to clients include brokerage of new construction homes third party property management real estate brokerage for buying and selling homes unique platform for touring and purchasing homes ziptours edit ziptours is hailed as the biggest change the real estate industry has seen since the invention of online listings . 11 built to provide a user driven experience for home buyers ziptours allows users to see it tour it buy it all from the mobile app . 12 the ziptours commercial shows the contrast for potential home buyers with a traditional real estate agent and potential home buyers utilizing the mobile app . 12 in september 2015 alone 1 000 individual ziptours were conducted for both home sales and rentals . 11 future plans for ziptours include licensing to other real estate agents to both increase their capacity to serve their clients and ensure their continued safety as they show homes . 11 references edit builder pulse 2013 03 27 . a broker thrives by removing impediments to new home buying sales marketing rental and staging builder magazine . builderonline.com . retrieved 2013 07 13 . top real estate companies on the inc. 5000 . inc.com . retrieved 2013 07 13 . the american business awards company organization awards stevie winners . stevieawards.com . retrieved 2013 07 13 . marketplace homes number 1523 on the 2015 inc. 5000 . inc.com . retrieved 2015 12 08 . metro detroit s ziptours revolutionizes millennial home buying renting . marketwire . retrieved 2015 12 08 . mary ellen podmolik 2011 01 21 . rental program offers a new lease on life for builders chicago tribune . articles.chicagotribune.com . retrieved 2014 02 14 . marketplace homes crain s detroit business . crainsdetroit.com . 2012 06 09 . retrieved 2014 02 14 . detroit company looks to help homeowners sell in middle tenn. wkrn nashville news nashville weather and sports . wkrn.com . 2011 08 04 . retrieved 2013 07 13 . monday august 22 2011 5 00 am 2011 08 22 . company aims to help homeowners sell old buy new phillyburbs.com business . phillyburbs.com . retrieved 2013 07 13 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link rent to sell dbusiness march april 2010 detroit mi . dbusiness . retrieved 2014 02 14 . a b c marketplace homes launches home buying and renting app ; new approach to real estate angers traditional brokers . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2015 12 08 . a b real estate homes for sale mls listings agents zip tours . ziptours.com . retrieved 2015 12 08 . external links edit marketplace homes official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title marketplace homes llc & oldid 726244088 categories companies based in wayne county michiganproperty management companiesonline real estate companiesreal estate companies of the united stateshidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors listorphaned articles from april 2016all orphaned articlesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 june 2016 at 23 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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