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Real-estate agents aren’t chained to desks—they’re in driveways, kitchens, and back seats, spending about 90 % of every workday on-site instead of in front of a monitor. Yet the CRMs they’re supposed to live in are still desktop relics. Mike Peregrina’s answer is Hey Walt!, a mobile-first relationship-intelligence app that slides into an agent’s phone with the promise: “Guaranteed to help you close more deals, or it’s free.”

The Opportunity

$82B CRM market, growing 10%+ annually2.8M core prospects (residential & commercial agents plus loan officers) translate to a $6.7B wedge todayCommission-compression rules and rising lead-gen costs push agents toward smarter, mobile tools

What Walt Actually Builds:

Instagram-style lead cards: Auto-populated from Zillow, Redfin, and dozens of other sources, giving agents a scrollable view of every prospect’s story.Voice-first workflow & on-the-spot signing: Talk-to-text notes, SMS/email send, and in-app e-sign keep deals moving without a laptop.Propensity-to-transact alerts: Real-time scoring surfaces the warmest leads the moment data hits the CRM.Life-event enrichment (“Diapers, Diamonds, Debt…”): Public-record triggers let agents reach out when motivation peaks.

The founder-market fit is unmistakable: Mike previously took Homie from zero to a eight figure run rate, learning exactly where legacy CRMs stall and how agents really buy software. When agents can capture context in seconds, deals move faster. Hey Walt! turns a cell phone, already an agent’s most trusted tool, into the smartest teammate in the deal room. We’re excited to partner with Mike and his crew as they retire the desktop CRM and put real-estate intelligence where it belongs: in the palm of every agent’s hand.