A fractional homeownership and real estate investment platform designed to bridge the gap between homeowners and investors.

Our project is inspired by the global housing crisis. With property prices skyrocketing, a large portion of the population is being priced out of homeownership. BrickbyBrick aims to solve this by allowing individuals to purchase homes for nearly half their original cost, while investors cover the remaining equity.

The platform facilitates a two-sided marketplace:

• Homeowners: Can sign up to list their properties or mortgages and manage their existing real estate portfolio. They can also browse other properties seeking investment.
• Investors: Can browse a comprehensive list of available properties and purchase shares at a specified price. Investors can track their portfolio performance through a dedicated "My Investments" tab.

We utilized a modern data stack to ensure security and scalability:

• Data Sourcing: Fetched real estate data from the Snowflake API using the HOUSEWARE_DB database.
• Backend & Integration: Used Python with snowflake.connector to securely pipe data into MongoDB Atlas.
• Database: MongoDB Atlas manages both property listings and secure user authentication credentials.
• Frontend: Built with HTML5 and JavaScript, featuring robust error handling and real-time communication with the database.

• Data Pipeline: Configuring the Snowflake API and successfully transferring large datasets into MongoDB Atlas.
• Full-Stack Communication: Synchronizing the frontend and backend, specifically regarding data validation from the database to the UI.

• Developed a realistic simulation of buying real estate stocks.
• Successfully mastered and integrated a complex tech stack including Snowflake API and MongoDB Atlas within a tight timeframe.

• The financial mechanics of stocks, mortgages, and the nuances of the current housing crisis.
• Hands-on experience implementing enterprise-grade APIs and cloud databases.

• Historical Data: Implementing price tracking to visualize trends in housing stock prices.
• Legal Framework: Exploring the regulatory and legal aspects required for fractional real estate ownership.
• Advanced Analytics: Integrating predictive modeling for investment returns.

Developed during SheHacks+10

Check it out here: https://devpost.com/software/stockhouse