Bhumikaa

Broker-free real estate platform for India

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June 21, 2026 I'm a student founder building a broker-free real estate platform for India

Hey everyone

I'm Manirathanm, a student founder from Hyderabad, India.

Over the past few months, I've been building Bhumikaa β€” a broker-free real estate platform where buyers and sellers can connect directly.

The idea came from seeing how frustrating property search can be:

  • Duplicate listings

  • Fake or outdated information

  • Endless broker calls

  • No transparency

I'm not claiming I've solved all of these problems.

In fact, building a marketplace has been much harder than I imagined πŸ˜…

One piece of advice I got recently really stuck with me:

"Don't chase distribution until you have liquidity."

Instead of trying to cover an entire city, I'm now focusing on building density and trust in smaller areas first.

I recently made a short product demo:

https://youtu.be/lVeH8gy4KPA

I'm still very early:

  • Solo founder

  • No funding

  • Learning as I go

  • First few users are joining

I'd love to hear from founders who have built marketplaces:

  1. What's the hardest part about creating liquidity?

  2. How did you get your first 100 users?

  3. Any mistakes I should avoid?

Thanks for reading.

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I built Bhumikaa because I was frustrated by how messy property platforms can be, duplicate listings, brokers everywhere, and spam calls. Bhumikaa is my attempt to create a cleaner experience where buyers and sellers ca