Editorial team

Elena Marchetti

Editor-in-chief

Thirteen years covering residential real estate finance, most recently at a national real estate trade publication. Licensed real estate agent (inactive). Leads all rating committees and sets the editorial agenda.

Rahul Bhattacharya

Methodology lead

Former quantitative analyst at a real estate securitization desk. Designs and maintains our sample-transaction framework and owns rating tiebreakers.

Corinne Daley

Senior reviewer — Cash Offer Plus

Covers Zoom Casa, HomeLight, QuickBuy, UpEquity. Previously wrote a mortgage-industry newsletter. Author of the PSA guide.

Marcus Yi

Senior reviewer — iBuyers

Covers Opendoor, Offerpad. Former product analyst at a home insurance platform. Focuses on repair-deduction methodologies and AVM accuracy.

Sarah Okonkwo

Senior reviewer — Trade-up & Power buyer

Covers Knock, Homeward, Orchard. Real estate attorney (NC bar, non-practicing). Leads PSA analysis and state-by-state compliance tracking.

David Chen

Tools & data

Builds and maintains the four calculators. Data engineer background. Ensures calculator logic matches the latest program fee sheets.

Priya Nair

Seller-outreach editor

Recruits, interviews, and verifies seller sources for case studies and seller stories. Maintains the anonymized transaction database.

Advisory panel

The advisory panel meets quarterly. Members advise on methodology, flag factual issues, and review our correction log. They do not have veto authority over ratings and are recused from matters involving programs they previously worked for.

Hon. Teresa Alvarez (ret.)

Consumer protection

Retired Texas AG office consumer protection attorney. Advises on state consumer protection regulations relevant to real estate products.

James Patel

Real estate attorney

Partner at a Florida real estate firm. Reviews our PSA framework and flags common hidden-clause issues.

Linda Kovacs

Real estate attorney

Former in-house counsel at a major iBuyer. Recused from that program's reviews. Advises on contract interpretation generally.

Maria Thompson

Former program executive

VP of Operations at a top-10 iBuyer, 2018–2023. Recused from her former employer's reviews. Advises on operations realism.

Derek Ling

Former program executive

Founding team member at a Cash Offer Plus program that shut down in 2024. Recused from reviews of that program's former parent.

Rev. Gabriel Moss

Consumer advocate

Founder of a nonprofit providing housing counsel to low-income sellers. Advises on accessibility and plain-language clarity of our guides.

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