Private brief
Timing, areas, home type, household, and the role you bring. Saved on the current device; no account needed to start.
private by defaultHouston Hackathon 2026 · Challenge 8
Home,
together.
A privacy-first workspace for Houstonians who want to explore co-buying with the right two to four people at the table.
Built as a focused MVP · live on cobuyhou.sasid.ai
TEAM ROOM / HOUSTON● private
Co-buying roomKeep the table small.
YOUBrief ready
CBInvited co-buyer
+Invite a person
+Room for one
Shared readiness3 / 6
⌑Private firstexact money stays out of discovery
◎Alignmentconversation before commitment
Pitch package · September 26, 2026
01 · The opening
Buying a home is hard enough alone. The first product is a better way to find the table.
Challenge 8 asks for a promoted, facilitated path that helps prospective homebuyers form teams of two to four.
Framed from the original Houston Hackathon Challenge 8 brief, retrieved September 26, 2026. The brief describes an affordability pressure and a missing, promoted path; those are challenge context, not independent research claims here.
THE QUESTION BEHIND THE BRIEF
“Who could I buy with—and what would we need to talk about first?”
find interested people form a 2–4 person team work through ownership, financing, maintenance, and exits
Challenge 8
Let's team up.
Let's team up.
Audience: Houstonians who cannot—or do not want to—buy alone. Source: original challenge brief.
02 · The product
One calm path from “maybe” to a room with somewhere to go.
CoBuyHOU keeps sensitive decisions private while making the first practical conversations easier to start.
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Explore people
Opt-in, coarse signals from people who chose to be discoverable. No public exact finances, addresses, or contact details.
alignment, not a score→
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Team room
Sign in for an accountable 2–4 person room, invitations, a shared checklist, and attributed official resources.
real people, small roomBoundary by designCoBuyHOU does not decide legal ownership, loan eligibility, affordability, or creditworthiness. The checklist is a conversation guide.
Product proof is implemented in the live prototype; demonstration profiles are labeled and cannot be invited.
03 · Progress
What is real in the prototype today.
Private, useful before sign-in
Build a brief on the current device. Keep exact money, contact details, documents, and address out of the discovery shape.
Timing 6–12 monthsAreas East End · Third WardRole I keep people organized⌑ saved locally
Discovery that stays coarse
Browse labeled examples or opted-in profiles. The interface explicitly says conversation comes before commitment.
MR
Maya R.East End · House
6–12 moJK
Jordan K.Montrose · Townhome
12–24 moQuestions get a shared home
Signed-in rooms hold invitations and a checklist that points to HUD, CFPB, and City of Houston resources.
✓ Name the non-negotiables✓ Bring money questions to the table○ Set one next conversation
✓Release evidence: the app health contract, Google runtime configuration, branded asset endpoints, and public HTTPS are verified for this release.Try the flow ↗
Demonstration names and fields above mirror the actual labeled demo profiles in the app; they are not real people.
04 · Practical
The useful moment is small: one person, one brief, one next conversation.
A participant can start anonymously, decide what to share, then move into an accountable room only when a real group is ready.
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Shape privately. The first action has low friction and no account requirement.
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Choose the boundary. Discovery exposes only coarse signals someone intentionally publishes.
03
Bring in the right help. The room turns hard questions into a prompt for qualified professionals.
9:41CoBuyHOU▮▮
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YOUR PRIVATE BRIEFStart with your side of the table.
When are you hoping to move?6–12 months
What would you bring?Organization
Saved on this device ✓
No public match score.
No exact financial profile.
No exact financial profile.
Prototype limitation: the current discovery pool is small, and the app labels demonstration examples so they are not mistaken for participants.
05 · Potential
Next, learn what makes a co-buying team feel safe enough to continue.
The next release should be shaped by conversations with Houston buyers and qualified housing professionals—not by inventing certainty.
Compatibility, carefully
Which coarse signals help people decide to start a conversation without pretending to predict a successful partnership?
Agreements before acceleration
Which prompts make ownership, financing, maintenance, and exit conversations concrete enough to take to counsel?
Platform + professionals
Where does software reduce coordination work, and where should a housing counselor, lender, or attorney take over?
30-day next stepRun a small, consent-based pilot with Houston co-buyers; observe completion of the first conversation, not a vanity match rate.
These questions extend the original Challenge 8 brief and are intentionally framed as learnings still needed.
06 · Try the prototype
Make room for a better first conversation.
CoBuyHOU is a focused MVP for Challenge 8. Walk the flow, watch the narrated demo, and tell us where the boundary or question needs to be clearer.
cobuyhou.sasid.ai
Challenge 8 · Co-Buying a Home — Let's Team Up! · Built for feedback, not a promise of affordability or legal outcome.