# Our Vision The vision for Homebase is to become the preferred platform for renters moving to a new city. Imagine you’re moving to San Francisco, instead of using Craigslist to find an apartment, you go directly to the Homebase platform to browse apartments available for rent. If you find one you like, you move in and purchase 10-20% of available shares of the home. By buying an equity stake in the property, you’re now a partial owner of the apartment you’re living in. That’s the future we’re building at Homebase. Our goal is to bridge the gap between the casual Zillow-scroller and the real estate investor. We’re building a platform built on trust, transparency, and co-ownership so that anyone can invest in real estate. By building accessibility to ownership for all, we can redefine what it means to be a homeowner. The status quo bars everyday people from becoming an owner. If Homebase succeeds in its mission, renters in the most densely populated metros in the U.S. can become fractional owners of their apartments and, in turn, homeowners. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.homebasedao.io/whitepaper/our-vision.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.