Los Angeles Chargers offensive lineman Russell Okung wants to help democratize home buying.
That’s why he became an angel investor in Loftium, a new company that provides prospective homeowners with money towards their down payment in exchange for a cut of their income from a very familiar housing-related company — Airbnb.
“For most, the idea of homeownership is just a pipedream, especially in a city like Seattle with median home prices of $690K, up 15% over the past year,” Okung, a former Seattle Seahawks player, wrote in Medium.