Disruptive model takes on residential real estate

Right around Thanksgiving last year, Jeffrey and Lauren Shaw experienced something that almost never happens to other couples or families: They sold their house — sans the stress that normally comes with that process.  

The Shaws sold their three-bedroom, two-bathroom house in a Fishhawk Ranch subdivision, in east Hillsborough County. They got $241,000, just above what they wanted. They closed less than a week after Thanksgiving. They had virtually no showings, never met with a real estate agent and did most of the behind-the-scenes work online in their own time. They chose their own closing day.