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Devin: What is your superpower?
Cyndi: Beating to the rhythm of my own drum.
Every home has a story, but buyers rarely get the whole picture. Seller disclosures and inspections can reveal important details, yet exemptions and hidden systems can leave gaps. Those gaps can become expensive surprises for new homeowners.
Cyndi Robirds, founder and CEO of Blockchain Homes, wants to change that by creating a lasting record of a property’s history. Drawing on 17 years of real estate experience and a longstanding interest in technology, she is building a blockchain-enabled system to bring property information together.
“When I was working with people that were buying houses,” Cyndi explained, she saw how disclosure exemptions could leave buyers without essential information. Inspectors also cannot see behind walls and may not be able to test seasonal systems. She said homeowners she spoke with had spent between $1,000 and $250,000 on unexpected repairs within three years of buying a home.
Blockchain Homes aims to start with a more streamlined seller-disclosure process. Homeowners can share information that becomes part of a property’s permanent record, alongside relevant public information. The record can continue after a sale, helping homeowners track maintenance, receive reminders and connect with service providers.
The system is intended to make information useful to more than buyers and sellers. Builders could use work histories and material records to support warranty accountability. Home warranty companies could better understand a home’s mechanical systems and maintenance history. When work is completed, the homeowner and warranty company can verify that it happened.
Cyndi recognizes that real estate involves many participants, from lenders and title companies to agents, contractors and builders. Rather than attempt to transform every part of the industry at once, she is focusing on one area at a time and reducing friction for professionals and homeowners.
Her advice about building the technology is equally practical: “You don’t want to give birth to a full-grown human. You want to give birth to a baby.” Start small, she says, then let the idea grow.
Blockchain Homes is raising capital through AeQuitas invest, a crowdfunding platform Cyndi described as open to people beyond traditional accredited investors. The offering gives interested community members an opportunity to learn more and consider investing.
A reliable property history will not eliminate every uncertainty in homeownership. But by making records easier to share and maintain, Blockchain Homes is working toward a more transparent real estate experience—one where important details about a home do not disappear when ownership changes.
tl;dr:
Cyndi Robirds draws on 17 years in real estate to address missing property histories and costly surprises for buyers.
Blockchain Homes aims to preserve disclosures, repairs and maintenance records in a lasting, shareable property history.
Homeowners, builders and warranty companies could use verified records to improve accountability, maintenance and real estate transparency.
Cyndi is raising capital through AeQuitas invest, opening the opportunity to people beyond traditional accredited investors.
Her superpower is independent thinking: finding overlooked inefficiencies, embracing willingness and building useful solutions one step at a time.
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How to Develop Independent Thinking As a Superpower
Cyndi describes her superpower as “beating to the rhythm of my own drum.” She says this makes her “a unique thinker” and helps her “look at things in a different way.” Although it can feel lonely not to fit in, she sees value in noticing the big picture, identifying gaps in efficiency and bringing forward new ideas. “If everybody else is doing it, then we already have people doing it,” she explains. She wants to find the “little sweet spot” where a different approach can make a difference.
Cyndi traces some of her independent perspective to growing up with profound hearing loss. She received hearing aids at age four and describes living between two worlds: the hearing world and the non-hearing world. She felt she did not fully fit into either, so she had to find her own way. That experience helped her notice differences in people and see the world from perspectives others might miss. Cyndi did not identify one specific incident that captures the superpower; instead, she described this lifelong experience as formative. Her transition from real estate into technology reflects that willingness to follow a less conventional path and build something she believes the industry needs.
How to Develop Independent Thinking
Ask yourself whether you are willing. Cyndi recalls a coach asking, “You can do anything, but are you willing?” Move beyond wanting a change and decide whether you will commit to it.
Look for the gap others overlook. Notice inefficiencies, recurring frustrations and needs that existing approaches do not address.
Question the default approach. Ask whether a familiar solution is genuinely effective or simply common.
Treat “no” as information. Cyndi says, “No’s are great. They lead you into understanding how to move forward better.” Use objections to improve the plan rather than abandon the goal automatically.
Start small and learn. Build an initial version of an idea, gather feedback and let it grow rather than trying to create the finished solution all at once.
Find a community that challenges and supports you. Cyndi values One Million Cups, where entrepreneurs and investors share ideas, pitches and local opportunities. Seek people who will help you think and keep moving.
Use your distinct perspective. Instead of treating differences as something to hide, consider how they may help you notice problems and possibilities that others miss.
By following Cyndi’s example and advice, you can make independent thinking a skill. With practice and effort, you could make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.
Remember, however, that research into success suggests that building on your own superpowers is more important than creating new ones or overcoming weaknesses. You do you!
Guest Profile
Cyndi Robirds (she/her):
Founder/CEO, Blockchain Homes
About Blockchain Homes: Blockchain Homes, LLC is an Omaha-based proptech company building Property Onchain, a permanent, verifiable record of a home’s history — repairs, inspections, permits, and warranties — recorded to the property itself so the data follows the house through every owner. Think Carfax, for the place you live. Today a home’s history effectively disappears at closing, and buyers are left relying on an inspection that captures a single day and only what happens to be visible. Property Onchain closes that gap for the people on every side of the transaction: homeowners and home buyers, builders, inspectors, contractors, title companies, appraisers, insurers, and lenders. The company has a signed letter of intent with an Omaha home builder and is currently raising through a Regulation Crowdfunding offering on AeQuitas Invest, open to accredited and non-accredited investors alike.
Website: blockchainhomes.io
Company Facebook Page: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61588586022632
Biographical Information: Cyndi Robirds is the founder and CEO of Blockchain Homes, LLC, where she is building Property Onchain — a permanent record of a home’s history that stays with the property instead of walking out the door with the last owner. She has spent 17 years in the real estate industry, is a licensed Realtor in Nebraska and Iowa, and has worked at the intersection of blockchain and real estate since 2017. She teaches a certified continuing education course on blockchain in real estate for licensed agents, and is an active member of the Property Records Industry Association (PRIA) and the Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise (FIBREE). She lives in the Omaha area.
Personal Facebook Profile: facebook.com/cyndi.schmillen/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/blockchain-homes-llc
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