My story

My name is Jaafar, son of Hasan Ali, son of Mohammed Saeed, son of Hasan Ali Almusaad (pronounced "almosa'ed"). I was born in 1980 in a little country called Bahrain. There I grew up, got married and was blissed with two fantastic boys. I have five brothers and three sisters. My beloved mum and one of my brothers departed this world many moons ago, but my dear father is still hanging there in a high sprit despite the great lose and old age. I couldn’t be more proud!

Since I was little, I had great passion and love for computers. Even today, I still remember the first Personal Computer I had ever bought (and how I was cheated back then!). Naturally, both my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees were in IT.

I had been fortunate to work with some of the world’s largest enterprises in Fintech, including Euronet and American Express, where I programmed ATM machines and managed IT infrastructure projects respectively.

In late 2012, I moved to the UK and settled down in London to start a new page in my personal and professional lives. Initially, I focused on IT infrastructure services but I quickly began to realise that the UK was very different form Bahrain! Most enterprises were already migrating to the cloud, making the IT infrastructure very niche! It was time for a career change.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) was gaining a huge momentum, and for good reasons. Fortunately, I had already had a subject on AI when I was doing my postgrad (though it was called “Data Mining” back then). I liked the subject because it was pretty new (to me) and challenging. However, deep down I was attracted to it because AI was (and still is) tightly coupled with High Performance Computing (HPC), my favourite topic.

Like many newly moved families, finding a good (and affordable) place to live in was extremely challenging. The properties market was in a mess, thanks to a tight monopoly by a few big players. Estate agents were among the least-trusted professionals in the UK, ranking below both lawyers and traffic wardens.

So, I asked myself: why not build a solution that uses AI to shake the foundation of this rusty market?!!

That was the vision. But a vision in your head means little without the blue prints!

For this reason, I have conceptualised REEXM, the first agent-less real estate marketplace to connect landlords, buyers and everyone in between. Yup a marketplace – not just an old fashioned portal.

For REEXM to be a true agent-less marketplace, the property valuation must be addressed. That’s why I have created AccuVal, the first property valuation platform that’s 100% underpinned by AI. AccuVal is already on a league on its own in terms of valuation accuracy, robustness and flexibility.

I post blogs regularly on LinkedIn so be sure to connect with me there.

jaffarbh [at] gmail.com