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About Dream Second Home

We built the platform we wished existed when we first tried to buy property abroad.

Why Dream Second Home Exists

The platform we
wished existed

The international real estate market is broken in a specific way. Platforms list everything, take a finder's fee from the developer, and leave due diligence to the buyer. That works for someone who can fly to inspect, speak the language, and verify a developer's track record from their own desk. International buyers almost never can.

The real value is not in the listings. It is in the filter. A short list of vetted developers is more useful than a long list of unverified ones, and saves more than any price discount. We vet developers first, then introduce buyers to them. Every developer on the platform has cleared our standard. The rest of the site is the proof. Browse the destinations. Read how we vet. Then tell us what you want to accomplish.

Modern beachfront villa with infinity pool — the standard Dream Second Home was built to deliver
The Origin

A career,
distilled

Dream Second Home is what nearly three decades of real estate work has been building toward. Across all those years, Dmitriy Selektor watched the same pattern repeat across international markets: reputable developers buried in directories of questionable ones, buyers unable to tell the difference, and platforms incentivized to keep it that way. The work the platform represents (vetting developers, evaluating projects, introducing qualified buyers) isn't new. It's what a career in international real estate has been doing all along, just done deliberately and at scale. Vetted first. Listed second. Every time.

"The question is not what's for sale. It's what's actually safe to buy."Dmitriy Selektor, Founder
What We Believe

Four principles
we hold

These decide every call we make. If you want to understand Dream Second Home, read these.

01

Vetting First

We evaluate developers before they appear on the platform. Every developer must satisfy our standards for completed project history, buyer infrastructure, design and build quality, community amenities, and market reputation before introduction to buyers. Not every developer is added. A short list is not a limitation. It is the point.

02

Earned Placement

Revenue comes only from referral fees on closed transactions. A developer earns their spot by passing our vetting standard, not by paying for visibility. That keeps the platform a filter, not a directory. Every name on the list is there because a buyer is going to trust it.

03

Personal Vetting

Every developer is evaluated by people, not algorithms sorting listings. Our team conducts the research, reviews the documentation, makes the calls, and visits projects where feasible. A filter is only valuable when someone is accountable for what passes through it.

04

The Handoff Is the Product

Once a developer clears our standard, we introduce you directly. No broker in the middle, no message lost in a queue. The relationship is yours from the first conversation.

Leadership

The people
behind it

Dmitriy Selektor

Founder

29+ years in International and Domestic real estate. Former Principal Broker and VP of Operations for Michigan and Ohio at Zillow, with earlier roles at LendingTree and Realestate.com, and managed the Michigan and Ohio markets for iNest Realty — a national referral platform for new construction. Holds the CIPS and RSPS designations, serves as a NAR Global Ambassador and on a Global Alliances Advisory Board Committee. He is a past president of FIABCI - USA Midwest Council. Founded Dream Second Home to replace the directory model with a vetted-first platform.

Alexander Selektor

Director of Operations

Leads day-to-day operations at Dream Second Home, including developer relations, vetting coordination, and the CRM that handles every buyer introduction. Licensed real estate agent, Michigan State Broad School of Business graduate.

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