Bill Lyons
Biographical Sketch, Current Projects
Bill Lyons is a successful entrepreneur and contributor. He is currently the Founder & CEO of two companies inside the real estate industry: Revestor, and Griffin Funding as well as co-founder and chairman of Greendoor.
Greendoor is a PropTech platform and brokerage for today's real estate buyer. The platform allows consumers to search homes for sale by the monthly payment that they can afford and offers a mortgage rebate program*. provides custom investment filters, notifications on new investment properties for sale, and comprehensive analysis.
Revestor's patent-pending software creates the only residential real estate search engine that can run investment calculations over live listings. Revestor's investment tools and data help real estate investors and real estate professionals in San Diego find profitable investments to rent out long term or on Airbnb.
Griffin Funding is a Mortgage Technology company that specializes in serving military veterans and the self-employed. Griffin does business in California, Hawaii, Arizona, Washington, Colorado and Texas.
Lyons was also recently an advisor to a fintech startup called Approved which was acquired by Credit Karma.
Accomplishments, Credibility
Griffin Funding was named the 83rd fastest growing company in the nation by Inc 500 in 2017 as well as the #1 fastest growing mortgage company. Griffin Funding also achieved the #1 fastest growing company in San Diego by SDBJ in 2017. In 2018, Griffin Funding was ranked #41 on the fastest growing privately held company list in SDBJ and #693 by Inc 5000.
Lyons built his former company, from zero to $20 Million per year in revenue with $3+Billion in transactions inside of 36 months. As President & CEO, Mr. Lyons managed a $6million per year online marketing budget offering opportunity to well over 250 employees. Lyons hopes to leave those stats in the dust with Griffin and Revestor!
Bill Lyons has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc Magazine, Huffington Post, Tech.co, Knowledge For Men, Hack The Entrepreneur, American Dream TV, The Daily Transcript Top 40 Under 40 in 2017, Investors Beat, UT San Diego, UTTV, ABC, Inman News, San Diego Business Journal #1 Fastest Growing Company, San Diego Magazine, KUSI News, Fox6, Coronado Eagle, 944, NBC 739, California CEO, Broker Banker, BankRate & Tony Robbins Nextlevel.
As a licensed Real Estate Broker, Mr. Lyons is an expert in Real Estate. Having employed 1,000s of real estate agents and loan officers, Lyons knows what it takes for them to be successful in today's market.
Bill studied at Arizona State University and Anthony Robbins' Mastery University and is a member of The San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR), California Association of Realtors (CAR), National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Forbes Real Estate Council. Mr. Lyons is on the board of the San Diego chapter of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) as membership chair.
Personal Passion, Purpose
Bill is also passionate contributor to charities such as Shelter to Soldier. Bill's goal is to officially launch The Lyons Foundation in the near future. When not traveling for work, Bill's other interests include travel, golf, desert dirt biking trips, skiing, sailing, yoga, swimming, hiking, running, scuba diving, attending educational seminars and reading. Bill values vitality, lifestyle, unlimited thinking, growth, love, intellect, creativity, contribution (helping others), and fun! Mr. Lyons grew up in Coronado and now lives Little Italy San Diego with his wife Kristie and two Puggles.
What's Bill Lyons San Diego doing right now? Find out below...he is most active on LinkedIn and Instagram...
Bill Lyons is a successful entrepreneur and contributor. He is currently the Founder & CEO of two companies inside the real estate industry: Revestor, and Griffin Funding as well as co-founder and chairman of Greendoor.
Greendoor is a PropTech platform and brokerage for today's real estate buyer. The platform allows consumers to search homes for sale by the monthly payment that they can afford and offers a mortgage rebate program*. provides custom investment filters, notifications on new investment properties for sale, and comprehensive analysis.
Revestor's patent-pending software creates the only residential real estate search engine that can run investment calculations over live listings. Revestor's investment tools and data help real estate investors and real estate professionals in San Diego find profitable investments to rent out long term or on Airbnb.
Griffin Funding is a Mortgage Technology company that specializes in serving military veterans and the self-employed. Griffin does business in California, Hawaii, Arizona, Washington, Colorado and Texas.
Lyons was also recently an advisor to a fintech startup called Approved which was acquired by Credit Karma.
Accomplishments, Credibility
Griffin Funding was named the 83rd fastest growing company in the nation by Inc 500 in 2017 as well as the #1 fastest growing mortgage company. Griffin Funding also achieved the #1 fastest growing company in San Diego by SDBJ in 2017. In 2018, Griffin Funding was ranked #41 on the fastest growing privately held company list in SDBJ and #693 by Inc 5000.
Lyons built his former company, from zero to $20 Million per year in revenue with $3+Billion in transactions inside of 36 months. As President & CEO, Mr. Lyons managed a $6million per year online marketing budget offering opportunity to well over 250 employees. Lyons hopes to leave those stats in the dust with Griffin and Revestor!
Bill Lyons has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc Magazine, Huffington Post, Tech.co, Knowledge For Men, Hack The Entrepreneur, American Dream TV, The Daily Transcript Top 40 Under 40 in 2017, Investors Beat, UT San Diego, UTTV, ABC, Inman News, San Diego Business Journal #1 Fastest Growing Company, San Diego Magazine, KUSI News, Fox6, Coronado Eagle, 944, NBC 739, California CEO, Broker Banker, BankRate & Tony Robbins Nextlevel.
As a licensed Real Estate Broker, Mr. Lyons is an expert in Real Estate. Having employed 1,000s of real estate agents and loan officers, Lyons knows what it takes for them to be successful in today's market.
Bill studied at Arizona State University and Anthony Robbins' Mastery University and is a member of The San Diego Association of Realtors (SDAR), California Association of Realtors (CAR), National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Forbes Real Estate Council. Mr. Lyons is on the board of the San Diego chapter of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) as membership chair.
Personal Passion, Purpose
Bill is also passionate contributor to charities such as Shelter to Soldier. Bill's goal is to officially launch The Lyons Foundation in the near future. When not traveling for work, Bill's other interests include travel, golf, desert dirt biking trips, skiing, sailing, yoga, swimming, hiking, running, scuba diving, attending educational seminars and reading. Bill values vitality, lifestyle, unlimited thinking, growth, love, intellect, creativity, contribution (helping others), and fun! Mr. Lyons grew up in Coronado and now lives Little Italy San Diego with his wife Kristie and two Puggles.
What's Bill Lyons San Diego doing right now? Find out below...he is most active on LinkedIn and Instagram...
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