Shankar M. Thayver is an entrepreneur, investor, and a technologist. He is a partner at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Lifestyles Realty and Initus capital, founder of Lifestyles Rentals, Inc., and is also a top producing Real Estate agent. He has been involved in many startups at various levels prior to his real estate carrier. He holds an MBA from Building Information Modelling, India, is a runner, yogi, and an avid follower of value-investing gurus Benjamin Graham, Philip Fischer and Warren Buffet.