Prashant Kothari is an entrepreneur and the founder of String Real Estate Information Services, a firm that offers outsourcing services to the American real estate industry. Prashant shuttles between his offices in Washington, DC and Chennai so often that he isn’t sure where home is – Washington, Chennai or Lufthansa. He’s a regular speaker at mortgage industry conferences in America. Prashant’s past lives have included diamond trading, jewelry manufacturing & mortgage derivatives trading. He’s the founder of the Indian Economy Blog and was an avid blogger in his own right, at Inside Outside, once upon a time. You can reach him at ppkothari@stringinfo.com.