our diana olick has more on this >> reporter: chris driscoll needed cash to invest in his real estateusiness and while he had plenty of equity in his gainesville, georgia, home, he couldn't access it. >> if my credit score was a few more points or, you know, made the banker happy that day, or whatever, i could probably have done it for a little less money. but that's not how the world works. >> reporter: enter easy knock, a barely two-year-old company that will buy your home from you but let you stay on as a renter. at any time during the lease, you can buy your home back >> this is a company that's allowing people to access equity in their home that have been shut out by the traditional lending markets. >> reporter: easy knock makes money through monthly rent and extra fees at the end of the lease, which can be up to five years, the tenant has the right to choose between buying the home back or selling it to someone else easy knock does not want to keep it >> we are not in the business of continuing to own homes. >> reporter: so far the company has bought about 100 homes in five sout