NextClose Web Startup Looking For Clean, Creative Logo

NextClose.com

NextClose.com is a group of individuals set on changing the way people think about real estate. We are creating a website to help home buyers and sellers save thousands of dollars on their real estate transactions. We are ambitious and excited. We love what the web has done in other industries to improve outcome, i.e. 99designs, and we are fired up to do the same for real estate.

Help us save people money, save people time, and change an industry. We look forward to all the creative designs! The winner is likely be offered an opportunity to develop a web design for an additional fee.

Our target audience is any home buyer/seller looking to save money on their next real estate transaction.

The link below is a set of logos that we like. These are just to be used as a reference and to give you designers an idea of how we envision the NextClose.com logo.

http://mattwickstrand.com/?p=7

The logo should:
- include the entire word "NextClose.com"
- the word "Next" and "Close" should be a different color to make them stand apart
- logo should be relevant to the industry, i.e. portray some idea of a home such as a key, door, window, saving money, etc.

What my ratings mean?!:
1-2 Stars: the design is great, its just not the direction we are looking for at nextclose.com
3 Stars: this design is great and its certainly headed in the right direction, a few small tweaks could turn a 3 star to a 4 star
4 Stars: this design is outstanding and only needs a few small tweaks to be in the winner's circle
5 Stars: these 5 star designs are in the running for the win without any changes needed. I am looking forward to seeing more of these :)

**Winner will deliver the winning illustrator design file.