diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Hiring Pair Programming Excercise
-
 ## Application Description
 This is a simple application for fair housing market prediction. The mission is to allow users to list houses, and allow them to easily view and compare all houses in the platform.
 
 Currently, users can only post houses, indicate if they are the owner, and view all houses listed in the platform.
 
 ### Stack
-For simplification purposes, this is only a backend application built using FastAPI. 
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+For simplification purposes, this is only a backend application built using FastAPI. 
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
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+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Variables
+APP_NAME=app/main.py
+VENV_DIR=venv
+REQ_FILE=requirements.txt
+
+# Create virtual environment
+venv:
+	python3 -m venv $(VENV_DIR)
+
+# Install dependencies
+install: venv
+	$(VENV_DIR)/bin/pip install -r $(REQ_FILE)
+
+# Run the application
+start: install
+	$(VENV_DIR)/bin/python $(APP_NAME)
+
+# Clean up
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(VENV_DIR)
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diff --git a/backend/app/__init__.py b/backend/app/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/app/core/__init__.py b/backend/app/core/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/app/dtos/__init__.py b/backend/app/dtos/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/app/models/__init__.py b/backend/app/models/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/app/models/owner.py b/backend/app/models/owner.py
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--- a/backend/app/models/owner.py
+++ b/backend/app/models/owner.py
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ class Owner(SQLModel, table=True):
     id: int = Field(default_factory=uuid4, primary_key=True)
     name: str
     email: str
+    # TODO add houses
diff --git a/backend/app/repositories/__init__.py b/backend/app/repositories/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/app/routers/__init__.py b/backend/app/routers/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/app/services/__init__.py b/backend/app/services/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
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@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-
-[project]
-name = "axiomatic-backend"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
-    "fastapi",
-    "pydantic",
-    "uvicorn",
-]
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diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
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+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fastapi
+uvicorn
+sqlmodel
+pydantic
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