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NA Ben
  • Falls Church, VA
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Easily mailing residents of condos to capture PM performance

NA Ben
  • Falls Church, VA
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Hi everyone - 

I purchased my first condo in Long Beach, CA a couple years ago and have since realized that speaking to actual residents is incredibly valuable. Had I done this before purchasing my current home, I may have had more leverage in my negotiations (poor HOA performance, poor property management, etc).

I'm a software engineer and get excited by problems that I think technology can solve, but I'm not sure if this is one of those problems.  I whipped together a proof-of-concept that allows me to:

  1. Type an address
  2. Fetch all mailable units
  3. Send postcard invitations to residents that welcome them to take a one-minute survey RE the performance of their property

I tested it out against my property and received one response out of 20 postcards - a very low conversion rate.  So now I'm brainstorming.  Here's a sample "report card":

My question to you is: would this (or any variant of this) help you?  I plan to use it the next time I purchase a condo, but I wonder if there's some other obvious pivot or application of this technology (easily mailing residents of condos with postcards) that could serve the community.  Thoughts?