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Easily mailing residents of condos to capture PM performance
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:
- Type an address
- Fetch all mailable units
- 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?