All Forum Posts by: Amy Greenwood

Quote from @Amy Greenwood:

Celebrating my first year as a real estate agent. I began investing 3 years ago, and we decided it would be best for me to get my license. Right away, I signed up as an investor-friendly agent with BP, and my first sale came through that lead! 

In my first year, I closed a total of 14 transactions. In a market where the average sold price was $234,000, my sales ranged from $40,000 to $390,000 for a total of 2.7 million in sales volume. I represented the buyer side on nine of those transactions, and the seller side on five.

I still get leads through Bigger Pockets, and work with those investors to help them find properties that will work for them. 

Celebrate the wins! 

 Congrats!  My business partner was telling me on a call yesterday that he got started on the RE agency side with leads from BP.  To-date, he is still working with those investors and closing deals.  Wishing you continued success!

Amy, what an awesome year 1! When you say you signed up w/BP - did you pay for their realtor leads program? Or did you go Premium & just stay active on forums? I used to be Premium until they changed their algorithm for realtor searches on here...Curious what method you are using.

What a great first year, with many more successful ones to come! Congrats Amy!

Great work, Amy!

 @Amy Greenwood first off congratulations on your success. I have a similar property where we created multiple listings for the same property. We made 1/ 2 and 3 bedroom listings for the same property and would lock off parts accordingly.  It´s really a nice way to maximize the space.   Do you completely snooze the 1 bedroom listing in the summer to keep it from taking away nights from the 3? 

 @Amy Greenwood first off congratulations on your success. I have a similar property where we created multiple listings for the same property. We made 1/ 2 and 3 bedroom listings for the same property and would lock off parts accordingly.  It´s really a nice way to maximize the space.   Do you completely snooze the 1 bedroom listing in the summer to keep it from taking away nights from the 3?

If you decide to keep going with the STR, one little trick we have used that paid dividends was to reach out to everyone who booked the smaller listings and left a good review. We reached out, thanked them for their business and let them know that if they would like to come back and invite friends and family we have a 3 bedroom at the same location and because you are repeat guests we would like to offer you a return client discount etc. etc.

It sounds like you´ve got a good thing going with the short-term model and have created quite a bit of flexibility with the multiple listings. Perhaps you can find a few areas to boost revenue before completely reinventing the model.  Cheers and good luck!

Hey @Amy Greenwood. Have you checked with FurnishedFinder.com and see what else is available in your area and how they are doing? Check and see what the demand is like for the larger space.

 This whole thread makes me wonder if a guest can have back to back stays (but separate bookings) when staying over 30 days, in order to avoid tenant rights, lease agreements, etc, or do they need to be out of the property for a certain amount of time? That seems like an easy loophole that might not be allowed. Any thoughts on that?