All Forum Posts by: Andrew Wong
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Post: What booking sites do you use other than AirBnB/VRBO?
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@Ryanne Hodson, it's less of a rental platform and more of a website to generate leads in which you have to talk to them personally and sign a custom lease.
Post: Operating a rental geared towards the elderly?
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Originally posted by @Glenn McCrorey:
Regarding renovations... They have to put the property back to it's original condition when they move out. Sometimes I do make modifications for them. Sometimes they want to do thins like widen doorways for wheelchairs but I let them pay for that sort of stuff.
@Glenn McCrorey, why don't you install the grab bars and ramps yourself?
My thought is that adding those things would provide more value to third party provider companies, and in turn you could charge more than FMV.
When you bought the house from the NPs, did they continue running the program? Could you also touch a little of why the NPs have incentive to sell to you like so?
Post: What booking sites do you use other than AirBnB/VRBO?
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@John Underwood, you don't aim for full vacancy?
Post: What booking sites do you use other than AirBnB/VRBO?
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@Ryanne Hodson, if you hover over the "Rent" navigation on Zillow, you'll see a "List a rental" section.
Post: Partnership success stories
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Are you asking in the context of STRs? This seems like a rather generic question.
Post: What booking sites do you use other than AirBnB/VRBO?
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- Milpitas, CA
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Yeah, hit it up. We all use VRBO/AirBnB, what else do you use?
I use..
- Zillow/Trulia
- Tripadvisor
- Craigslist (occasionally)
Post: Vacation Rentals: AirBnB or VRBO?
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What else do people use besides VRBO and AirBnB?
Post: San Francisco Bay Summit - Oct 7 & 8, 2017 - Join the Reunion!
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@Al Williamson, glad to see you'll be making it. Excited to see you again.
@Jake Knight get those tickets!
Post: Operating a rental geared towards the elderly?
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Why does the state pay for vacancies?
Post: Operating a rental geared towards the elderly?
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- Milpitas, CA
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@Don Konipol, any way I can talk to this guy that you provided financing for? Also, as an investor, what piqued you to put some money into this? What can I do in this space to make it appealing to an investor?
@Jennifer Beadles, do you find the third party care provider and also the people who are renting? Or are you renting out the unit to a third party to provide everything? What additional improvements did you add to the units so that others go, "Hmm, yeah this place deserves higher than FMV rent."
@Glenn McCrorey, I'm guessing you did some renovations? What renovations did you do? Will listen to #110 this week!
Originally posted by @Glenn McCrorey:
I have bought several houses from non profits that want to unload the asset, maintenance responsibility, and the appearance of a conflict of interest in being both the landlord and the care giver for significantly less than "market value".
You also mentioned you bought houses from non profits... Why did they want to unload, and what patterns did you look for? Were these under the same people you contacted from Googling "community based living services" and then just buying properties from them when they needed to offload?
Any of you going to any this SF Bay Area Summit by chance?