All Forum Posts by: Chris Gottshall

Pragmatically speaking, I’d offer them half of the EM back. they owe something for wasting the seller's time .

So, they missed the closing then, too. Sue for performance of the contract unless they sign the release.

That’s not a justification for missing the deadline. If you thought you needed an extra day, should have put that in initially or amended it along the way to extend. Try telling a blackjack dealer you should get your bet back when you only have 1 less point than them. “I only missed it by 1!” They’re still taking your money.

Are you saying the buyer wants to back out of the contract after all contingencies are expired? Your EM is a bet on yourself to be able to close the deal. You can’t close, you forfeit the bet. What’s their alleged justification for fighting this fact? Seems crazy to me.

I love this idea and it seems completely feasible to me. I’m following this thread to see who else has done this! 

Hadn't heard of it before, but its now on our watch list, too!

You might want to approach it with a "seek to understand" mentality. "What can we do to make sure we are only sending you travelers you are going to be able to approve?" or "How can we help you improve the rate of successful bookings?" Maybe there's something that's not obvious that's getting in the way.

Simultaneously, I would consider how to add language to the contract that allows you to control the priority someone's listings are given based on the owner's responsiveness and successful booking rate. You obviously want to downplay a non-responsive owner over one who will book immediately with your referral.

A friend of mine uses separate accounts so that emails related to his rental business go to a business email address instead of being tossed in with all his personal emails; and to have separate phone numbers for business and personal use. I'm not aware of him having any issues with this so far.

Could it be your market? What do you find when you search for other properties near yours on each of those sites?

People under 35 seem to prefer Airbnb and VRBO seems to be more for the 45+ crowd, in my experience. Could that be making a difference in your area? Are you listed with the same prices on each site? My VRBO prices are higher because VRBO takes a bigger cut; and VRBO doesn't offer the "extra guest" fee option that Airbnb does, so I keep the VRBO price higher for that reason, too. Airbnb let's me say "charge extra if there's more than X people in the group," and that allows me to put a more competitive rate on Airbnb.

I look forward to hearing others' feedback as well.

Most business productivity applications will have a “Print to PDF” option. On a Mac, any Save As dialog will have a Save as PDF option (usually in the lower left corner of the dialog box). On a Windows machine, you usually have to go to the application’s Print menu and then select a PDF printer from the list of destinations to print the document. if you’re on an older machine or older version of Windows, you might have to install a separate application like CutePDF to add a PDF destination to your print menu, but it is standard in Windows 10 AFAIK. Any Word, PowerPoint, et al files can be easily exported as a PDF that way.