All Forum Posts by: Matt Buck

I'm originally from Atlanta (Senoia/Peachtree City area) but currently based in Maui, HI for work. I'm looking to invest long distance in Atlanta and am hoping to get connected to some other ATL investors. Does anyone know of "virtual" REIA groups or similar virtual events for Atlanta investors? I'd love to be a part of it if so!

P.S. If you're an Atlanta investor, I'd love to connect!

I can definitely help you with a few introductions to some players in the Atlanta metro real estate market! Also, are you on Facebook? There are tons of groups on there that are extremely helpful such as real estate connections. Any conceivable resource that you need, you will find there.

what’s the e best way to reach you?

Thanks Julian! I'd love to connect and any introductions would be appreciated. You can reach me at 678-478-0351

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Atlanta, Georgia

Thanks @Griffin Brand! I'll join the group and check it out. I appreciate the referral!

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Atlanta, Georgia

Quote from @Michael Dumler:

@Matt Buck, I can connect you with several groups. In the meantime, if you have any real estate related or market specific questions feel free to give me a call, text, email, etc (contact info listed in my bio).

Thanks Michael! An introduction would be great and I'd love to connect with you in the meantime. I'll shoot you a text.

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Atlanta, Georgia

Hi all!

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Atlanta, Georgia

Quote from @Loren Clive:

That seems like a great price! I know a local PM company here charges $7 per property per day=$210/mo for basically the same service. Please keep me updated on how it works, Matt. I've been looking into this same service.

Thanks Loren! Thats an interesting solution. I hadn't seen anything like that in Maui before (other than full management of course). I'll keep you updated on how this works out!

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Quote from @Tyler Winget:

Matt are these 6 listings the only ones you manage? Do you intend to grow your management portfolio?

Have you thought about transitioning to a PMS? Guesty has proven beyond helpful.

It funnels all of your listings and accounts into a SINGLE, uniform inbox. The app is seamless. You can also have your cleaners download the app and have specific user-permissions to allow for task-based scheduling and cleaning checklists. Ultimately allowing you to automate the scheduling of your field-work.

I say this because it may make you re-think having VA's, at least at this time. Just because the VA's know how to do the work, does not mean they know your property like you do, and thus, you'll still have to teach and guide them for the few months (at least).

Have you thought about maybe hiring one of your cleaners to provide chatting assistance? Or a college student interested in real estate seeking internship experience?

To conclude the ramble - the VA service sounds like it could be helpful, maybe you should try it out for just one of your listings and see how it goes? That way you'll be able to see if you can scale with it easily. I highly recommend you checking out Guesty in the meantime as it sounds like your main issue is scheduling cleaners, when really, there's an easy solution for that.

Book Rec:

"ClockWork - Design Your Business to Run Itself" - by Mike Michalowicz

Side note - Matt I'm jealous of you being in Kihei, I was there a few months this past Spring, beautiful place. Will hopefully return early 2023, maybe we can link.

Thanks Tyler. I use Hospitable and a number of other softwares for automation and efficiency. Appreciate the recommendation and insight though!

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Quote from @Luke Carl:

You get what you pay for here

Meaning too low cost would be a red flag? Wasn’t sure if the flat rate would be on the high or low end honestly :)

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I manage 6 listings in Maui and am looking to onboard some VAs to help wi HTh day to day management. I found a company with Airbnb trained VAs for $150 per listing per month (and price decreases with more listings). Thoughts on the cost of this?

For additional context, this is 24/7, 365 day monitoring. The VAs will handle guest communications, coordinating cleaners and handyman calls, calendar management, ordering supplies, claims and resolutions, admin tasks etc. ”Unlimited” hours.

I’m sure I can hire my own VAs for cheaper but am looking for a balance between ease/efficiency and cost. I would love some outside input!

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@Jordan Moorhead Interesting - I had no idea it was the only legal option. I appreciate the insight. I'll look into it a bit more and keep you updated. Thanks for the help!

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Hi all! I'm currently based in Maui but am looking purchase a condo with my partner in Austin, TX to use as an STR. I am very familiar with the permitting process and "hoops" I have to jump through to have an STR in Austin (hoping to get a "Type-3" permit for non owner occupied, multifamily in commercial zoning).

The biggest issue I've been facing is finding condo complexes that allow STR (not complexes with available STR capacity but ones that will even allow it - it's capacity will be step 2 for me haha). Does anyone here have any STRs in Austin? Any insight into some complexes where the HOA will allow STR? I am familiar with Natiivo but am trying to branch out a bit and look elsewhere.

Thanks in advance!

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All Forum Posts by: Matt Buck

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