All Forum Posts by: Timothy Church

@Leslie Anne Morris I'll have to take a look at that. I hadn't heard of it before. Has it had decent ROI for you?

@Nathan Gesner I recognize the effect the market has had. At our max we were actually at 95 properties but have had a dip due to the market slowly correcting.
 

It was actually one of the reasons I've started looking outside of just organic growth for the future as I would like a decent pipeline set up.

A quick question for all those who offer services to others within real estate. I currently own a vacation rental management company and we've had great growth from 15 units to 75 in the last two years. Up to this point it has just been word of mouth or existing clients for growth. Now I'm looking to move things forward and start actually advertising.

Has there been a particular medium that you have found good luck with for advertising services? I'm working on trying to get my head around Facebook ads but I haven't got it set up properly and it is going out to a rather broad market. Should I focus on more direct marketing such as mailers to existing vacation rental properties or maybe going to more meetup to interact with other investors? 

Just was curious if something has stood out for finding real estate investor interested in services.

Sorry for the late post! Forgot to add it on here as well. Hope to see you out! It has been a great group each time so far.

This meetup is a casual meet up of like-minded people to discuss short term rentals, real estate, investing, strategies, and anything the conversation leads to. It is a come and go event so please don't feel that you have to be there exactly at 6 or stay till the end if you have other things to do. While there will be some wine and beer at the venue, this event is BYOB. Feel free to bring food or drinks with you.

Please note: This is not a place to sell services or properties. You are more than welcome to share what you do or are working on and people can inquire but please don't try to keep driving conversation into a sales pitch. I want to keep this as a discussion where people can ask questions and learn from each other.

I hope to see y'all there. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

Location: The Barrel Room - 2614 Market Street Galveston, Tx 77550

@Keith Winkelmann

Which property are you looking out that you'd only gross 28-30K? I know even the small condos at Casa del Mar and Victorian typically gross more. Are you talking about your after cleaning and taxes number or your full gross income?

@Steven Baca
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Just posted the next one coming up!

This meetup is a casual meet up of like-minded people to discuss short term rentals, real estate, investing, strategies, and anything the conversation leads to. It is a come and go event so please don't feel that you have to be there exactly at 6 or stay till the end if you have other things to do. While there will be some wine and beer at the venue, this event is BYOB. Feel free to bring food or drinks with you.

Please note: This is not a place to sell services or properties. You are more than welcome to share what you do or are working on and people can inquire but please don't try to keep driving conversation into a sales pitch. I want to keep this as a discussion where people can ask questions and learn from each other.

I hope to see y'all there. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

Location: The Barrel Room - 2614 Market Street Galveston, Tx 77550

@Katie Johnson Of course! It doesn't matter your experience. It will be a great place to ask any questions that you've had and learn new things!

This meetup is a casual meet up of like-minded people to discuss short term rentals, real estate, investing, strategies, and anything the conversation leads to. It is a come and go event so please don't feel that you have to be there exactly at 6 or stay till the end if you have other things to do. While there will be some wine and beer at the venue, this event is BYOB. Feel free to bring food or drinks with you.

Please note: This is not a place to sell services or properties. You are more than welcome to share what you do or are working on and people can inquire but please don't try to keep driving conversation into a sales pitch. I want to keep this as a discussion where people can ask questions and learn from each other.

I hope to see y'all there. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

Location: The Barrel Room - 2614 Market Street Galveston, Tx 77550

Time: August 26th - 6:00 to 8-9ish

@Wesley Myers
+1 for using streaming as your main source but it is nice to provide something.

All of my personal properties are equipped with either a RokuTV or FireTV. I use Hulu Live for offering live cable to my units. There is suppose to be a limit to the number of TVs but currently I have 6 rental units (and my family!) using a single subscription and haven't had any issues. Most guests simply log into their own platforms as well to watch there Netflix, etc.

Quick Tip - If you do have streaming services where guests can log in, create a quick walkthrough page on how to log out of accounts remotely! It will save you so much time. Even with reminding guests to log out and stating that we cannot guarantee we can log them out before the next guest, people constantly forget. I have quick reference saved for the various services on how to log out remotely so that they can do it themselves.