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3 December 2022 | 5 replies
Before you make a change, look at your competitor's properties.
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1 July 2013 | 24 replies
The numbers looked great until my dad came into town and found new competitors opening up shop, and tons of deferred maintenance on the buildings.If the numbers are good, one of my rules of thumb is to ask myself...
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26 May 2022 | 8 replies
I like this site because it is on I-10 and 101, two transportation corridors, not far from I-17, two big hospitals, cancer center, Ak-chin Pavilion, Phoenix Raceway, Luke Air Force Base, Camelback Ranch spring training, 6 miles south of Westgate Entertainment District (high rates and year round demand), and no comparable competitors.
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5 January 2017 | 12 replies
Most know me that I firmly believe in providing a product that is better then your competitors.
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2 October 2016 | 11 replies
@Brandon K.Seller accepted your offer as is....except for the title company requirement in the counter.That to me gives you the upper hand in that he accepted your price.I would play hardball and withdraw the offer and see how much he really wants to force the issue when he knows there is a paycheck coming and you basically swipe it from his hand.
13 October 2015 | 9 replies
You know how much your competitors are willing to pay, and the highest bidder wins.
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15 January 2024 | 38 replies
I expect that after using Buildium for a while I will migrate all the accounting stuff to Buildium - but for now I am using it for maintenance requests and tenant screening only.I rejected a number of competitors mostly because they did not fit my needs, but they would fit other peoples needs.In the past month or so I have been very harshly criticizing RentRedi.
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10 January 2024 | 5 replies
For example, my Airbnb performs better than competitors even though is smaller because I commissioned an artist to paint a mural in every single room and that made it unique.
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20 September 2022 | 18 replies
They see someone leaving as they arrive, and as I walk them out from the showing another "competitor" is pulling up.
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10 May 2015 | 10 replies
For me I only have them in my properties which are in nicer areas because there it seems most of my competitors have them and I encounter tenants who are looking for them.