RentMonitor beat you to the punch. What would you say the advantages of choosing RentPost over RentMonitor are?
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#22the problem is that most property owners aren't tech savvy. Most of them don't even have a webpage. And I'm not talking about the 1-2 unit owners...I'm talking about multi building companies with $600K in yearly revenue who haven't even bothered to setup a 1 page site with their phone # and hours of operation. If you are going to take on this market, you are going to need a direct on the ground sales team.
I'd be interested to know what kind of Customer Development went on here. How many discussions took place with potential users and what were the problems they pointed out that RentPost is now solving?
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#23This looks absolutely incredible - I would love it if you could get landlords to use it. Unfortunately both of my previous two lacked even an email address. My job has a contact email for employment verification and I had to get a special phone number from HR for my landlord because they didn't use email. This company probably has two dozen properties around town (each with multiple units) and doesn't even have email…
for the large operations with massive numbers of properties that where people are old school that make the decisions, this is absolutely the case. There are a large number of 200 and less companies and owners that are quite tech savvy and absolutely willing to adopt, at least from everything we have seen so far.
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#24This looks great. I think you have a great looking and useful product here. It could take awhile to catch on, but I think you have something.
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#25Amazing! I run a coworking space for entrepreneurs in Brooklyn, which means every month I'm running around gathering up a dozen or so checks from tenants--so this the most exciting tool I've seen in a long time.
Thanks, oojacoboo. You're a lifesaver!
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#26If I were you I would strongly reconsider your pricing....you're underpricing by quite a lot. The last place I was in, the company my landlord used for online rent collection charged 1.50 per transaction...to the tenant. That's in addition to whatever fixed monthly fee the landlord was paying.
We charge $1 per transaction, and have thought about 1.50, but we like the solid $1 number. We'll play that out and see how it works for a while.
As per the pricing for the software, we know it's cheap and will be considering price hikes in the near future. We wanted to come out of the gate swinging and get some traction.
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#27Amazing! I run a coworking space for entrepreneurs in Brooklyn, which means every month I'm running around gathering up a dozen or so checks from tenants--so this the most exciting tool I've seen in a long time. Thanks, oojacoboo. You're a lifesaver!
that makes me :)
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#28What's with the '$get_social()' on the bottom right of the page? I'm guessing it's not meant to be like that.
I think it's just a clever way to show their Twitter, Facebook, etc.
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#29What's with the '$get_social()' on the bottom right of the page? I'm guessing it's not meant to be like that.
the change is going to be made... I thought it was cheeky... but people don't get it, it's a FAIL, I realize ;)
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#30If I were you I would strongly reconsider your pricing....you're underpricing by quite a lot. The last place I was in, the company my landlord used for online rent collection charged 1.50 per transaction...to the tenant. That's in addition to whatever fixed monthly fee the landlord was paying.
The danger with underpricing is that it can make it harder to sell. If you're priced too cheap, there must be a catch, so potential customers will be less likely to buy.