Be Proactive! Live SA Interview with Becca and Claire

The Serviced Accommodation Property Podcast

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This is a mentoring call with Becca Strelzyn and Claire Powell. They were Tennis coaches but have fully replaced their income with SA and are now full-time SA property investors and are now also starting to manage other landlord´s properties.

In the episode, we discuss what to say to:

Letting Agents to get R2SA deals

Landlords to get R2SA

Guests to get them to book again and do so directly with you

Becca and Claire share how they get long direct bookings from companies so not relying on booking.com and Airbnb. They are both really looking forward to 2021 because of the dramatic rise in popularity Staycations and because more and more businesses prefer SA now for their employees over hotels.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• SA is one of the few businesses that generate ongoing almost passive income once you have put the effort in to set things up properly.
• SA is a viable business that virtually anyone can set up and run.
• Becca and Claire took Rob´s SA Masterclass in March. By September they had 3 rental and one management SA.
• When you pay for expert guidance and support, you succeed far faster.
• Understanding what people want and giving it to them is a big part of SA success.
• The arguments you use to persuade landlords and agents need to be different. Rob, Claire, and Becca share the tactics they use in the podcast.
• Businesses are waking up to the fact that using SAs instead of hotels makes financial sense and is better for their employees.
• SAs are perfectly placed to tap into the new trend of taking short breaks, within an easy driving distance of home.
• SAs that have operated throughout the crisis will be streets ahead of their competitors when things get back to normal.
• There are plenty of simple and easy ways to retarget guests to get them to book again, directly with you, so you make a better profit.
• Becca and Claire share a tool they use to make sure they always get the best rate, including when event dates are announced in the middle of the night.
• You need to build redundancy in when it comes to cleaners and repairers.

BEST MOMENTS

‘With SA we don't always have to be there to make money, we can put the systems in place, do the background and make sure that the business can make money for us.’

‘Stay proactive, keep pushing those bookings forward.’

‘The popularity of SA I think, undeniably, is going to keep increasing.’

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ABOUT THE HOST

Your host Kevin Poneskis enjoys public speaking, travelling, exercising, and keeping fit. He also enjoys working with a charity called STOLL which provides accommodation and training for homeless veterans.

Kevin was in the British Army serving 24 years, mostly in a Commando unit and retired at the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major. He left the Army in 2011 and became a full-time property investor. During most of his Army career, Kevin was investing in property and has been a property investor now for over 27 years.

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