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Founded: March 2019
Founder and CEO: Brooke Pfautz
Headquarters: All Remote Staff (but based in Baltimore, MD)
Company Type: Private
Industry: Vacation Rentals
Business Model: SaaS, Marketing Agency
Employees: 50+
Vintory helps professional vacation rental managers (VRMs) identify, market to and ultimately work with owners of second homes. We strongly believe that the fastest way for VRMs to grow their businesses is to add new rentals homes to their inventory.
Vintory offers VRMs an online marketing automation platform, paired with data and marketing services. Our platform helps VRMs discover and target new homes in their market(s), execute omni-channel marketing campaigns to the owners of these homes, and finally uses intelligent automation to get interested homeowners to join their property management program.
Here’s my top 10 list, a cheat-sheet for direct mail. This list will help you grow your short-term vacation rental inventory with direct mail.
Join hosts Brooke Pfautz and Conrad O’Connell as they have a fun conversation with, Ginger Harrelson, Co-Owner at Beachball Properties – a family-owned and operated vacation rental agency servicing the Alabama Gulf Coast. During this episode Ginger will reflect on mistakes she made along the way to becoming successful, including, not hiring VAs sooner to waiting to long to bring the real estate side of things in house. This podcast is sure to leave you with many relatable moments and tons of knowledge gained!
Join hosts Brooke Pfautz and Conrad O’Connell as they get into the details with Steve Trover, CEO at Better Talent – a subscription-based hiring solution that blends technology, behavioral science, and a high-touch human element to identify and hire the right people for the right seats in your organization. During this exciting conversation Steve will share his top 10 mistakes from avoiding unprofitable properties and owners, to prioritizing the building of a strong team early on. This podcast should be the first stop for all early career vacation rental managers.
Join hosts Brooke Pfautz and Conrad O’Connell as they have a thoughtful conversation with the mastermind herself, Jennifer Mucha, Founder & President at Arrived – a full-service vacation rental management company that operates vacation rentals in popular destinations throughout the United States. During this episode Jennifer will share on topics like not following your intuition to getting swept up in the latest trends. This podcast is sure to surprise and delight you while leaving your with tangible takeaways to apply to your business.
Join hosts Brooke Pfautz and Conrad O’Connell as they host an exciting conversation with Jason Sprenkle, CEO at Key Data Dashboard – the leading provider of real-time vacation rental market data for the short term rental industry. During this podcast Jason will share his top 10 mistakes that marked his journey and the priceless lessons each misstep unveiled. Grab a coffee and notebook, this session is filled with exciting takeaways from accounting to branding, and obviously data!
Join hosts Brooke Pfautz and Conrad O’Connell as they unpack a wealth of insights with CJ Stam, the man behind Southern Comfort Cabin Rentals – a regional leader in vacation cabin rentals and property care management, offering a variety of property styles and locations near desirable attractions. In this tell-all episode, CJ will explain learnings from his top 10 mistakes that marked his journey and the priceless lessons each misstep unveiled. From holding onto toxic employees, to neglecting to enforce best practices this episode is a treasure trove of candid confessions and enlightened reflections designed for vacation rental managers, owners and aspiring investors.
Vintory is the first and only platform exclusively focused on helping professional vacation rental managers grow their inventory.
The company's software and services platform helps VRMs:
-Use a variety of data services to locate homeowners in their market
Brooke is a big believer that you can do anything if you put your mind to it. He is a big proponent of the Kaizen philosophy, which focuses on continuous improvement. He’s put that strategy to work in everything from building companies to competing in Iron Man competitions.
Brooke Pfautz is the world’s foremost expert on helping vacation rental managers grow their inventory. As a VRM, Brooke famously grow Vantage Resort Realty’s inventory from zero to more than 500 properties under management in less than five years.
A serial entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience in the vacation rental industry, Pfautz has experience running companies as both an owner and top executive. His background spans vacation rental management, software, finance and more.
Pfautz graduated from Eastern Carolina University with a degree in Corporate Finance in 1997. He currently lives outside Baltimore, MD with his wife and two daughters.
Brooke is an excellent interview if you’re looking for a source on any of the following topics:
Please submit interview requests to Rob Holderness, rob at vintory.com.
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