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Can a custom build work for a long-term or mixed rental portfolio?
Yes. The first builds were for coliving, but a long-term, mid-term, or mixed portfolio has the same core problem: the numbers, tasks, and deals live in different tools. A custom build connects the ones you already use.
What carries over from a coliving build?
Most of it. Each of the three builds on this site solves a problem that is not specific to renting by the room.
| Build | In a coliving portfolio | In a long-term or mixed portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio P&L | True net per house and per room after PadSplit fees | True net per property after vacancy, turnover, management fees, and repairs |
| Operations hub | Repairs, tasks, lock codes, and room records in one place | Repairs, tasks, lease dates, and property records in one place |
| Deal Acquisition | Deals scored against a rent-by-room buy box | Deals scored against your own buy box, such as rent-to-price, beds, location, and rehab budget |
Try the live demo - a sample portfolio with profit, occupancy, repairs, tasks, and a deal pipeline in one place.
What is different in a long-term portfolio?
The unit of profit is the property, not the room, and there are no per-room platform fees to reconcile. Leases run longer, so each turnover and each vacant month costs more when it happens. Mid-term rentals sit in between, with furnished costs and shorter stays. A build is scoped to whichever of these you actually run, including a mix of them in one portfolio.
Where should a long-term or mixed-portfolio investor start?
With the one problem that costs you the most time. For most investors that is a monthly P&L rebuilt by hand, a property manager's updates spread across email and texts, or incoming deals screened one at a time.
The discovery call is free and takes 30 minutes. Builds start at $1,500, with a fixed scope and a fixed price agreed before work begins. You own the system, with no seat fees.
Has this been built for a long-term portfolio yet?
Not as a published example. The builds shown on this site were made for coliving and PadSplit investors, including the founder's own Jacksonville portfolio. The same pieces apply to long-term rentals, and the discovery call is where we check whether your portfolio is a fit before anything is scoped.
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