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Contactless rental housing: Ukrainian startup conquers the American market

Another Ukrainian startup entered the world market. Its owner shares the secret of where to look and how to work with American investors, says "Voice of America".

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In times of a pandemic, contactless service delivery methods are becoming increasingly popular.

Despite the economic problems, the user base of the mobile application is growing, which allows you to rent or lease housing without a personal meeting, questionnaires and signatures. This application was created and promoted by Ukrainians. The main office of the company is located in California, the software is made in Ukraine. Where better to look and how to work with investors, the owner of the company said.

Offering a higher price for renting an apartment than the owner calls it - such a scenario is difficult to imagine in Ukraine. However, in large American cities, where demand often exceeds supply, sometimes this is perhaps the only way to find decent housing. Ukrainian startup Rentberry offers to make this process easier. Even despite the pandemic, they continue to grow their customer base.

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The history of the Ukrainian-American company Rentberry illustrates well the classic startup theory: face a problem, analyze and find a solution. In 2015, a resident of Kiev, Aleksey Lyubinsky, along with business partners, came to San Francisco with another startup. For almost a month they could not find a place to rent because of the great competition among tenants.

“There are many people who apply for this housing,” says Alexey, executive director of Rentberry. “And you also don’t know who will want to offer the owner and how much money.” Someone can give 100-200 dollars more. That’s why we decided to make a service that automates all this.”

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The platform also allows apartment owners to fairly assess the value of their property, both upwards and vice versa. Very often the price can be overpriced and the apartment is idle. Most of these empty apartments are in Miami, Orlando and Las Vegas. Other advantages of the company are that they assist in the negotiation process between the owner and the property seeker. They also help with the execution and storage of documents on the blockchain platform.

“You pay rent every month, all your documents are in the cloud,” says Alexey. “If something goes wrong, you can also fix it through the platform.”

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Unlike Airbnb, which suffered during the pandemic, Rentberry focuses on long-term rental housing. Now the company operates in more than 20 thousand cities in 50 countries of the world, and the number of users is growing even despite the pandemic.

“A year ago we had about 30-40 thousand active users,” says Alexey. — Recently there are more than 320 of them. And by the end of the year we will have half a million every month. In times of crisis, many people continue to rent rather than buy housing. People want automation, they want less contact or contactless rentals.”

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You can search for housing on the platform for free. The company itself makes money in several ways. Landlords with more than 3 properties are charged a commission. There is also an option for paid advertisements. And for a small fee, you can draw up documents through the site. Specifically, in the United States, all renters have criminal and credit checks, lease application fees, and special insurance. In addition, Rentberry sells user data to advertisers.

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“We track when the tenant moved into the apartment, we know how long he signed the contract for, and when he will leave,” explains Alexey. “And by the time he leaves, we know whether he is looking for housing in another place or will renew it here. If he is looking elsewhere, we can sell this information to moving companies.”

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Lyubinsky's team consists of more than 30 people. The front office is in California, software developers are in Ukraine. Over 5 years on the market, the company has collected a total of more than $13 million in investments. For entrepreneurs who also dream of their own startup, Lyubinsky advises looking not for venture funds, but for private investors.

“As it turned out from our practice, there are a lot of rich people who do not belong to funds and are not their partners, who simply love their business, they live somewhere in Idaho or Colorado and are happy to give money to entrepreneurs who come knocking on their door.” “says Alexey. — In America, a lot has to do with trust in the entrepreneur. But this trust cannot be destroyed.”

Lyubinsky’s future plans include developing a platform for renting commercial premises, as well as investing in virtual reality technologies, which will allow him to completely avoid the services of a realtor in the process of searching for an apartment in the future.

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