New website allows homeowners to search the
world's largest directory of short-term rental managers, view guest
and owner reviews, compare performance data, see market benchmarks
and more.
BALTIMORE,
Aug. 1,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Comparent, an innovative
marketplace designed to revolutionize how vacation rental owners
find and choose the perfect vacation rental management company,
officially launched to the public today.
Based in Baltimore,
Maryland, Comparent is the world's largest directory of
short-term rental property management agencies on the planet,
providing owners of second homes the ability to search and compare
more than 5,000 property management firms in hundreds of markets in
the United States and abroad.
The company is led by its founder and CEO,
Brooke Pfautz, a 16-year veteran of
the short-term rental industry. Pfautz said the goal of Comparent
is to bring transparency to the process of finding the right
property manager for your second home.
"Finding a manager for your short-term rental is
one of the most frustrating processes in the short-term rental
space," said Pfautz, who owns his own vacation rental and
previously led one of the largest vacation rental management
companies in Ocean City, MD.
"Compared to other industries, there's a major deficit in the
amount of information available online that can assist homeowners
in deciding which property manager to choose."
Comparent solves that problem by aggregating
property manager performance data, guest reviews, owner reviews,
and more, in a single, easy-to-use website. Initially, this
information is sourced online from publicly available resources,
but when property managers claim their profiles, they can choose to
feed in more precise data by authorizing the sharing of their
performance data through a verified third-party analytics
provider.
"As far as I know, this is the first time that
this level of data has been publicly accessible online," Pfautz
said. "While it's a first for the short-term rental space, most
other industries already have one or more established directories.
We're simply doing for the STR space what Capterra and G2 have done
for software, what Angi has done for contractors, and what Clutch
has done for marketing agencies."
The launch of Comparent comes after years of
research and development, Pfautz said. And while the company still
has a huge backlog of features to be added, at launch it offers
many useful tools for both homeowners and property managers.
These key features include:
- Comprehensive Listings: Access a large database of vacation
rental management companies around the globe.
- Detailed Comparisons: Compare management company statistics,
such as average daily rates, average occupancy, number of
properties, and more.
- Expert Insights: Benefit from speaking to an industry expert to
help guide you in the decision-making process.
About Comparent
Comparent helps
homeowners find the right professional property manager for their
short-term rental. The company's cutting-edge platform seamlessly
allows vacation homeowners to find and compare trusted vacation
property managers – and adds transparency to this process by
showcasing reviews and performance statistics from property
managers. The goal of Comparent is two-fold: to be the go-to place
for homeowners to research property managers and the best place for
property managers to showcase their offerings to homeowners. Learn
more at Comparent.com.
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