About Us
Our Story
Our foundation
Need + Innovation = Hospitality
In 2017 we searched unsuccessfully for an exceptional property manager for Washington DC Airbnb properties. Short Term Rental (STR) Property Managers are often casual operators, individuals or real estate dabblers. The industry was growing and we knew the time was right for a professional solution.
We brought in a crack team; now part of the company's fabric. We then built Great Dwellings on a set of four, key foundational pillars:
1. Owner Revenue Success
2. Guest & Owner Satisfaction
3. Property Condition Excellence
4. Trust & Transparency
The result? Our DC Area properties grew immediately, and we took on our first multi-unit building in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Today we serve hundreds of individual homeowners and the Developer/Investor community, managing their multi-unit properties. We are DC's largest, and serve hundreds of properties in Mexico, and will double our property count again this year..
Great Dwellings works on a unique, scalable property management model and builds exceptional software tools. Innovation and data-driven services drive our healthy growth, as the market for Short Term Rental property management explodes.
What's important to us? Satisfied owners, happy guests, revenue excellent and the hard-working, family-environment we've built within our company.
Our passion
Performance and Service
As we grew and expanded, we learned that great property management is a foundation built on 3-pillars, and we had to excel at each:
- Property Marketing
- Customer Service
- Maintenance
Property Marketing, the ability to generate the most revenue for a property is key to what we do; often outperforming the other property managers by 30 to 75%.
Customer Service? We're there for guests and owners 24/7, and we screen guests expertly so our clients have peace of mind. Our hard-earned 5-star reviews add up to more income and more property value for our owners.
We offer turnkey single and multi-family property maintenance and repair; most of our owners are offsite, even abroad. And they trust us with their investments.
It should be easy
Property Owners and Great Dwellings
With Great Dwellings, Individual property owners enjoy the freedom of outsourcing property management and the increased revenue that comes from furnishing curation, pricing and guest marketing. Investors and developers enjoy the same; hands-free ownership with higher revenue and NOI vs. long term rentals. We help with it all; including acquisition planning, compliance; even investment pro formas and accounting.
The industry
Airbnb Needs Great Dwellings
The most recent Airbnb statistics available from 2022 show that 14,000 new hosts joined the platform each month and there are over 7 million listings worldwide. And yet Airbnb only represents 29% of the market.
Property managers represent only 1% of all hosts but they manage 23% of available listings. Property Management continues to gain market share as single and multifamily owners add inventory, awareness grows for the benefits of professional management and larger companies enter the market. We work closely with Airbnb as well as VRBO and numerous other online services.
