From the 8 page PDF about the new www.RentalHomePros.com site from NARPM:
It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to create and customize the RHP system.
Wow! Ah, let me clarify that – WOW!
It costs me zero dollars to create RentVine, but it took me 700 hours to develop and test it.
For comparison sake, let’s say that RentVine is comparable to www.RentalHomePros.com in complexity, and let say that “hundreds of thousands” means $200K.
$200,000 divided by 700 hours is $286 an hour!
Instead of creating it from scratch, NARPM could have purchased the foundation of the site for $149 just like www.RentClicks.com did when they started.
In my opinion it will take NARPM many many years to pay off this number.
Did NARPM pay too much?
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Hey Dave, what do you mean by “NARPM could have purchased the foundation of the site for $149 just like RentClicks.com did when they started”?
When RentClicks started they basically took an off the shelf product that was all built ready to go tweaked it up a bit put it online.
Over the years they created something unique from it, but I am guessing a lot of the ASP original code they got for $149 is still working on the Rentals.com site today.
If you are a competitor or someone looking to start a new site – I am not going to give you the name of the program – you will have hunt for it.
Ha! Very easy to tell if you look hard enough. I know! I know! “shut up robbie”!
Dave,
I think NARPM is a joke. Does anyone know what the deal is betwenn NARPM and FARPM?
MGG
Dave,
I think NARPM is a joke. Does anyone know what the deal is between NARPM and FARPM?
MGG