Tonight two people have told me the same rumor that Rentals.com has let go Rob Massey, Kevin Spaulding, and Gail Carter.
Now here is the big question, when will RentalHouses.com domain registration finally be updated to the new correct owner of CSI? Right now it still has Rob Massey’s name on it even though it has been over a year since CSI bought Rob’s site.
Sometimes when you transfer the ownership of a domain you can have drop in rankings on Google.
I am guessing that Rob Massey had some sort of agreement that he would still own the domain as long as he worked there. But now that he doesn’t work there (so the rumor goes) will they finally change the who-is record so I can watch the site drop in Google?
If they don’t change the who-is record I know they can get in to trouble with the ICANN organization.
“PROVIDING FALSE CONTACT INFORMATION CAN BE GROUNDS FOR DOMAIN NAME CANCELLATION”
I would like to keep my karma in tact so I won’t be turning them in.
Update: Bill Quirk has confirmed the rumors on his blog. Also the pictures and bios are off the RentalHouses.com site.
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Dave,
This is the month for Icann to verify domain information.
Hmmmm….Dave…I have already and will again advise some people in the Louisville RentalHouses.com shop to be looking for other jobs as ultimately I think they will shut the entire office down.
Dave,
Other higher paid Rentals.com staff will probably be next! Closing Louisville is a good bet!
Kona
Their bios are still on the site:
Robert Massey, Jr.
Founder of RentalHouses.com & VP of Industry Development
Kevin F. Spalding
Director of Business Development
Gail Carter
Business Operations Manager
That is a good guess. Jamie Cylmer might make that move to close the Louisville office to save money.
If they did really fire all the top management in Louisville, I could see Jamie making the decision to close that office.
Dave,
Louisville was just a low rent telemarketing operation with low level unskilled sales people. Rentalhouses revenue was pitiful. I never could figure out why Primedia bought it for that much money. I guess that is why the original Jamie is no longer there!
Kona
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Word is that they are not closing…just cutting the fat. Supposedly no plans to close Louisville…we shall see!
To me it would make sense for Jamie Clymer to close it and save money.
Jamie should move the RentalHouses.com site over on to the Rentals.com server and save more $ there too.
Actually, the name is registered under Bob Massey, Rob Massey’s son, who is still employed at RentalHouses.com.
And no, they will not be closing the Louisville office down. Clymer comes from a heavy telemarketing background more suited to the high-volume call game vs. the lower-volume research and relational building strategy RentClicks employed.
I wanna know how did Kevin Spalding survive so long? Anybody out there have a clue? And what was his contribution to Rentals? Director of Business Development – what? Other than CSI, who is he kidding? Just what did he develop? A new use for a bathroom stall?
In less than a year we have seen the total destruction and downfall of the biggest player in the rental classified industry. And lets face it – Jamie Galleo stuck the fork in Rentals.com when she had the grand (or bone headed) idea to consolidate the indusrty and purchase Rentalhouses.com (dueling banjos playing in the back ground)and vaporize RentClicks (cue the ballad of Darth Vader). Does anyone really believe this Clymer guy, (who knows nothing about property management, property managers, or the single family home rental industry) can do what the others before him couldn’t do? I’ll give him credit on one front – at least he is trying to take control and hold people accountable. It doesn’t seem he afraid to make necessary (insert overdue here as well)changes. His sales managers are grossly overpaid (thats’ an under statement). And even more than that they are underachievers (and that’s the under statement of the year). Lack of leadership has plagued Rentals.com since the RentClicks crew abandoned ship. Until he replaces his current management crew, Rentals doesn’t stand a chance. Rentals should waste no time consolidating his sales offices into one location. There’s no need to have 3 sales offices when they don’t even generate enough revenue to pay the rent. The Hillbillies in Louisville and the Hicks in Atlanta need to go. The view in Colorado is much better as well as the job pool.
I’m sure a lot of competitors out there are receiving resumes from the current staff at Rentals. I would keep this in mind however; The creme of the RentClicks crop left months ago when they had the fortitude to see where things are going and didn’t want any part of the mess which has been unfolding since Jan 07. Why settle for hamburger when you can have filet mignon?
To be honest. I don’t think there is ever going to be big huge money in online rentals…It is a labor of love.
If Rob Massey’s son owns it, what is stopping him from quiting his job there and then selling the domain name for millions?
If there is some agreement that he can not sell it, and CSI really owns it – that to me seems misleading to ICANN.
I guess Bob is the only one with job security!
Bill Quirk has confirmed the rumors on his blog.
What a mess!!!
Rentalhouses leadership is no longer on their site.
It didn’t take them long did it!
Now if we can get them to update the domain who-is info.
Illustria,
How long do you think the outside Reps in Orlando, Tampa and Jax will last………I don’t give them more than 3 months!
Kona
You know Rentalhouses had a real presence in Jax b4 the buyout…they basically forced out the person who had that territory. Now look at it. The new guy Clymer is not as enthusiastic about AE’s either.
Clymer is hiring inside telemarketers at 1/2 the pay of the AE’s. The AE’s are on their way out!
Dave,
Do you think KKR is happy with Quirk being the spokesman for Rentals. I would of pulled the plug on that joke of a blog!
Kona
Oh yeah…they were paying crazy money after the buyout…I wondered how they were gonna keep doing that.
KKR?
Kolberg, Kravitz, Roberts & Co
The real owners of Primedia….the ones that are shopping that dog!
ahh..thank you….
I think the Louisvillians are being optimistic…can’t say I did not warn them.
There is no reason to keep Louisville. They have to improve their bottom line to be sold……….keeping Louisville makes no sense!
Who knows..Rentals.com is so darn complicated…you don’t even know who it is you work for…I mean CSI? HPC Interactive? Primedia?
Rentals is hiring inside telemarketing Reps in…. Atlanta and Colorado Springs……not Louisville!
Louisville was supposedly going to but then not.
Br’s against Splading,
CSI’s HR Department knew about Spalding’s antics…..but did nothing about it!
Oh Really Now? The truth is coming out?
Thats a story not suited to this “G” rated environment. But Spaldy is well known in Burlington, Vermont!
I have to laugh how many people know about the dirty dozen? I can’t laugh hard enough at the firing of good old… [removed]
Guess,
I deleted the last part of your comment because is was way too out there.
I am not going to allow that kind of talk on my blog.
Note: I am closing the thread down for comments in a few minutes – it is getting out of hand. Just because I let people post without their real names doesn’t mean I allow people to say hateful things.
Good For You Dave!
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