Amy Powers
of Vacation Rental In A Box
Published on:
November 14, 2022
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Q. Thanks for taking the time to sit with us to share your story with our readers. Can you start out by sharing a little bit about you and your company?
Yes, thanks for having me. I have been in the Real Estate Staging Industry since 2007. I live in Metro-Atlanta and found my ideal client to be Investors. In 2018, approaching Superbowl LIII in Atlanta, I started helping investors prepare their properties for STR. I fell in love with STR design. In 2022, I shut down my staging business and started Vacation Rental in a Box and doing STR designing full-time.
Q. Everyone has a story about how they got started, what was the inspiration or the catalyst for you starting your business?
I mentioned the Superbowl, which was the original catalyst, but when the pandemic hit, I feel in love with staying home with my kids and knew in my gut that I needed to make a shift so that I could have more quality of life. I have learned most changes occur because life kind of pushes you that way. So, in 2021, I had a few health issues and asked myself what was important to me. I loved being home and I loved traveling. The answer changed my mindset from staging to design and now I design STRs all over the country.
Q. What services do you offer? And why did you choose to offer those particular services?
I offer STR Design, mostly vacant properties but also offer refreshing of existing properties.
I also teach other designers and stagers how to do what I do.
Q. Did you ever have a project or customer, where everything was going wrong or the project was challenging? Can you share about that time, and how did you find a solution, or over-come the challenge?
With design, everything is about logistics and making sure we have the right product in a realistic timeframe.
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Q. Running a business is not always easy. What have you learned about yourself and your business, since launching your company?
To keep the vacation mindset. Allowing myself to enjoy quality of life so that my creativity isn't compromised. This includes staying in short term rentals as well when traveling.
Q. We've all had either an employee or a customer that makes what we are doing worth it all. Can you share with us a story about an employee, vendor or customer that really impacted you and touched your heart?
Many of my clients are in the medical field, nurses, doctors, pharmacists. Watching them grow and seeing their properties take off has been incredible to experience.
Q. If you could go back in time and give yourself some advice on how to manage or grow your business, what advice would you give yourself?
Get a business coach and an accountant straight away.
Q. If a potential client were reading this article right now, what would you tell them about you, your team or your business that would convince them to choose your company?
Our goal is to hone in the right demographic so we can design a space that will make you the most money in the long term.
Q. What is one fact about you or your business that most people might not know?
That I own three short-term rentals properties myself in Broken Bow, OK, Park City, UT and Sedona, AZ through an investment group collaboration. And I also want to own a tiny home and start a Southern Irish Restaurant in Plymouth, MA.
Q. Where do you see your business going in the next 5 or 10 years?
Taking off, we are growing so rapidly already. I would like to have an on-demand teaching platform. I am currently developing one on Kajabi.
Q. It was so great sitting with you to learn more about you and your company. How can people find out more about you and your business?
My website is a great place to start! vacationrentalinabox.com
Q. Thank you so much for sharing your story with IASHP Articles!
My pleasure.
