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Working at DPrealestate

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  DPrealestate is one of the many companies that is part of DPointgroup. DPointgroup is the mother organisation, managing all the smaller organisations. The way DPointgroup does this is very innovative and effective. People from all over the world can work at the company as it is always looking for more international people to translate their services to reach as many people they can. DPrealestate focuses on, the name says it, real estate. Its main job is to find investors for interesting and potential profitable properties. This is done by capturing properties from existing websites where consumers list their property. DPrealestate is mostly looking to buy properties from the owner, to rent it out later. However, DPrealestate is also interesting in renovating cheap properties to sell them for more money. My tasks as in intern is to promote the company and its products, as well as making sales or help finding potential properties that we could buy. To start doing this if firstly, creat
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Flipping a property

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No not literally..  T hat would be a bit strange. Flipping a property is about fixing up real estate, you basically buy a property, renovate it, and sell it. However, even though a lot of people think that this is easy money, it can be challenging to find a good property, renovate it in the right way and find buyers for it.  Basically there are two types of flipping; the first one is simply buying a property, wait for the market price to go up, and sell the property at the right moment to make money. The other one is a bit harder and is not only reselling the house, but also renovating the property. In this way you can ask a higher price for it, even if the market doesn't change! I know this sounds very appealing, as properties gain quite some value after a renovation. But flipping houses isn't suited for everyone. First of all, it is very time consuming, fixing up a house isn't so easy and it usually takes quite some time. Therefore it is important to not do this whole pro
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Promoting your Airbnb listing

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Last blog we talked about the best way to promote real estate. We figured that social media can be very powerful for advertising! Today, I will give you some additional tips on how to promote your property. We will be mainly focusing on Airbnb, one of the most popular platforms for making money with real estate. Airbnb is an online market for renting properties, you can either go on the platform as an owner or a renter on the platform and look for a match. Currently, Airbnb has over 3 million accommodations, divided over 192 countries and 33.000 cities! The company was founded in 2008 and in the first for years there were already 10 million bookings! The company is quite effective and tries to make the process as easy as possible for both the owner and the renter.  So, what can you do to make a stable, profitable company on Airbnb?  The first thing that you will need to make the property more interesting is a story. A nice background story can attract more customers and create depth in
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How to promote real estate

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In this blog I am going to explain you the basics of promoting real estate and how to earn money effectively combining real estate and your network. We will also have a look at social media and how this can improve the popularity of your property. How to make a good deal So first of all we need a property, before we can start promoting it. When buying a property there are some things you need to pay attention to very closely in order to make sure you are making a good, money making deal.  First thing to make sure, is that you buy a property somewhere in an area that is getting more popular. However, this is not a guaranteed succes, as the popularity of locations can change over time. Therefore, we need to look at quality of the property as well. Ask yourself questions like; in what state is the property? How old is the building? Why is the seller selling the property?  How to make money After we have decided this property will work for us, we need to find a way to make money with it. W
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In Barcelona: Restaurants #2

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In the previous blog we featured 5 of the most popular locations to eat and drink in Barcelona, today we expand that list to be 100% sure that your experience in Barcelona is positive!  In the previous blog we have seen that most restaurants have been around for quite a while, they could exist for this long by finding a perfect balance between developing and retaining your business. it is the art to keep your strong selling points and improve what is not popular right now.  Let's have a look at another 5 restaurants that are very popular in Barcelona! La Balmesina Kitchen:  Italian Price range: 12 euros for a pizza Specialties: Long fermented dough Where:   Sant Gervasi (Calle Balmes 193, FGC Graciá) Even though this restaurant is not really in the centre of Barcelona, according to locals is this the best pizzeria in town! What makes these pizzas so exceptional? The long fermented dough makes the taste even better as well that it is better for your digestion. Dos Palillos Kitchen:
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In Barcelona: Restaurants

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In a big city like Barcelona it is very easy to find a lot of places to get food, in the busy centre you see a lot of small shops where you can buy a kind of different food, however to get a real fine place you need to look a bit harder.  Some restaurants are looking fine but the food disappoint, other restaurants are small and cozy but are famous for there good kitchen. Fish, tapas and cheese are the most popular dishes the city has to offer.  To help you, I have made a list of the 5 best restaurants in Barcelona. Los Caracoles Kitchen:   Local Catalan kitchen Price range:15 - 50 euros for main dish Specialties: Open kitchen, dishes are cooked on wood. Where:   Gothic neighbourhood (c/Escudellers 14, metro L3 Drassanes) Los Caracoles is one of the oldest restaurants of Barcelona, the restaurant was founded in 1835 by the Bofarull family and was first named Can Bofarull, later the restaurant was renamed after one of its most famous dishes, Los Caracoles.  The special part about this re
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Real estate market 2020: Barcelona

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As markets can differ wildly based on location, I will feature in this blog several regions that are popular among consumers. This time we will have a look at Barcelona, the region for where I am mostly working at the moment.  Barcelona has been a real touristic hotspot since a long time, tourist from all over the world come to the famous beaches and the beautiful skyline. The city adapted to this economically and changed its city to the needs of tourists. The city counts over 400 hotels and has seen over 30 million tourist in 2019, enjoying the things the city has to offer. However, with Covid-19 the 'tourism rules', have changed and it is hard to be accurate about the numbers. Here are some general trends that we see in 2020; Rental prices in Barcelona are already high and there is low potential growth. Even though prices in other European cities are higher, their limit is related to salaries. Salaries in Barcelona are much lower compared to similar cities and the potential g
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