Where is your HQ based?
Based in Chesterfield, 50 units in portfolio – we own 40 units, we are in Nottingham, Derby, Chesterfield, Sheffield Rotherham, Barnsley. Sutton in Ashfield. We are expanding to London, Cardiff, Liverpool, Leicester and other regions. The franchise territories are limited as we do not wish to have competition within our own community.
Do you work internationally – can you set up a business in Dubai or Turkey?
Yes, you can set up a franchise aboard.
Do you take any commission from the sale of the franchise after 5 years?
If you decide to sell your franchise, yes, we do take a small sales commission, we have the right to buy back first, before you offer to anyone else. We will handle the sale as it is part of our business.
Can you explain the difference between franchise and training?
Academy training is that you will pay the training fee, we don’t have involvement in your operation other than providing support, system and coaching. You will run your business under own brand, do 100% work, and you get 100% of the income, you launch your own brand, you will run your own business. Our academy training cost covers the mentoring and coaching, all support we provide.
Franchise, – You will pay franchise license fee, but we do not charge training cost, you will get VIP mentorship free of charge which worth £25k per year, for a 3 years franchise you will get £75k coaching package comes with it. You pay a franchise fee for using our Smart Corporate Stays brand and your initial training will cover what you need to set up and run your business. You learn skills to become a professional property investors, your role is to acquire property portfolio, and raise finance to pay for it so you can continue expand without running out of money. Our team will provide interior design, project management, staging until your property is ready, then we will run it for you to get bookings, we will offer sales and marketing done for you, handle all the guests communications, sales and marketing. You can choose to have your property fully managed, or you can run your local operation. Fully training and support are provided, our team will support you every step of the way. You will get a mentor and coach to teach you how to set up and run the business. You are launching a branch of our business in your local area.
Time scale -how soon can I get started?
You can start the franchise immediately. First step is to fill in an application form and return with your signature. You will need to pay your initial upfront payment then we will get you booked in with a one2one on-boarding coaching session, and give you access to the training materials and get your mentorship set up. If you have got a existing property, the project team will offer their support by looking at your existing floor plan, and make suggestion and provide a checklist of what needs doing and how to go about it.
If you join as franchise business partner, you can get started training straight away. First training is a one2one on-boarding session where you will be given access with all the training, schedule of workshop, and suport, set goals and action plans.
How long does it take for a property to go live?
It depends, if you have a furnished property and previously run as HMOs or AirBnB, it is possible for the house to go live straight away, usually within 2 weeks. If it is unfurnished property, it usually take between 2-4 weeks to arrange work to be carried out, furniture to be delivered and then go live. Your project manager will arrange everything with you, interior design, draft out a floor plan and provide a full list of what you need, and we will provide furniture, all items in your property so you won’t have to waste your time to go shopping. We provide most items at very competitive wholesale prices so you can save money, and get the house done up at a good standard and saving your money and time.
How does it work if I am interested?
If you are interested in joining, you can get in touch and book a one2one consultation call with our sales team. Please email: franchise@smartcorporatestays.com or fill in enquries form.
What would happen if I did not sign the franchise agreement in time?
You will need to sign your franchise agreement before your property goes live.
Can I speak to any of your previous members to get assurance?
We hold free discovery workshops every month, where you may meet any of our previous academy community members or existing franchisees. Due to data protection, we are unable to share any of our mentee’s or franchisee’s details for you to speak or ring up. We are happy to provide video testimonials so you can see their journey and hope you find it inspirational. With effort, if you follow the system you will achieve an outcome.
What type of customers are you getting for the bookings?
We mainly focus on targeting contractors, business professional and corporate clients. We have more than 4,000 corporate clients in our database, many of these clients travel a lot, have 7-8 projects across the country. We are looking for business partners who has got properties so we can offer our clients a good quality property where they need to stay.
We keep good relationship with many of our existing and previous clients, and they usually stay for a long time until their project finishes.
How do you find clients to book directly?
Apart from generating leads from online booking platforms, we also attend exhibitions, paid magazine or social media adverts. We have got database of 4,000 clients in our system where they are running 7-8 projects across the UK. We also have 15-20 new clients booking with us each week and they also run active projects across the UK at any given time. We have sales reps to do follow up calls in the office and get you direct bookings. To book direct you can do this online visit: www.smartcorporatestays.com, or you can call our reservations team at 07454 488112, they will be more than happy to take your bookings.
What location are these clients stay?
We promote our properties through multiple platforms. We use online booking site, social media platforms, email marketing, advertising, and exhibitions. We also enourage word of mouth marketing and through our existing clients, build relationship with them and encourage direct bookings. In our training we will provide a full system for you to identify demand for contractor’s stay. They usually stay near to their work, and therefore it is important you do your research so you can invest your property at the best location. If you already have an existing portfolio, we will use our system to improve performance and boost booking for you and maximise your revenue the best we can.
What is the franchise and how does it work?
Smart Corporate Stays is a property management franchise business. We focus on serving corporate clients whose employees come to work in the area. We have been running the corporate let since 2017, and now reaching out to different other locations and inviting business partners who can acquire properties and run the business model under our brand. The purpose of this business model is to create win-win, our clients who can stay at your property and we can get them to book in for you.
When you join our franchise, you will be provided with full system and training so you can benefit from the long term bookings without having to do all the work yourself.
We will increase your income 5-10 times than a single let, 3-5 times than a HMOs, and 2-3 times of Airbnb so you can get more cashflow and your business is much more profitable. Typically you can get £3-10k per month in less than 3 months, and you will be learning how to buy 5-10 houses each year without using own money.
Who is the franchisor and what are their background?
Franchisor is smart corporate stays, the founder of our franchisor, has been working in marketing for 28 years, and worked as senior lecturer in marketing for 15 years, and has been mentoring other property investors to buy properties and generating property income since 2014. She has created a smart property investors academy and has helped thousands of property investors in the last few years to improve their skills to make money from property investing.
Between 2013 to 2015, Vanessa has bought 18 properties without using her own savings. She taught other mentee to buy 6 houses in 6 months. She created a training called – How to buy 10 houses in 10 months, to encourage more people to build their own portfolio without using their own money.
What is the business model and how does it work?
Smart Corporate Stays are created under the business model taught by Smart Property Invesors Academy, we coached other property investors successfully bought proprties without using own money and acquire properties either use Rent2Rent or purchase below market value properties. The business is founded in 2013, Vanessa has bought 18 properties in less than 2 years and she bought 40 property units in less than 5 years and have acquired more than 25 rent2rent properties… coached and mentored many others to achieve 7-figure rental income and build a 7-figure portfolio in a short time.
The franchisee will be coached directly by Vanessa and her team will support your journey under Smart Corporate Stays. We gift a VIP mentorship for 5 years when you join so you can acquire properties and raise finance to pay for it. With a partnership structure, you will acquire properties we will run it for you and our corporate clients and contractors got a nice place to stay.
Can I apply for fundings?
Yes, you can get a franchise loan, which is government back. We have also other finance advisor or broker who can offer business loan or personal loan if you need to raise finance for set up your franchcise business.
You will need to have good credit rating or a business partner to pass credit check. We are happy to support your application after you apply a placce.
Can I have a trial period before fully committing?
You can start training with the Academy as a trial. We will give you either 90 days training at £6k so you can experience the quality and standard of training we provide.
You can join the franchise within 3 months, if you do, we may be able to offset the training cost.