In this episode, Alex & Pooh discuss how to determine which partners and clients you should

be working with. At some point scammers or shady people will target your lead generation

service, it´s just a part of doing business. Alex & Pooh share the details of some of the

scams they have seen, as well as how to spot them and make sure you do not become one

of their victims.

They explain how to do due diligence, the safest way to handle last minute bookings,

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Having to deal with would-be scammers or shady characters is sadly almost
  
  inevitable for lead generators.


• You need to be accommodating, but when it comes to taking payment late, you need
  
  to really know that company well before you can consider doing that.


• Last minute bookings are not that uncommon. Which means occasionally the client
  
  will be in the property before the payment goes through the banking system e.g. at
  
  the weekend.


• Only take payments via bank transfer to avoid card payment clawbacks.


• Carefully vet your hosts. Alex & Pooh explain how they have handled specific
  
  scenarios.


• Be organized you need to carefully track both sides of the transaction, how and when
  
  your client paid and the same for the host you use.


• Protect yourself with partnership contracts. Alex & Pooh explain how you can access
  
  their training and downloads to learn more about these contracts.


• Airbnb takes a long time to handle claims.

BEST MOMENTS

“We have to do a lot of due diligence on who our clients are and our partners too.”

“Sometimes they try to book with you then they don’t pay.”

“It´s hard to fake listings with a substantial number of reviews behind them.”

“You´re gonna speak to quite a few people to make sure you understand the rate and that

it’s reasonable.”

“If you don’t know everything that’s going on and how every booking is meant to work, you

can just get screwed.”

LINKS

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HOST BIOS

Alex & Pooh have built a portfolio of over 16 Serviced Accommodation Units and 10 Buy-To-

Lets collectively over the last 5 years. -

This AirBnB Business has allowed each of them to create their own tailor-made ‘lifestyle by

design.’

Pooh chose to escape the corporate life as an electrical engineer instead to spend his time

at home with his young and growing family, and Alex likes to spend most of his time in sunny

Spain enjoying his love for road cycling or even hiking in the Tramuntana mountain ranges.

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