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Cozy Launches, Aims to Reinvent the Experience for Landlords and Renters

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SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) June 06, 2013

Cozy, the company removing headaches from renting residential real estate, unveiled its new service today which features a first-of-its-kind rent payment system, innovative landlord screening tools, and beautifully designed renter profiles.

Cozy’s mission is to radically change the rental real estate experience with a focus on elegantly designed products, transparency, privacy, and total control of one’s personal information. After an intensive six month beta period, Cozy has thousands of landlords and renters using the service in over 300 U.S. cities. Cozy has established itself as a trustworthy payment processor, and is processing millions of dollars annually.

Landlords can sign up now for their free 60-day trial at: cozy.co. Cozy is free for renters.

“Renting property is one of the oldest systems in human history, and it is a miserable experience. Renting property has never been designed. At Cozy, we’re making the entire process secure, seamless and even enjoyable from the very first interaction,” said Cozy CEO Gino Zahnd. “The U.S. is moving toward a more renter-based economy, and the timing couldn’t be better for a service like Cozy.”

NEW TOOLS FOR LANDLORDS

Cozy’s new payment system supports households with roommates. Each roommate pays individually, and Cozy bundles the payments so that the landlord receives one clean payment from the household. This system supports how leases actually work, and reduces liability for the landlord. Everything is based on recurring payments and is completely automatic.

Innovative screening tools enable landlords to accept applications from prospective renters online and make informed decisions on applicants. The renter applications call out key decision points such as employment, financial health, and rental history.

Any Cozy property application can also be shared on sites such as Craigslist, Twitter and Facebook, via email, or at property showings.

BEAUTIFUL RENTER PROFILES

Renters can create a beautifully designed, reusable portfolio with unprecedented accuracy, legitimacy, and control. The Cozy renter profile can be used to apply to properties with Cozy landlords, or anywhere else online. A Cozy profile allows renters to:


Introduce themselves to landlords in their own words
Import their LinkedIn profile and verify their current employer
Give a complete picture of their financial health
Request endorsements from previous landlords and references

About Cozy

Cozy makes renting easy for both landlords and renters. With world-class customer service and first-of-their-kind products for rent payments, applying/screening, and personal security, Cozy is the best way for small landlords and renters to get things done.

Founded in March 2012 and based in San Francisco, Cozy’s mission is to radically change the rental real estate experience with a focus on beautifully designed products, transparency, privacy, and total control of one’s personal information.

Cozy is backed by The Social+Capital Partnership, Google Ventures, and noted angel investors Tim Ferriss, Jason Calacanis, and Gary Vaynerchuck. Our founders are former lead designers and engineers from Flickr, Kosmix (now @Walmartlabs), Splunk, and Capital One.

Learn more at cozy.co.







Vertical Consultants Reveals How Q3 2013 Mobile Investments Affect Cell Tower Landlords

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Nashville, TN (PRWEB) November 14, 2013

Mobile venture capital investments have reached the largest financing quarter in history, according to CB Insights, a trusted investment database company. Venture capital firms have capitalized on the demand for apps, devices, mobile video, and mobile advertising among others, by investing over $ 1.12B in US mobile-related companies. This has made the third quarter of 2013 the highest quarterly total on record. It was also the first time that venture capital mobile deals have surpassed the healthcare sector.

These companies’ profit margins are on the rise, and, unfortunately, cell tower landlords are often not privy to this information. Implementing supply and demand economics would allow property owners to be paid full and fair value for telecoms and tower developers’ use of their land. As demand for mobile connectivity rises [subsequently increasing cell towers’ revenue] the value of property owners’ cell tower leases and the land used for telecom purposes also rises.

Hugh Odom, President and Founder of Vertical Consultants states, “Property owners throughout North America are in a better position today than ever before when it comes to negotiating terms for telecoms’ and tower developers’ use of their property. Growing consumer demands for mobile connectivity, in addition to an array of other mobile demands, increases the value of cell towers and their leases. However, property owners do not take advantage of this value increase because they are unaware that it even exists. Vertical Consultants was established to inform the uniformed property owners, advocating for those landowners who have been taken for granted and getting them full and fair value for their land that they deserve.”

Vertical Consultants’ success in the industry has proven the wide disparity between property owners and telecom companies. In 2012, the telecom lease-consulting firm increased property owners’ cell tower rents by 142% and, since inception, has recovered over 200 years worth of unpaid cell tower rents and expenses for their clients, collectively.

Vertical Consultants was founded in 2010 by Hugh Odom and is comprised of wireless industry veterans with decades of combined experience. Vertical Consultants specializes in issues surrounding the wireless telecom industry and prides itself as a source of information for property owners. Vertical Consultants experience in the industry allows it to offer its clients unmatched expertise, services and results. Unlike others in their field, Vertical Consultants is able to handle every aspect of the issues surrounding a cell tower, rooftop or any other type of telecom lease, from start to finish. To learn more, visit http://www.vertical-consultants.com or contact Vertical Consultants at info(at)vertical-consultants.com or 877.456.7552.







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