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So we bought a 20-room motel one block from the beach. Our plan was to spend Year One renovating and building up the business, working 18 hours a day. (CHECK!) Year Two was to back off a little bit, take a day off here and there, but we still work quite a bit and that's okay. (CHECK!) Well now it's almost Year THREE and our plan was to find a couple to live on premises, take care of the day-to-day, and we'd be the extreme part-timers working 25 hours a week.
So my question for all you long-timers is: how realistic is it to think we can find a couple to run this place on a daily basis, take care of maintenance issues, and really treat it as their own? How do we figure out an appropriate salary? (I'd imagine a base + incentive pay?) The office is open 8am to 9pm, but you know how that goes, and if they're on premises instead of us, they will need to be the ones on call 24/7. I will do all bookkeeping, My husband will continue to do "projects" (painting, repairs, etc.) along with the new employees. We will live close-by and be very available and visible. We have housekeepers, so the couple won't be responsible for cleaning guest rooms, but they will be doing laundry (no big deal, we have commercial washer and dryer). It's a cute little place with the absolute nicest guests in a resort town, so they won't be dealing with bums or drugs or anything.
The apartment has a living room and kitchen (attached to the office, so it's not entirely private because it's a little bit of a staging area) and an upstairs bedroom and bathroom and balcony--one block from the beach!--which is completely private.
I know how difficult it was to find part-time office employees and housekeepers, and I'm wondering how difficult it will be to find a couple to fill this position--or is it even possible right now? We'd sure appreciate any thoughts or suggestions! THANKS for reading!!
So my question for all you long-timers is: how realistic is it to think we can find a couple to run this place on a daily basis, take care of maintenance issues, and really treat it as their own? How do we figure out an appropriate salary? (I'd imagine a base + incentive pay?) The office is open 8am to 9pm, but you know how that goes, and if they're on premises instead of us, they will need to be the ones on call 24/7. I will do all bookkeeping, My husband will continue to do "projects" (painting, repairs, etc.) along with the new employees. We will live close-by and be very available and visible. We have housekeepers, so the couple won't be responsible for cleaning guest rooms, but they will be doing laundry (no big deal, we have commercial washer and dryer). It's a cute little place with the absolute nicest guests in a resort town, so they won't be dealing with bums or drugs or anything.
The apartment has a living room and kitchen (attached to the office, so it's not entirely private because it's a little bit of a staging area) and an upstairs bedroom and bathroom and balcony--one block from the beach!--which is completely private.
I know how difficult it was to find part-time office employees and housekeepers, and I'm wondering how difficult it will be to find a couple to fill this position--or is it even possible right now? We'd sure appreciate any thoughts or suggestions! THANKS for reading!!