Three Considerations When Deciding To Jump Into The New Residential Real Estate Market
9/15/20
“One challenge to avoiding the inevitable common traps of new opportunities is the ability of decision-makers to make expert moves early.”
Forbes
16 Common Mistakes Brokers Make When Opening Their Own Firms
8/26/20
“One common mistake is trying to compete on all things all the time as it's tempting to do the same things other firms are doing.”
Forbes
Economic Vibrancy Still Very Much a Long Game
8/21/20
“In short, the Outer Banks has always been resilient in the face of larger economic adversity because our elected officials, on behalf of our citizens, have made far-sighted strategic decisions with scarce resources to invest in the surest possible insulation against the ebbs and flows of economic turbulence — infrastructure.”
The Outer Banks Voice
Is This The Golden Age Of The American Family Vacation?
8/18/20
“In fact, rural vacation rentals in general have seen a surge across virtually every continental market this summer season.”
Forbes
How I Did It: Used Technology To Reopen Our Business During The Pandemic—And Maintain Great Customer Service
8/4/20
“While the required closure and new realities amid the pandemic presented big hurdles for our business, they’ve motivated us to innovate and make changes that inevitably will help us to continue providing unmatched customer service.”
Spectrum Business Insights
Clark Twiddy of Twiddy & Company: How We Plan To Rebuild In The Post COVID Economy
7/13/20
“Our business has always been a direct reflection of our understanding of exactly what our customers want today and expect from us in the future. We’re going to stick close to our customers, listen relentlessly, and design the future of our Company around what works for them and what works for our team in a way that’s sustainable, efficient, and impactful to our purpose.”
Authority Magazine
How to Survive and Thrive in the Post-Coronavirus Economy
7/1/20
“The companies that will survive and profit on the other side of this crisis are those that understand their customer and the data in their business.”
Small Biz Daily
The New Normal: Adapting to a Changed Reality
6/11/20
“As the professional community begins to work its way through the COVID-19 curve and the associated rolling economic calamity induced by the virus, we all begin to wonder what our lives and livelihoods might look like in what will inevitably be a changed reality.”
VRM Intel
The Latest Trend in Vacation Rentals: Long-Term Stays
5/26/20
“Twiddy and Company, which manages 1,100 vacation homes on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, said it was seeing an “unprecedented” number of long-term bookings.”
The New York Times
Americans Prefer Beach Vacations And Road Trips In 2020
5/19/20
“A new survey conducted by Twiddy & Company, a vacation rental company on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, found that while much of the American population is ready to travel now or are comfortable traveling before a vaccine is available, only 7 percent are willing to travel internationally and 72 percent prefer to drive.”
Travel Agent Central
The Professional Vacation Rental Manager’s Crisis Playbook
4/27/20
“In a situation where so much is unknown—whether that’s a natural disaster, global contagion, financial conflagration, or simply man-made problems—it’s useful to have a simple, understandable, and uncomplicated group of guideposts to help move the team forward together.”
VRM Intel
NC's Tourism Industry Ground To A Halt Amid Pandemic
4/20/20
“Few people right now have a better sense of what would-be Outer Banks vacationers are thinking than Clark Twiddy. His family’s business, Twiddy & Company, manages about 1,100 rental homes on the Outer Banks.”
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio
