Capstone – Project
17. Pricing for Small-Dollar Houses in Small to Medium Size Cities
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Company Information
Company | Hurry Home |
HQ | Indiana |
Revenue | Unlisted |
Employees | 1-5 |
Stage | Pre-Revenue Startup |
Hiring Potential | Formal Internship |
Website | https://www.hurryhome.io/ |
Company Overview
Course Info & Engagement Details
School | Masters in Business Administration (MBA) |
Engagement Format | - |
Course | MBA Interterm (SPRING 2021) |
Level |
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Students Enrolled | 120 enrolled, 3-5 students per team per project |
Meeting Day & Time | 3/22-25/2021 |
Student Time Commitment | 30+ Hours Per Week |
Company Time Commitment | 5+ Hours |
Duration | 0.43 Weeks |
Project Topics

Growth Strategy
Program Timeline
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UPLOAD STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY
UPLOAD STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY
During this program, you'll be working on a real project posed by a real industry partner. Please download, sign, and then upload the Statement of Confidentiality. If your industry partner requires an additional NDA, that will be loaded as a Project Resources
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March 20th, 2021 | Submission Required submission-required | |
OFFICIAL PROJECT KICKOFF
OFFICIAL PROJECT KICKOFF
Each company will provide a web conference link and time for scheduled kickoff meeting
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March 22nd, 2021 | Event na | |
Temperature Check #1 Due by 5:00 PM ET
Temperature Check #1 Due by 5:00 PM ET
Survey link: https://forms.gle/4gvD9GKxaz2TtU9XA
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March 22nd, 2021 | Event na | |
Temperature Check #2 Due by 5:00 PM ET
Temperature Check #2 Due by 5:00 PM ET
Survey link: https://forms.gle/ZHNgiiAKBhgMHiFMA
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March 23rd, 2021 | Event na | |
PROJECT COMPLETE: UPLOAD FINAL DELIVERABLES
PROJECT COMPLETE: UPLOAD FINAL DELIVERABLES
Please upload your final presentations and/or any final reports you delivered to the company.
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March 25th, 2021 | Submission Required submission-required | |
Final PEER Evaluation Due
Final PEER Evaluation Due
Survey link: https://forms.gle/RJ53QZ3QPfju96a29
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March 28th, 2021 | Event na | |
Final SELF Evaluation Due
Final SELF Evaluation Due
Survey link: https://forms.gle/LQiD3DsT8MQHmPhZ7
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March 28th, 2021 | Event na | |
Final Interterm Feedback Survey
Final Interterm Feedback Survey
Survey link: https://nd.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3UyUpnYDJl8wCZ8
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March 28th, 2021 | Event na |
Project Milestones
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March 23, 2021 - Identify channels used by prospective renters and landlords to connect low-income renters with opportunities for affordable housing in cities with high low-income housing density.
Guiding question:
- What are the channels landlords utilize to advertise rental properties for low-income households in cities with high low-income housing density?
- What are the channels through which low-income renters learn about opportunities for affordable housing in cities with high low-income housing density?
- What data do these sources provide on the features and pricing of the rental properties?
Suggested Deliverable:
Directory of resources/databases/listings low-income renters utilize to locate affordable housing and landlords advertise rental property for low-income households, including their respective characteristics/features, benefits, and drawbacks.
In addition to supporting the work for milestone 2 of this project, the directory should be useful for informing future advertising and related tech support.
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March 25, 2021 - Create prospective models for fair and affordable pricing of rental properties for low-income renters.
- Utilizing data from the directory developed in the initial milestone:
- What are they variables that significantly impact rent rates (e.g. location, square footage, seasonality)?
- What are the variables that significantly influence renters perceptions of rental opportunities?
- What strategies do landlords use to boost the perceived value of their rental property to prospective renters (e.g. including utilities, furnishings, appliances)?
- How do actors currently make pricing decisions on low-income rental housing?
- What are some suggested strategies for increasing the value of rentals for customers?
- Keeping in mind that the principle of fairness is crucial to our enterprise, what should our strategies be for pricing these assets?
Suggested Deliverable:
- Financial model/rubric for pricing based on rental property features, values, locations (not expecting a formula or algorithm)
- Presentation/demonstration and report of real-world application of rental house and how you would price that out using the rubric/financial model.
Resources: Hurry Home will provide Zillow data, Craig’s list scraping records, appraisals of houses for information on others who have approached this problem in the past.
Constraints: How is COVID-19 impacting the market, particularly given the eviction moratorium ends in 2020? What do you see in terms of the data? Can you confirm or validate some of the things we are hearing between the finalizing of this charter in January and the launch of the project in March?
- Utilizing data from the directory developed in the initial milestone:
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