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ABOUT MAURICE
Maurice Aouad is a multifaceted business owner, with the ability to create value, by utilising experience and discernment. He’s also the founder of IVI properties, established in 2012. It has the main Purpose to offer tailored made Property solutions by helping Property Owners with Under-Utilized Portfolio’s develop an alternative income stream and in turn offering inbound travellers to top destinations worldwide, real value for their money by renting on a short-term basis a fully serviced luxury apartments in Fantastic and convenient locations.. IVI has rapidly grown over the past few years and currently has the recognition for Luxury short term letting apartments within the Property industry.
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TALKING POINTS
0:00 Intro
1:35 Icebreaker
3:28 Pioneering Airbnb/ Service accommodation in Accra
4:10 How Ivi Properties started
5:27 What Ivi Properties means
6:58 Lack of professionalism in the property industry in Ghana
9:21 Ghana’s emerging hospitality industry
9:58 Ivi properties locations
13:21 Biggest lessons
17:03 Year of Return Bookings (2019)
19:52 Guest experience
21:54 Partners
23:14 Guest vetting
28:28 Guest booking tips
31:10 Life before Ivi Properties
36:14 DJ life
37:13 Drummer Box (Fintech)
40:50 The Real Estate & Diaspora Transition in Ghana`
48:01 40 under 40 Awards
48:58 Future of IVI Properties & Maurice
52:07 Final thought
56:53 Socials
KEY POINTS
Luxury properties are relative according to Maurice
Maurice feels The level of quality control and business acumen wasn’t as aggressive in various countries.
The serviced accommodation industry continues to evolve and its important to keep up
Ivi Properties avoids jumping on trends to maximise profit, but rather on offering consistency of service and value to his end users or clients for repeat business
Before Ivi Properties, Maurice was and is still into music, technology and coding on computers. He even used to be a Radio DJ in the early 2000s and had people like Donaeo and Lethal Bizzle on his show in the UK.
One of Maurice’s friends was involved in the Global Citizens event which took placed in 2022
Drummer box was a fintech invention by Maurice to solve an international payment problem. This didn’t last long, but was able to leverage the technology he developed to use for another purpose
Maurice has always had an artistic and creative outlook to life
Clifton Homes, The Lennox 2022, Signature GH by CapeMay Properties, are some developers approved by Maurice, who are offering value for money for properties
The rapid urbanisation of Accra will die down
In the future, it’s about figuring out what will make tenants and guests stay a bit more enjoyable, according to Ivi Properties. Personally, Maurice wants to move more into consultancy and mentorship in the future.
Success is relative
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Maurice is working on a coaching and mentorship programme for young people
TIPS TO LISTENERS
Take small steady and incremental things that you can do to improve areas in your life. If you don’t have a strong foundation to land on, its your own downfall
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