Our MissionOur mission is to deliver a simple and efficient rental experience that everyone can trust, empowering homeowners to focus on growing with us while enabling renters to shape what they call home. We’re working to do just that, but we’ve come a long way since our beginning in early 2014.THE BEGINNINGOur JourneyLiving in a Difficult Rental MarketBeing based in the Silicon Valley, we know a thing or two about living in a difficult rental market. After our founders went through a painful, fragmented rental experience as first-time renters, they decided to take action.Onerent 1.0 (Before Poplar Homes)Poplar Homes was founded in March of 2014 as a listing platform that helped facilitate the leasing process for college students but soon enough, the small team quickly realized there was an opportunity to become much more.Traditional Property ManagementAfter countless hours spent with owners and renters digging deep into the roots of the antiquated rental process, they began to notice deficiencies in the traditional property management model that could be remedied by implementing technology.Customer ServiceProviding a customer friendly backend support Poplar Homes decided to offshore its' customer service in the Philippines.Started as a freelance (homebased) with 5 Customer Support Representative and 3 Data Entry Associate.On April 2016 the management decided to establish a full office based customer support in the Philippines and come May 2016 the birth of POPLAR HOMES PHILIPPINES.Starting with a 30 Support Staffs and counting, today we've doubled our manpower to 64 Agents.TechnologyPoplar Homes has employed a team of fullstack and Salesforce engineers, UI/UX designers, and digital marketing specialists, who are currently working on improving Onerent's product featuring a technology that aims to disrupt the real estate industry.
Our MissionOur mission is to deliver a simple and efficient rental experience that everyone can trust, empowering homeowners to focus on growing with us while enabling renters to shape what they call home. We’re working to do just that, but we’ve come a long way since our beginning in early 2014.THE BEGINNINGOur JourneyLiving in a Difficult Rental MarketBeing based in the Silicon Valley, we know a thing or two about living in a difficult rental market. After our founders went through a painful, fragmented rental experience as first-time renters, they decided to take action.Onerent 1.0 (Before Poplar Homes)Poplar Homes was founded in March of 2014 as a listing platform that helped facilitate the leasing process for college students but soon enough, the small team quickly realized there was an opportunity to become much more.Traditional Property ManagementAfter countless hours spent with owners and renters digging deep into the roots of the antiquated rental process, they began to notice deficiencies in the traditional property management model that could be remedied by implementing technology.Customer ServiceProviding a customer friendly backend support Poplar Homes decided to offshore its' customer service in the Philippines.Started as a freelance (homebased) with 5 Customer Support Representative and 3 Data Entry Associate.On April 2016 the management decided to establish a full office based customer support in the Philippines and come May 2016 the birth of POPLAR HOMES PHILIPPINES.Starting with a 30 Support Staffs and counting, today we've doubled our manpower to 64 Agents.TechnologyPoplar Homes has employed a team of fullstack and Salesforce engineers, UI/UX designers, and digital marketing specialists, who are currently working on improving Onerent's product featuring a technology that aims to disrupt the real estate industry.
Our MissionOur mission is to deliver a simple and efficient rental experience that everyone can trust, empowering homeowners to focus on growing with us while enabling renters to shape what they call home. We’re working to do just that, but we’ve come a long way since our beginning in early 2014.THE BEGINNINGOur JourneyLiving in a Difficult Rental MarketBeing based in the Silicon Valley, we know a thing or two about living in a difficult rental market. After our founders went through a painful, fragmented rental experience as first-time renters, they decided to take action.Onerent 1.0 (Before Poplar Homes)Poplar Homes was founded in March of 2014 as a listing platform that helped facilitate the leasing process for college students but soon enough, the small team quickly realized there was an opportunity to become much more.Traditional Property ManagementAfter countless hours spent with owners and renters digging deep into the roots of the antiquated rental process, they began to notice deficiencies in the traditional property management model that could be remedied by implementing technology.Customer ServiceProviding a customer friendly backend support Poplar Homes decided to offshore its' customer service in the Philippines.Started as a freelance (homebased) with 5 Customer Support Representative and 3 Data Entry Associate.On April 2016 the management decided to establish a full office based customer support in the Philippines and come May 2016 the birth of POPLAR HOMES PHILIPPINES.Starting with a 30 Support Staffs and counting, today we've doubled our manpower to 64 Agents.TechnologyPoplar Homes has employed a team of fullstack and Salesforce engineers, UI/UX designers, and digital marketing specialists, who are currently working on improving Onerent's product featuring a technology that aims to disrupt the real estate industry.