{"id":11591,"date":"2019-12-10T12:52:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=11591"},"modified":"2019-12-10T12:53:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:53:39","slug":"renthop-bitcoin-appreciation-exceeds-boston-and-chicago-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/renthop-bitcoin-appreciation-exceeds-boston-and-chicago-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"RentHop BitCoin Appreciation Exceeds Boston and Chicago Profits"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>In December 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/renthop-now-takes-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RentHop.com began accepting BitCoin (opens in a new tab)\">RentHop.com began accepting BitCoin<\/a> as a form of payment for landlords and real estate brokers to advertise apartment listings. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/2013\/12\/16\/renthop-offers-discount-for-advertisers-paying-in-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"initially offered a 60% discount (opens in a new tab)\">initial<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/new-york-property-firm-steep-discount-bitcoin-payments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"l (opens in a new tab)\">l<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/2013\/12\/16\/renthop-offers-discount-for-advertisers-paying-in-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"initially offered a 60% discount (opens in a new tab)\">y offered <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/new-york-property-firm-steep-discount-bitcoin-payments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"a  (opens in a new tab)\">a <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/2013\/12\/16\/renthop-offers-discount-for-advertisers-paying-in-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"initially offered a 60% discount (opens in a new tab)\">60% discount<\/a> off the prevailing USD to BTC exchange rate to encourage adoption of the new technology, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/\">RentHop<\/a> co-founder Lawrence Zhou pledged to hold the majority of any BitCoin received for the long term. We&#8217;ve been tracking and comparing the BitCoin appreciation over the years, and have findings to share.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wally_homepage_btc-Copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"100\" \/><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>By using CoinBase as a payment processor from 2013 until early 2017, RentHop accumulated a modest stash of BitCoin from tech-savvy real estate agents. The price remained relatively stable, averaging $500 through most of the 3 years. When crypto prices appreciated drastically in 2017, the company holdings increased by over 3500% at the peak in December 2017. Even today, the largely untouched account has paid off tenfold, even after accounting for the initial 60% discount to customers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u00a0<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"336\" \/><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>BitCoin Appreciation Over the Years<\/h2>\r\n<p>Zhou remains optimistic on BitCoin&#8217;s future significance and intends to ride through the recent market volatility. On balance, the company&#8217;s decision was a huge victory, attracting a tech savvy user base, streamlining transactions using crypto currency protocols, and accumulating a large but unrealized profit from the appreciation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As a comparison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americaninno.com\/boston\/say-so-long-to-craigslist-renthop-has-expanded-to-boston-revamping-the-apartment-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RentHop Boston launched in 2012 (opens in a new tab)\">RentHop Boston launched in April 2012<\/a> serving both No Fee and Exclusive apartment rentals in Cambridge and Greater <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/boston-ma\">Boston<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/renthop-chicago-awesome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RentHop Chicago launched four months later (opens in a new tab)\">RentHop Chicago launched four months later<\/a>. As of 2019, the unrealized crypto earnings exceed both Boston and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/chicago-il\">Chicago<\/a> cumulative gross profits!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Unfortunately, as we never re-pegged the BTC prices, no agent has purchased using BitCoin since 2017. The original 60% discount has transformed into a 261% surcharge. Our engineering team may revisit the feature if there is demand.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: We updated this article to enhance readability.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December 2013, RentHop.com began accepting BitCoin as a form of payment for landlords and real estate brokers to advertise apartment listings. The company initially offered a 60% discount off the prevailing USD to BTC exchange rate to encourage adoption of the new technology, and RentHop co-founder Lawrence Zhou pledged to hold the majority of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RentHop BitCoin Appreciation Exceeds Boston and Chicago Profits - Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our BitCoin appreciation has grown over recent years! 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