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TBFS Investments LLC
tbfsinvestments.com · Springfield, United States
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Upwork lists TBFS Investments at $127k in client spend.

$126,596 in published client spend across 8 contracts. The full read below — free.

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Total Upwork spend
$127k
$126,596
Top category
Operations Admin Va
3 of 8 contracts
Hiring status
Actively hiring
4 of 8 contracts in progress
Contracts on record
8
$3–28/hr listed
The company

Who's actually behind the account.

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TBFS Investments LLC
Resolved to tbfsinvestments.com · High confidence
Rate X-Ray

What the blended average hides

Don’t trust a single blended rate — spending is concentrated in long-running operational support: large-hour contracts at $3–$20/hr account for the bulk of billed dollars, while higher-rate analytics work (~$28/hr) and occasional fixed-price design pieces are exceptions rather than the norm.

Every listed hourly rate · 7 of 8 contracts
median $10/hr · avg ~$13/hr
4
3
$0$40$80$120$160$200
median $10/hr avg ~$13/hr — dragged up by two $190–200 contracts
Budget · 7 contracts $3–28
What they hire for

Where the work actually is

All 8 contracts by category. Operations Admin Va leads with 3 of 8 contracts.

Operations Admin Va 3
Customer support 2
Data & analytics 1
Finance & accounting 1
Design, visual & branding 1
Hiring activity

Hiring right now, not last year.

When the contracts on record started — and how they're structured. 4 of 8 are still in progress.

Contracts started, by month
1
May 2019
1
Nov 2021
2
May 2022
1
Jul 2022
2
Sep 2022
1
Oct 2022
Status
4in progress · 4completed
Contract type
7hourly · 1fixed-price
Open roles

Jobs they've posted publicly

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Hotel Website Marketing Specialist Oct 29, 2026·1 to 3 months↗
Postings Upwork has shown for this client. Some may have since closed.

Every contract on record — all 8

Freelancer names removed · roles only
RoleRateBilled
Airbnb/VRBO Customer Support$20/hr$86,222
Customer Service for Airbnb, VRBO Guests$3/hr$23,676
Airbnb pricing analyst$28/hr$8,609
Airbnb/VRBO Rental property manager $20/hr$20/hr$5,537
Airbnb/VRBO Rental property manager $3.00/hr$3/hr$1,544
Accountant for TBFS$9.58/hr$395
TBFS - Airbnb Management Company$5/hr$2
Logo Design for my Bar / Restaurantfixed—
"—" = no rate or billed amount listed (fixed-price or open). Billed is what Upwork shows to date.
Treatment verdict

How they hire, and how they treat people

Regular hirer of Airbnb/VRBO operational support and property-management work with a few ad-hoc specialist buys.

Reputation
Uniformly high (inbound ratings are consistently 5★). Clear, specific briefs and strong communication that freelancers repeatedly call out as making projects straightforward.
The catch — ratings are uninformative
Leaves brief, effusive 5★ reviews that praise teams and state willingness to rehire but provide little concrete detail about deliverables.
How they engage
Prefers long-running hourly engagements and repeatedly extends active support/management contracts, with evidence of rehiring the same freelancers across multiple postings.
Working style
Provides specific instructions and clear briefs, communicates requirements up-front, and appears hands-on but orderly rather than open-ended.
Who wins the work
Best for freelancers able to staff high-volume, repetitive guest-support or property-management shifts reliably at low-to-mid hourly rates, or for specialists who can offer packaged analytics or one-off deliverables at a premium.
Repeat hires
Rehires the same freelancers — 2 on 2+ repeat contracts. Deliver once and there's recurring work.

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