Our Story & History
We are proud CMU Alumni
The Story and History Behind Bestro LLC
Bestro LLC (pronounced bee-strow) was founded in 2007 with the purchase of our first student home. The name BESTRO is the first character for Barry, Eric, Steven, Terry, & Ron Osborne, after our sons (Barry, Eric and Steven), my wife Terry, and me. A true family business!
Both Terry and myself are CMU Alumni (Class of 1982), and it was our hope that our boys would follow in their parents footsteps and also attend CMU. So in 2007, we purchased a student home where our sons could live while attending CMU.
After being a college landlord for a year, we realized how much we enjoyed the interactions with the college students, having an excuse to attend all of CMU’s home football games and being “Back in College” sort of speaking. It was at that time we decided to grow our business by purchasing additional student homes.
Oh, and as far as the story of our sons going to CMU: We’re proud to report that as of 2017 our entire family (Ron, Terry, Barry, Eric, and Steven) are officially CMU Alumni. The picture below was taken after our youngest son Steven received his Masters Degree.
It’s been over 12 years and Bestro LLC now has 16 student homes that provide residence to over 100 CMU students.
Our Mission:
- To be the best college landlords in Mt. Pleasant.
- To provide our students with a safe, clean, well maintained, and unique place to live that will enhance their college experience.
- To provide our students with the services that take the hassle out of college living.
- To treat our students with respect and dignity. They are our customers and without them, we have no business.
This is our story. We're proud of our homes and hope you will be, too. We hope your time with us will be the best you've experienced at CMU.
Thank you for choosing to live with us - have an amazing year!
Ron Osborne, CMU Class of 1982
Bestro LLC.