Niche Airbnb Idea in Midwest

[Eric Hart]

Hi all - this may be an odd question but has anyone had any experience looking up niche homes on Zillow / realtor?

One idea we had was to find a "slightly" haunted home or something with potential for a horror themed Airbnb. I’m sure the right agent might have some ideas, or reaching out to several different agents might yield something, but just wanted to poll the audience and look for any other thoughts.

Obviously most of the work would be setting the theme and decor ourselves, but finding a house with some legitimate history to it could have the attraction of coming at a $ deal (i.e. if someone died in it) and would add to the character. This may be stretching the norm a bit too far, but we wanted to see if this idea takes form.

We’re imagining a haunted/gothic themed Airbnb in the Indianapolis, Indiana market.

Thanks for any suggestions & ideas!

[Lamont Chen]

@Eric Hart

I am working on an airbnb in Orlando so you can perform some searches there for inspiration but down in FL airbnbs are themed out with Disney wallpaper, characters, etc. Some homes even have a movie theater and game room with pool and ping pong.

What could be interesting is putting up themes and amenities that complement what folks traveling to your home will do. You can also pull up Airbnb for the area you are in to see if anyone else is doing something that is working too.