Has AirBnB's changes impacted getting paid?

[Joey Garcia]

I am using a new property manager because I wasn't happy with the one I've been using the last couple of years, but I am wondering why am I not getting any bookings and last year at this time I had like half the month of March booked. I did a search on the various booking sites and could not find mine on AirBnB, when I inquired I was told that the owner doesn't like using AirBnB because "Basically it takes a very long time in order to get the rents. They also take total control of all the bookings".  Many other condo owners have a lot of bookings and I have a much nicer condo than theirs, so now I feel like I made a mistake.  The property manager came highly rated and I felt lucky to get in with them, but now I am very concerned and is keeping me up at night.  Is there any truth to this?  I am not doing any bookings myself and I have considered it, but if there is a problem with the changes that AirBnB made last year, I'd like to know before I do anything drastic and without being informed.

[Brian G.]

@Joey Garcia dude fire your PM asap and consider learning how to remote self manage. BP is full of ppl who remote self manage to juice their returns, myself included - from 2,000+ miles away. There's a ton of info here on the STR forum. If you have some time freedom to engage the occasional issue it's not that hard. Reach out any time if you want to talk nuts and bolts of how to self manage remotely. I'm happy to help, got nothing to sell. Willing to pay it forward...