Launched our First STR!

[John Elerick]

Hi BP Family,

This is our first post on the BP forum and we figure this is the best time to go for it.

My wife and I launched our first Airbnb in our Northglenn house May 1st. It's a separate entrance basement suite with 2 beds/1 bath. We're very happy with the turnover so far but this brand new for us and would love to learn more from some veterans (you guys!) We're going to list a couple things below we're interested in learning more about.

1. Airbnb Cleaning... We're currently cleaning ourselves but would love to change this. We feel our cleaning price is on par with other local Airbnb's but the cleaner quotes we're seeing are almost double what we charge. Is this common?

2. Cohosting... We manage this property ourselves but we also love camping. What do hosts do when they still want to manage their property but also like a couple days off?

3. CPA... This is our first house and rental income. We've usually just used TurboTax in the past but we want to learn as much as we can about what we can write off and how much to put aside for taxes.

4. Maintenance Tech... We usually take care of most of the repairs but we'd like to have someone on call in case we're not around to fix something.

These are the main topics we've been discussing but we're sure there is plenty more we want to know. If you have some free time and would like us to buy you a drink we'd love to chat.

Thanks,

John & Hannah