Short term rental startup advice?

[Rakan Ammari]

For everyone in the STR business.

What was the criteria you followed to purchase a STR property?

For those of you who used Airdna or Rabbu prior to purchasing your property, how accurate did you find their yearly estimates to be?

I’m in the Chicago suburbs!

[Brian Barch]

I second the use of awning.com. They even have a plug-in tool for Zillow that will really speed up your process.

too early to tell how accurate airdna and awning are. I think they are great at analyzing a MARKET. 

You will never have 100% surety. The tools we have today are better than ever in history. At some point run the numbers from several conservative angles, and move in the direction the numbers point you