Starting as a Remote Co-Host – Advice & Recommendations?

[Amy Kelly]

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m starting my remote co-hosting and focusing on managing short-term rentals in Florida. I currently split my time between the UK and Costa Rica, so I’m fully remote in this business.

I’d love to hear from experienced co-hosts—how did you find your first properties? What worked (and what didn’t) when reaching out to hosts? I also want to make sure I’m approaching property owners the right way, so any tips on what to avoid when pitching my services would be super helpful!

Additionally, do you think masterclasses or training programs are worth the investment? If you’ve taken one that genuinely helped you grow, I’d love to hear your recommendations.

Looking forward to learning from you all—thanks in advance for any insights!

Amy

[Garrett Brown]

Hey Amy! Congrats on getting it started. Do you have any units you manage already? How do you plan on finding leads? Have you told everyone you know that you are starting this venture to see if they know anyone?

Like mentioned above, Local facebook groups are a good start. You can also find STRs listed on places like Airbnb, VRBO, etc. See who has poor reviews or seemingly bad management and use something like PropStream to find the owner based on the cross streets and exterior of the house. Get the owner's contact information through a record-searching website and reach out. If you have prior experience, it will help tremendously to make them switch. If not, you will need to really sharpen your presentation on the benefits you will provide to the owner. I think there are plenty of videos to learn from on YouTube about co-hosting and STR management. Most master classes just repurpose YT videos into the same type of content in the class.