AirBNB coach Daanish Azim?

[William Cheng]

Has anyone ever have experience with AirBNB coach Daanish Azim? I went to his 1 on 1 introduction interview with him. He seemed genuine and transparent with what he is doing. I am just a bit thrown off when he started to mention the price plan. The cheapest package "bronze" is $5,000 for 3 months and it goes up to $10,000 for the "gold" program (1 year). I guess my biggest red flag is when he is asking how I'd like to pay. Cash app or zelle?? Don't these GURU have anything for us to sign.. like an agreement of some sort? Being asked thousands of dollars by some random stranger online just sounds like a HUGE redflag. I did not sign up with him yet. Towards the end of the call, I told him i need some times to consider. Any thoughts?

[Brian H.]

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Has anyone ever have experience with AirBNB coach Daanish Azim? I went to his 1 on 1 introduction interview with him. He seemed genuine and transparent with what he is doing. I am just a bit thrown off when he started to mention the price plan. The cheapest package "bronze" is $5,000 for 3 months and it goes up to $10,000 for the "gold" program (1 year). I guess my biggest red flag is when he is asking how I'd like to pay. Cash app or zelle?? Don't these GURU have anything for us to sign.. like an agreement of some sort? Being asked thousands of dollars by some random stranger online just sounds like a HUGE redflag. I did not sign up with him yet. Towards the end of the call, I told him i need some times to consider. Any thoughts?

Do not higher a guru to coach you on how to get an Airbnb going.  If you need someone to hand hold you as an entrepreneur all the time all you are going to do is end up just spending money you should not be spending and probably never make it.  You can watch countless hours of free YouTube videos to learn about any subject you are interested in when it comes to short term or mid term rentals.  Majority of the people selling guru services for anything are just grifters and the rest are borderline scum that made a name for themselves overcharging for what you can learn yourself by just doing a little research.  If you are looking for a true mentor you are much better off going to local meetups and making connections with individuals 1-1.  If you vibe with someone who is in the business and create a friendship that might be someone worth learning from.  Nothing is better than actual hands on experience and getting in the trenches yourself.

And FWIW, the guy you mentioned has an instagram page that says he lost it all 3 years ago and now manages 18 units.  While that's great for him I would not be even considering this person an expert in the slightest with such limited experience.  There is no revelation you are going to get from him that you won't be able to find for free.  If you are looking to arbitrage find the best short term rental arbitrage people that share videos for free, if you already have a property and are looking to run it yourself find the best people who share free videos on that.  Programs like hospitable and pricelabs can make things very easy for you once you have things in place and are willing to put in a little time to see how they work.

BH