All Forum Posts by: Candor Real

We own and self-manage 3 properties that are all 7 hours away from us.  We have 2 properties in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and one property in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  We self-manage, and are 7 year superhosts on the Airbnb platform, and all 3 of our properties also received the "Guest Favorite Award" on Airbnb.  

Here are 3 tips to consider from a remote superhost:

1.  Find an amazing cleaner and handyman.  You can do this several ways.  You can flat out ask other hosts in your market (who have really high ratings) if they are willing to share their cleaner and handyman with you.  The important part is to make sure you tell the host that you will let the cleaner and handyman know that they referred you to them.   This is important because GOOD hosts know that good and reliable cleaners and handyman can be hard to find, so they treat their cleaners and handyman lke GOLD, which includes referring business to them, paying them quickly and promptly, respecting their time, and taking care of them on the holidays.   If you are not comfortable asking other successful hosts who they use, you might want to look for a group on Facebook marketplace for your market and look for newer cleaner/handyman that are starting out and hungry for business and to do a good job.

2. Pre-schedule all your maintenance items and setup a re-occurring schedulea.  SIgn up for the HVAC yearly contracts.  Have quarterly pest inspections.  Schedule your house deep cleans.  Schedule your carpet and furniture steam cleanings.  Get your septic pumped out regularly.  

3.  Automate as much as you can.  I like the Hospitable platform myself and recommend it to others, but there are other ones too.  I use a combination of Hospitable, Zapier, and Docusign to cover 95% of the tasks.

Hope this helps.  Please feel free to reach out with any other specific questions.

Mike