Hey @Sarah Taylor I own a STR in south Foley as well! We looked into both. We made around the same monthly when we rented for 3 months in the winter than we did when we kept it as a STR. But with the midterm I did not have to worry about turnovers, scheduling the cleans, and stocking the home. We choose to rent it by the month again this winter to snowbirds! I used to manage my own properties full time and never had much luck with FF or VRBO in this area, so I just stick to Airbnb. I do have a friend that has larger homes with 5+ bedrooms and she does well on VRBO and only uses that platform. For snowbirds we get requests from Airbnb but if you are not seeing many month long type of requests try FB marketplace. When someone wants to book you can have them book direct or through the platform you use!
