All Forum Posts by: Patrick Fluss

Get on Facebook & search for some neighborhood groups around your area. I've found that many contractors & handymen market their services in these groups & often times you will get recommendations from other members if you post in the group, looking for recommendations.

Also, download the TaskRabbit or Handy app. For these I would make sure to vet the individual to make sure they know what they are doing for some of the more complicated tasks, but they are truly a great resource to find individuals who have open availability.

Agree with what everyone above has recommended. Also would like to add that when I first started out on my STR journey I learned a lot from Youtube and in particular, Airbnb Automated's channel. He gives great insight to get started, definitely recommend checking out some of his older videos.

Recently I have noticed a lot of guests canceling their reservations close to their check-in dates. I have always kept our cancellation policy on moderate (full refund 5 days prior to arrival), in order to encourage guests to book far in advance. What cancellation policy do you use? Has anyone noticed a drop in advanced bookings if using the firm or strict policy?

Thanks in advance for any insight!

Hi Michael, join the "Philadelphia Airbnb Hosts" group on Facebook. It will give you a lot of insight on the new zoning issues and a couple members actually made flowcharts on the process of obtaining the licenses. Use the search function in the group to look for relevant posts.