All Forum Posts by: Rodney Sums

@Rodney Sums has a history on here of being factual and fair. I doubt it was anything specific he said that caused the removal. I find AirBnB to be very heavy-handed and authoritarian (among other things). That is just their style.

Their market share is dropping (both in my own experience and in the news) and it may reflect this vert attitude.

Although I keep AIR as a host, I always look to VRBO when I am travelling.

I have never had that done on our listing nor as any of mine been removed so I can't comment on how common it is.

As an owner, if a guest leaves a review that is untrue, I would like it to be removed. I am not sure why they removed yours. Did you want to post what you said? That would be helpful to know and give us a clue as to why it was pulled.

It is extremely difficult to have a review removed on Airbnb. Like one in 5000 chance (I made that up). You most certainly broke the rules with your review.

My advice…. Give it up and move on. 

Wall Street doesn't like STRs right now.  Airbnb has lost half of its market capitalization in the last 10 months:

Dear BP investors,

I have a duplex in Ohio and I put an 1/1 unit on the market for rent. It has been on the market for more than a month, my PM told me to consider decreasing the rent, but I see competitors in the area charging the same amount for the same type of unit. My question is: what strategies do you usually employ to get tenants in situations like this? and how long do you wait to see if a strategy is working or not (2 weeks)? Thank you.

Hi,

We bought a property in Henderson back in June. The property is located in Tuscany Master Plan Community. We are out of state and now relying on local property management company to help us find a tenant. We haven't had any luck and we have already switched PM company once. Any experience local landlord please advise. Thank you.

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@Rodney Sums

 However they should want to get along with the PM in my opinion since that's who is going to make the new lease and any rent increases at the end of current leases. This is commercial and these are two retail stores and one pizza restaurant that are having the issues.

I appreciate all the responses!

Motion sensor sprinklers work wonders. I use them to keep squirrels and deer out of my apple & peach trees and birds out of my blueberry bushes. You don't actually need to have them forever, either. The animals figure out pretty fast that walking anywhere near that area will get them a shot of water and pretty soon you can just leave the sprinkler out with the water turned off. 

The downside is you have to remember they're out there when they're live. I've probably been blasted by my own sprinklers a dozen times over the years. They've also managed to get the electric meter guy, the postman, the Amazon delivery driver, and a few others.