All Forum Posts by: Shannon Green

@Sarah Kensinger I'm on it!  Checking them out right now!  Thank you!

@Robert Phillips, thank you for your feedback!  I'm like a little sponge taking it all in! Lol!  Appreciate it!

@Sarah Kensinger, I would love that!  Truly appreciate it!  I look forward to learning from any resources you have available and/or people to study on social media.  Thank you!

@Christian Ehlers, between my 2.5 history of pricing that I have in my file for the past years, along with being able to see a house that is very similar to mine online and what it rents for, I think I can marry all the information together along with Guesty to come up with a price to get started.  You've helped a lot!  Thank you!

Shannon

@Josh Freedenberg, thank you!  I'm nervous and excited about taking over the house and it will be a learning curve for sure.  Your feedback on template prompts to find here in Bigger Pockets and marketing it on Facebook are very helpful.  I'm going to start looking into these prompts today.  I'm definitely looking up schlage lock!  I've got a great photographer doing videography and photography for me, so I'm good there.  I feel much better with the feedback you all have given me.  

Thank you!

@Christian Ehlers, thank you so much.  This is some of the information I've been wanting to know.  Guesty is definitely something I will look at.  I know I need something that will tie VRBO and Airbnb together.  This is great. Where my house is in South Padre Island, they require a "manager" so I've already hired a local woman for a small fee who manages 6 other properties and she has the cleaning crew already.  She and her family handle the walk through after each clean to change light bulbs, tighten a hinge here and there, etc.  The big stuff is handled by  professionals and I've got a list of everyone just from being so involved when it comes to major stuff.  Thank goodness.  She and I will work together when something bigger comes up to line up the right people. It's the booking, marketing, and pricing that I don't know anything about.  I have records of what price the past guests paid, but the information you've given me is quite helpful.  Thank you so much!

I appreciate the feedback. Gathering as much information as I can.  

I've had an STR beach home for almost 3 years now. The rents have been great. A management company has been doing everything for me, and they are charging 30% !!! I've been able to learn a lot by how they do things and because property taxes have gone up drastically, I need to start managing myself, but am considering using a platform like Evolve or any others that only take 10%, but help with marketing and bookings on multiple sites.

I'm looking for any guidance on who/what platforms people might be using out there and what they might recommend?

@Jeff Chisum Congratulations! My goal is to have 5 STR, 5 LTR and then see what happens from there. A little at a time! It will take me a while to get to this goal! LOL!

@Jeff Chisum

Dang!  You know your stuff!  I closed on the house in the beginning of March and have my first rental this weekend!  So exciting!  And, I already have bookings after it went on the market last Tuesday!  More than 50 days booked through February next year....in one week!