All Forum Posts by: Tyler Solomon

Jonathan - typically STR's will have higher need for repairs than long term rentals as there is greater turnover, and thus greater opportunity for both wear and tear and bad tenants that occupy the space. However as with most things, this is not exclusively true. One poorly vetted LTR tenant can cause absolute havoc on a property (there are horror stories posted through out the site on this).

Below is a solid post that might help answer your questions

https://www.buildyourbnb.com/b...

another option could be reduce the cleaning fee to just $1, or $.99. This way people take note of the fact the cleaning fee has effectively been reduce / eliminated, rather than not seeing it all together. Just a thought, curious how this plans out.

Keegan - I live right here in Austin, often spend time out on lake Travis. Biggest complaint is that the lake is consistently less than even 80% full during the summers, which affects peoples doc usage. Have you ran the airDNA on it yet? Happy to answer any other questions you have!

Staying in an airbnb today, no steaming services / live tv options available.

Do you provide these in your personal strs? Just curious. 

Title says it all - if you have any recommendations for a short term rental for this coming Monday (1/9/2023) (1 night stay) in San Antonio - shoot me a message/reply. Need 2 beds at least, 3 would be ideal.  Would love to stay in a forum members place if we can - if not ill pick one randomly.

what @Nathan Gesner said. Tons of post in the forums about this - look for STR Arbitrage to find what you are looking for

My main metric I look at before any other return measurement - Can I cover my debt service (Principal, Interest, Tax, Insurance, HOA)

Facebook / ask other local operators who they use if they self manage.

Not worth your stress. Learning lesson and move on - your time is too valuable to waste on stink guests. They wont be your last either, so find out how to hammer down your verbiage in the listing so that disputes like this do not arise again, and there are clear and definable consequences and rules.

This - plus find locations that are generally STR Friendly vs those that are not.