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Jonathan Greene If You Are Asking These Questions About Your STR, You Are Already Failing
4 January 2025 | 26 replies
Get listed on all the OTA’s and a direct booking site, use good management software like HostAway, use dynamic pricing software like pricelabs, use WiFi enabled smart locks like Schlage encode, use an email capture system for guests to login to WiFi like stayfi, use those captured emails to do marketing for your direct booking site, and automate scheduling and payments for cleaners and maintenance.
Wesley Myers Offering Netflix (or any others) for free??
21 December 2024 | 12 replies
You don’t want to manage passwords, have guests making purchases against your account, have your account locked out, or explain to your cleaner how to find the % character on a 9 button TV remote do you? 
Pixel Rogue Unique damages from exiting tenant…
30 December 2024 | 5 replies
Hire a cleaner.
John Cooper Difficult Tenant: Escalating Issues & Safety Concerns
25 December 2024 | 10 replies
I acknowledged his concerns but was unable to resolve the issue.Since the tenant moved in, I have experienced escalating issues with his behavior, including:Lease Violations:Moving items without permission (furniture, safe, carpet cleaner, TV from his room to another tenant's room).Accumulating boxes in the garage, potentially exceeding the agreed-upon storage space.Installing a security camera in the common living area, which is a direct violation of the lease agreement.Failure to submit a work order for alleged issues with the smart lock, as required by the lease agreement.Behavioral Issues:Aggressive and confrontational communication.Unfounded accusations and personal attacks.Refusal to communicate through agreed-upon channels.Loud and disruptive late-night behavior (banging on the door, kicking the door) due to alleged difficulties with the smart lock, often accompanied by profanity.Harassment of my son, the designated on-site property manager, by making disparaging remarks about me and refusing to cooperate with him.Potential for Neighborhood Disruption: The tenant's late-night outbursts have the potential to disturb neighbors, although no formal complaints have been received.Unreasonable Demands: The tenant unreasonably demands advance notice of my access to the property for storage purposes, despite the prior agreement and my right to access common areas and my own storage spaces.Safety Concerns:While the tenant has not directly threatened us, his actions, including the harassment of my son, have created a concerning and unsafe environment for my son and me.Goal:My ultimate goal at this point is to evict the tenant due to his ongoing lease violations, concerning behavior, the harassment of my son, and the potential for neighborhood disruption.Questions:1. 
Marc Shin STR soap and toilet paper
19 December 2024 | 28 replies
I prefer to buy the cheap refillable containers and then I buy jugs of soap on amazon. cleaners refill them.
Max Dauer How Much Time Do You Spend Managing Your STR
9 December 2024 | 7 replies
That is spent chatting with guests at the house, getting updates from cleaners etc.
John Geldert Looking to start a Real estate Meetup in the Poconos
10 December 2024 | 53 replies
This will just turn into a ventfest with everyone complaining about how they can’t find good cleaners, Handymen, Plumbers, roofers, lawncare, snow plow, electricians, etc etc etc.And everyone complaining how they had to fire their last cleaners because cleaning crew members got in a huge fight in the front yard and started throwing things at each other…And how they had to fire the cleaners before that because they showed up drunk…And how they had to fire the cleaners before that because they never even showed up…
Fakaradin Floyd Advice on my STR pitch and overall Rental Arbitrage advice (Alexandria VA)
30 December 2024 | 89 replies
What I thought I'd have a really hard time with was finding cleaners, handymen, etc.
Vivian Yip Mid Term Rental Knowledge sharing
10 December 2024 | 10 replies
With the help of JURNY I am able to instant book guests all day as I collect IDs, selfies, credit card holds and rental agreements on every stay (yes Airbnb and VRBO included)Whatsapp: I use this to communicate with my cleaners.
Anita Z. How do you screen an STR tenant ?
25 December 2024 | 22 replies
.), and you've made your House Rules clear, then don't sweat the small stuff.By that, I mean- you'll have guests who have 5-star ratings but can still leave a mess or damage (other owners didn't report accurately or it was complicated) but you have recourse via photo evidence (your cleaners, etc.) to ask for reimbursement (or use something like AirCover, etc.).