Wendy Schultz
Hardest Lessons Learned from Short Term Rentals
What have been your hardest lessons learned in short term rentals? I'd be curious to hear the experiences that others have had. I'd say my hardest lesson learned is overestimating how quickly a new property will reach...
Tom Degroodt
Final cleaning instructions for tenant
I once saw some instructions another landlord had, but I was too new to realize that I was looking at gold. I was new and didn't know what I didn't know.In his instructions it said at the top ( I am Para-phrasing )"I...
Les Armour
Rental Property Improvements
I have a 3 family property in a lower to middle class neighborhood. The rental market is not what you would call hot right now, but I am looking to attract decent renters and stand out. The units have new flooring and...
Daria B.
Old bathroom fixtures
Short of cutting the drywall to remove the fixtures, can anything be done to change the color while still attached to the wall? I want to do white from the tan current color.These are the toilet paper holder, towel ra...
Chase Keller
Vacation Rental Theft and Damage
My family and I are about to buy our first STR in Florida. We are purchasing in a nice community, so I'm making the assumption that the possibility of theft from outside parties (non-tenants) will be low. But what i...
Brennan Clayton
First Short Term Rental - Deal or No Deal?
I am currently under contract on my first short term rental in South Georgia (Where I live). It’s a 2,200 square foot 3 bed 2 bath, 1920s historical home in a great location. When we did our first walk through I could...
Heidi Kenefick
STR- do I raise the cleaning fee or eat the cost?
I have had the same cleaner for about a year, and she has been good to me. Her prices are fair and she even has done some runs to Walmart to get stuff for the house. But I recently switched from a mid term by the room...
Huiping S.
Cleaning related question.
We manage our first AirBNB(not list on other platform yet) for 6 weeks and served 6 group of guests. Leaned lots valuable thing.Guests are good which helped us passed the nervous beginning time when all of them are fa...
Ricardo Llanos
Advice needed for Purchasing Bedding and Linens; STR
Hi BP fam,I'm finally close to listing my property for short-term rental purposes. My property is located in the Mount Pocono area of Pennsylvania. I'm curious to know if there's a go to website or ecommerce shop tha...
Brad Hunton
STR Service Reasonable?
We are preparing to open our first STR and as I was looking for a good cleaner I was approached by a couple that manage other STR's in the same area. They offer full service for 20% plus the cleaning fee since they wi...