Recently I have noticed a lot of guests canceling their reservations close to their check-in dates. I have always kept our cancellation policy on moderate (full refund 5 days prior to arrival), in order to encourage g...

Hey BP, with all the buzz about to-AirBnB or not-to-AirBnB, I wanted to throw my hat in the ring and introduce myself.
I am a real estate agent and investor in Southern California. We manage over 100 client propertie...

Hey all,I stumbled across AirEnvy.com tonight, and this service almost seems to good to be true. Just wondering if anyone has experience using them to manage their short term vacation rentals? I'd love to buy a house ...

Hello BP Friends! Last summer my fiancée and I bought a house outside of Denver where we live up top (currently) and rent out our basement on Airbnb. The basement is a completely separate unit blocked off by doors we ...

What’s the best practice when you are planning to sell a STR property? Should you quit taking booking all together? Offer to manage existing bookings for the buyer? Sell the reservations with the property? Something e...

Hi everybody!I'm currently under contract for my first property, a townhome in Sacramento, which I plan to house hack. I plan to go with the medium-term rental strategy and start out by renting two of my available roo...

Has anyone tried renting out a house by the room as a mid-term rental (31 days or more)? Specifically, I am considering getting a house where each bedroom has a private entrance and private bathroom. How much of a mar...

I'm wanting to migrate from Evolve, and I'm wanting to take over as much of the management as possible. I've setup new listings and integrations with Hospitable, Schlage, Pricelabs and other services. The challenge is...

We are in the process of purchasing a short term rental property in Florida, and we are gathering quotes from different insurance companies. We're looking for any information on a Company called Proper. Can anyone tel...

Just had an AirBNB guest cancel after day 3 of a 30 day booking (we always use strict cancellation policy) because he said he drove by a grocery store 3 blocks away and saw ‘homeless people doing drugs.’The guest call...