Brittany DeWitt
AirBNB Side Hussle
Hey all! My boyfriend and I bought our first investment property (an owner occupied duplex) about 2 years ago. We spent a lot of money in the first two years bringing it up to date some and cleaning it up. Now we'r...
Michael Baum
Wink moving to subscription service May 13th
Just an FYI to all of those, like me, who use the Wink products in their rentals. Wink is moving to a subscription service May 13th. It will cost $4.99 a month. If you don't pay up, you lose all access to all your Win...
Kerry Baird
Nearly finished with first 5 stays
My fifth set of guests are nearing the end of their stay. I have done much of the work myself, with my kids earning a few dollars for a summer job cleaning at change-over. I set up VRBO first, and got my first booki...
George Munoz
Hello , Making myself public in this platform
Hello My name is George Munoz, I opened this account months ago, and this is my first time introducing myself in this platform. I went to my first BP Local event a few weeks ago and it was great. I live in fort lauder...
Tom Dempsey
Design, Set up, Remodeling, and Management for STR
Hey All - Curious to see how investors are handling the above mentioned topics with Pocono and surrounding markets short term rentals. Are you outsourcing the design and set up portion of your airbnb? Are you doing ma...
Leigh Ann Smith
VERY delayed payments with VRBO/Homeaway?
We've been using AirBnB for the past year with no problem. Bookings were slumping so we listed with VRBO and got a 2 month reservation within 24 hours. HOWEVER, the guest payed on 5/31, and they say we will not rece...
Collin Hays
VRBO now charging guests 20 percent for a booking
Wow, it's getting to where it's VRBO is the one making all of the money. 2 years ago, the service fee was under 10 percent. If you add in the owner's portion, VRBO is carving off 30 percent or more per reservation. ...
Alec Khlebopros
How to chose location and buy correctly in STR market
With everyone and their mother buying up STRs, what is the proper way to assess the asset without overpaying for it. Numbers from 2021 and 2022 net income will be more difficult to get going forward with increased su...
Giani Brussich
Please help me understand why STR is considered evil by locals?
If this is the wrong place for this, please remove it.Recently, I have seen a lot of threads/posts come up on social media (I know, not very reliable or the truth) about how bad/hated STR is for local neighborhoods. W...
Bob Huggins
Airbnb's How to get more bookings and monthly reports?
Hello BP!. My first Post, looking for some guidance and advice. I have 5 STR listings that i help manage for a friend and was wondering what are some tricks for getting bookings on the off seasons and best way to pri...