Those of you here since a while have read my rants about Airbnb practically not having any security deposit, and how this has been abused by some irresponsible guests. I believe (and my 4 years STR experience supports...

Hello everyone. I am relatively new and started renting out to family and friends. Now, I will start marketing to strangers and was curious about how to deal with tenant’s guests. The upstairs bedrooms will all be ren...

Hi. New to this forum but experienced in STR’s. Just curious because I’m conflicted and I go back and forth on this often: Do you prefer to charge a flat base price per night and not mess with guest count or keep base...

Hi guys,I'm curious what your policies are for cooking in Airbnb room rental?  I'm Airbnb-ing 2 rooms upstairs and both guests are staying long term of 1-2 months.  Both guests asked me on separate occasions if they c...

Hi All,
Looking for feedback on our STR listing. All opinions and anything you think would help is greatly appreciated. 
We are using pricelabs for dynamic pricing (still trying to find best settings) and we are als...

Looking for advise or words of wisdom concerning renting out a room/s in our house via Airbnb.  We own a large 5BD/3 1/2BA home near (within 5-20 min drive) 3 ski resorts in northern Utah. Great skiing in the winter a...

Never encountered anything like this before so this should be a good learning experience. Guest reached out to me to let me know there isn’t any power in the house. I’m sure due to the Tropical storm we are experienci...

Hey STR Family, We are self managing an STR in Joshua Tree, and one of the most frequent inquiries I get is late checkout requests.  Especially during this time of year in JT, we have A LOT of same day turns, and I si...

Hello everyone! My partner and I are taking our first venture into the AirBNB/Short Term Rental world. We just closed on a property in Glendale AZ (looking forward to Super Bowl next year!!) We are looking to get any ...

Hello. My airbnb posting just went live yesterday.  I obviously have zero reviews.  Should I have my local friends stay in the Airbnb and give me reviews so that I can get the ball rolling?  or should I just wait for ...