I just purchased my first STR in Hawaii (Kauai Island). I am not wanting to manage this property on my own long-term. I am curious what the consensus is among experienced investors: AirBnB, or VRBO? or both? Do you bo...

Hello BP's,Very glad to join this site, tons of helpful info. Thank you all for contributing, I have learned a lot these few days.Now approaching retirement we feel a little bit unsecure.  Stocks are getting expensive...

The area that I am interested in vacation rentals is not near my home so it's not realistic for me right now to think I would be able to run a rental myself and with my day job, dealing with any issues with the proper...

Anyone investing in the Elijay/ Blue Ridge, GA area willing to share their experience. How are your vacation rental(s) performing (occupancy, average nightly rate) ? We love the area, but are not sure how the occupanc...

I have experimented with Beyond Pricing and Wheelhouse.  Anyone using other automated pricing tools they really like?  I believe these tools help with the placement algorithm's of the listing sites by continually upda...

Hi,

This is my first post on this forum so I’d like to say hello to y’all. I am a native German and live in Greenville, SC w/ my American wife and three kids. We just started looking into buying a condo at the beach....

I am looking to buy a vacation property, but I would like to start off small and get a place for less than 100k to start.  Oh yeah, I'd also like the property to throw off a little net cash per year, and be in an area...

I am interested in buying a short term rental in Lake Harmony which I can also use few times with my family/friends. My initial analysis is not looking very promising so asking the experts here for help -
1. How is t...

When @Tom Sharkey and I first started our STRs, we would collect the weekly garbage and take it out on 'trash days' to be picked up. Now we have several units (trash days are different) and don't have the time to go u...

A potential guest contacted me via inquiry through VRBO and is interested in a week long stay at our home and it's a nice rental ($3,500).   He is a new traveller with no reviews.  He gave his full name and email plus...