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Is the (your) long-term strategy to eliminate platforms like AIR and VRBO? Do you let your guests know to contact you directly the next time they come to town? As we are in our second year of vacation rentals, we see...
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My property manager has been recommending I install a noise monitoring device with a 24/7 service. Haven't had noise complaints yet but I also try to be good to my neighbors. I'm doing research on 3 companies: Noise...
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A little bit about my market/competition. There are 3 premium hotels in town. They offer breakfast, a pool, gym etc. They are $600-$700 per week. People that stay here while they work don't mind spending the extra...
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I have interest in a multi family property that is made up of loft studio apartments, all roughly 550 sqft. My initial interest would be trying to rent them out as mid term/ short term rentals. My question is this, wo...
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Hello everyone who has more experience than me (which is basically everyone),
I have a LOT questions about the path that we are starting down in REI and want ANY and ALL feedback on it, PLEASE!!! We are going to conv...
Tell me about your worst guests. I have a bad one this week, and I"d love to hear what you've been through and that you made it through the other side. I will admit - it's not a great situation. We heard a few days be...
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Thinking of starting a FB page to further promote my STRs. Good idea or no? And would y'all do a separate page for each property or just one page. I did build a website but it gets zero hits.....(We are getting reques...
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My goal for 2020 is to start my first STR. I've acquired a property and hope to go live with my listing in February.What is one piece of advice or encouragement you wish you would have been given before you got start...
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Hello,
Does anyone have a STR in Oklahoma City? What kind of occupancy are you seeing? Is it close to the 75% that AirDNA shows?
What area would you recommend?
What type of customers do you recommend targeting?...
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Hello!
My husband and I are about to be first-time landlords and couldn't be more excited. We just bought our second townhome (we close in 10 days!) and plan to keep and rent out the townhome that we have lived in fo...