Ray J.
ADR (Average Daily Rate) Drop and Last Minute Bookings
Hey BP!!Wondering if in your markets for your STRs (Short Term Rentals) are you seeing the ADRs (Average Daily Rates) a lot lower than what you were originally forecasting for the year, and are the majority of your bo...
Brandon Allenczy
Lessons from my first Airbnb
My wife and I decided to get started in REI by converting our primary home into our first short term rental. We packed up and moved to Asheville, NC, and started to manage the Airbnb back in Wilmington, NC.
We're on...
Luke Carl
High Turn Over Host: Suggestion - Black Mirror
Watch Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" on Netflix. This is how airbnb makes us feel at all times. Let me know what you think!
Adam Odom
Calling all superhosts - STR must haves and best practices
We've recently sold a condo in Myrtle Beach and bought a new beach house in N Myrtle Beach/Cherry Grove and I'm looking for some top suggestions for features that guests love to see in a property. We thought we had do...
Adam Kruse
Boyfriend Squatter alert
Hi All
One of my properties is being renting to a single, female student. The lease stipulates no visitor can stay more than 48 hours without being added to the lease. Her boyfriend is now staying at the property for...
Rachel Hughes
Deleting and Re-listing on Airbnb?
Has anyone ever deleted an Airbnb listing and then re-listed it?
Some background...
I recently launched a listing that now has 5 reviews and a shameful 4.2 overall rating. I had a string of bad guests that resulted...
Evan Kline
The first time we tried our MTR as an STR (it didn't go great) + my thoughts
We turned on our first MTR unit in early 2022. It's a great 900 sqft 1/1 unit in a duplex, that we've been renting for 2200/month (just bumped up to 2400 per month) with little to no vacancy.Fast forward to a couple m...
Sam Leon
Parking space assignment
I am having a bit of trouble with parking spaces.On a fourplex with only four 2/1 apartments, I have four parking spaces - unassigned. Simple. One parking space for each apartment. Never an issue, never a complaint...
Gerald Pitts
Bed Bugs in Vacation Rental Accusation
I'm anticipating getting a review saying "This cabin has bed bugs." Guest sent a picture of his friend who woke up with some kind of bite on her shoulder (not consistent with bed bugs on google images). And then the...
Joshua Hughes
House Hacking obstacle Enforcing the lease
Hello fellow BP family,
I am in need of some advice on how to proceed..but first I will give a description of my house hack.
Bought my first SFH in December of last year by using the BP analysis. I bought a 3B1B. ...