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We are ready to start short term rentals at our Palm Springs.We will use Air BnB, but ultimate goal is to drive the Air BnB renters to a direct booking site so we have more control and pay fewer fees.We think Lodgify ...
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How are you secondarily marketing your vacation rental pointing to the booking site (Airbnb, homeaway, etc)? It seems like it would be valuable to have more presence online (facebook ads, website, etc) directing traf...
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Hi BP!I'm trying to figure out what else I can do or subscribe to, with the purpose of generating more leads. To date, I have:
Found my niche (BRRRR)Defined my market (KC metro with good schools)Connected with severa...
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Can anyone share with me many what benefits you have experienced from using these different sites? Or things you don't like about them?
Any other things you like for promoting yourself or your business online?
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I am looking at a duplex which is located directly across from an Elementary school. Does anyone have any experience with buying near schools and the effect on rental demand/ pricing and resale value?
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Curious what other investors in Louisville, KY think about One Park in the Highlands. Most of the neighbors in the area I have talked to are against in due to traffic concerns. I myself am a bit torn, I like large inv...
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I currently have a property on Airbnb but am thinking about creating my own site to accept bookings as well. Does anyone use their own site, Airbnb and a third-party pricing service (I use BP now)? I am wondering if t...
This is probably common knowledge for most people, I just wish I had thought about it at the time. When I first created my domain name I couldn't find anything that had not yet been taken already in line with the indu...
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I have chosen to pay a website developer to help me create my wholesaling lead generation website We Buy Stressful Homes, which will launch by end of next week (no later than December 16th, 2017). My question to whole...
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Hello!It seems like lately every AirBNB booking request I get also comes with a message asking for a direct booking discount. I only have 1 property at the moment and have not invested in a direct booking site. I ha...