Reggie Maggard
Direct mail advice...help!
Is a website a must for a direct mail campaign? What about a call answering service? If so, any recommendations on who to go with?
Currently I'm thinking about $1000 to set up a website...$50/m to operate it. $50/m t...
Jamie Lamont
Just got my first property
Good morning BP community, I recently closed on my first house-hacking property. It is a quadplex in Anchorage. Two units were already rented when I purchased with one unit vacant and the previous owner occupying the...
Kelly Cochran
Is it insane to manage your own STR?
Hey friends,Really struggling with paying 25-30% of our gross to a property manager on our first STR. I love all the details that go into AirBNB (decor, set-up, marketing copy, customer service), so the only things I ...
Viviana Nicolosi
STR loophole/cost-seg-- Help needed!
Hi all! I'll try to keep this short. We have had an STR for just under one year, but we have not qualified (per our accountant) for the STR loophole so we have not cost-seg'd it. I keep hearing how people are cost ...
Dick O'Hare
Co-hosting boot camp?
Hey, guys...I've owned and rented a few STR properties on Martha's Vineyard. I'm looking to get into Co-hosting there. I've got a good foundational knowledge about renting and just moved on to Owner Rez. Does anyon...
Abdulla Sharaf
Expanding my property management business
Hi everyone thank you for hopping in
briefly, I just wanted to depict how I entered the business of short-term/vacation rental. I am an ambitious retired network engineer who started that career after closing down m...
Henry T.
Asking for ID before check in.
I'm just starting my STR. I have an over 25 age requirement, and Airbnb doesn't seem to have a way for me to verify a guests age other
than asking the guest. And that's not good enough. For you hosts who do require a...
Jamie Banks
MTR Tech Stack
I wanted to share some input on my current tech stack for my MTR business. I've tried several different services but had a hard time finding one that fit being both a MTR operator and property manager. I'd love to hea...
Carrie Foley
STR contracts - do you think they are necessary on AirBnB?
I just wanted to see what the STRers out there are doing. I've heard some folks on BP comment that when they are listing their STR on AirBnB (which I'm about to do), they feel comfortable that the legal contracts on A...
Dan B.
AIRBNB Chicago
Hello All,The wife and I own a small studio apartment in the Wrigley Field area. We use it occasionally to get away from the suburbs and enjoy a night out. Recently, we have been weighing our options - sell or rent?...