Hey All,Do any of you require damage deposits from guests for booking your vacation rentals?I recently acquired and launched a new property on Airbnb and VRBO that is $500-$600 avg. nightly rate compared to other prop...

Hello BP! I am in the process of obtaining a HELOC. My strategy is to use it to purchase properties cash ( I am looking for duplexes or anything that is 2-4 unit as opposed to SFR in Milwaukee) using the HELOC and the...

Hi BP fam,I'm finally close to listing my property for short-term rental purposes.  My property is located in the Mount Pocono area of Pennsylvania. I'm curious to know if there's a go to website or ecommerce shop tha...

One of the main things guests look when booking a vacation home, is the decoration the home has. The more updated and decorated is, the faster it can be rented and you can justify high prices better. Some ideas are tu...

hi all, i’m newish to BP boards, thank you in advance for sharing your opinions + experience.

i’m looking for opinions about how helpful an additional sleep number is in the income + rentability of an str.

i’m p...

As you know, until now, airbnb would payout once the guests have checked in (Day D+1). Now they give you the option to receive half of the payout, at booking time (or Booking Day+3 exactly), but would charge another 1...

What's the difference in sq.ft and bed count requirements between STR and LTR?Any sites I can gather this data besides AirDNA which charges $300/year even if I need 20 minutes worth of data.

Hello everyone- I thought I found a great tenant but my upstairs neighbors have complained that the tenant’s guest smokes cigarettes and marijuana in the patio and the smoke drifts up into their unit. Per my rental ag...

I know based off of reading this website that airDNA is not always accurate with projecting revenue.  I am looking at a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom place with a bonus room.  I was thinking of doing king beds in the two ma...

Hopefully this copy-and-paste's OK:RESTRICTIVE DRAFT RENTAL ORDINANCE PUBLISHED
Palm Springs has now published the rental rules that will be proposed at this Wednesday's 5PM Council meeting, including:

No more ...