Paul Sandhu
What do you do with leftover food from your STR?
I keep the good fresh stuff. Other things like mustard, ketchup or salad dressing I leave for the next tenants. But if it's something like cold cuts, cheese, bread, eggs, potato chips or pastries I set them out in m...
Karen Margrave
UNIQUE USES TO GENERATE INCOME IN R.E.
We have a 4600 sq. ft. house with a 2100 sq. ft. guest house on 20 acres with a big seasonal pond, in Shasta County. It's within 15 minutes of Lake Shasta (365 miles of shoreline) Shasta Caverns, Whiskeytown Lake, ...
John Underwood
We are attacking the cable cutters in our property description!
We have multiple ways to rise above the competition.Here is one.We have cable channels and NFL Sunday ticket. So many others are cutting corners on this and who knows what else! We use You Tube TV for cable channels t...
Scott Dixon
Will Students Start Converting To Airbnb's for Rentals?
I have a couple Airbnb's up and running in a college market and I am starting to see college students / traveling scholars use Airbnb for their mid-term (1-6 month) housing needs. Is anyone else seeing this transitio...
Vincent Casiano
Vacasa for short term rental property management
Good evening all,
The short term rental that I’m looking at is a rural vacation destination. I grew up there as a kid and knew that it would be difficult to find reliable contractors for maintenance and cleaning. It’...
Michael Baum
Deep Theme Design Trends
There was an interesting post on Realtor.com - https://www.realtor.com/advice/home-improvement/deep-theme-d...It is all about the creation of themed homes and rooms. Heavy on the design and how each place goes into gr...
Chuck Patel
STR COMPETITION THROUGH CLEANING FEES!
iN THIS COMPETATIVE MARKET I SEE QUITE A FEW FOLKS CHARGING A LOW CLEANING FEE TO NO FEE AT ALL. TO ME IT SEEMS YOU ARE BUYING A JOB AS A HOUSEKEEPER. I AM IN A SMALLER MARKET IN GEORGIA AND IN THE PAST YEAR MULTIPL...
Marylin OShea
Optimize occupancy using different strategies for Airbnb vs VRBO
Hiya BP community - I am an investor & STR host in Annapolis, Maryland. I have been hosting my SFH property in both VRBO and Airbnb for nearly two years. Had a record year last year and I am thinking with a bit mo...
Indiana Eugenia Castillo
AIRBNB / STR systems that have helped you
Hey ya'll,
I close on a mutlifamily in two weeks. It consists of two studios and two 2/1's. And a huge yard this is divided into little private patios for each unit. I plan to use them as AIRBNBs/VRBO/other forms STR...
David Mathews
A clean space is the heartbeat of the biz!
So how did you find and settle on your cleaner? Do they offer any services directly associated with STR's?