The Florida governor declared a temporary ban on short term rentals, initially through April 11th and then extended it to the end of the month. I have 3 homes in Davenport FL that are short term rentals, one of them i...

I'm also an insurance agent and curious if there are any statistics regarding bed bugs in STR's. I have a client who has purchased a brand-new home, (just finished building), and planning on using for STR. All furnitu...

Hi All,Would love your advice. Would you accept booking requests from guests who don't have any reviews? (background info: their identity has been verified on Airbnb, they don't have any bad reviews, but they don't ha...

Hi all,
Just recently listed my first property on Airbnb and I have a couple questions about taxes. If I understand correctly, Airbnb automatically collects Anchorage muni 12% tax from the guest (see article here) an...

i have instant booking on my airbnb account and the only stipulation is agree to house rules and government id (and verified of course).  the first booking came through instant...the second one though i had to accept ...

One thing I've noticed is that there are a ton of resources on the important metrics to consider when analyzing properties and how to calculate them. I'm comfortable with my understanding of the metrics, what they mea...

Revisiting the subject of financing for vacation home/vacation rentals/STR's.  10% down is still an option without having to pay points.  There are lenders doing loans outside of Fannie and Freddie.  Significance ther...

I got an booking inquiry from someone who wanted to bring two large labs and a small dog into my two bedroom vacation rental. I only allow one small dog. I responded within 1 hour that if they made $150 additional dep...

Hey BP,One of the things i came across while reading Brandon Turners- the book on rental property investing- says “analyze 60 houses a month, make offers on 6, have 1 agreed upon”. Not sure how this process works. If ...

I have read from different people how they advertise their vacation rental condos but I'd appreciate a list or recommendations.  i know about tripadvisor, airbnb and VRBO......any others that you think are good or hav...