Most hosts launch knowing the big Airbnb expenses: the mortgage or rent, the cleaning fees, the furnishings. What nobody hands you is the list of costs that show up after you’re already hosting. Some of them run a few hundred dollars a year. Some run into the thousands. None of them are fringe cases. They’re […]
Most hosts launch knowing the big Airbnb expenses: the mortgage or rent, the cleaning fees, the furnishings. What nobody hands you is the list of costs that show up after you’re already hosting. Some of them run a few hundred dollars a year. Some run into the thousands. None of them are fringe cases. They’re […]
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Boost Your Airbnb Success with ChatGPT for Hosts Have you ever felt overwhelmed with managing your Airbnb rental property? You’re not alone; many hosts find themselves buried in repetitive tasks. Using ChatGPT for Airbnb hosts is changing the short-term rental game. It can feel impossible to keep up with guest messages, and listing updates. We […]

Do you know the basics of Airbnb cameras? As an Airbnb host, you understand the importance of providing a safe and secure environment for your guests. Did you know that one of the smartest investments you can make is in Airbnb exterior cameras? It’s not just about protecting your property; it’s about providing that extra […]

What Does an Airbnb Property Manager Do? Your Airbnb property manager is your “boots on the ground” person. This person will be communicating with the guests and dealing with the day-to-day tasks such as stocking supplies, scheduling maintenance, and resolving any problems that arise. This person should know your property in and out, be a […]
Do you know the basics of Airbnb cameras? As an Airbnb host, you understand the importance of providing a safe and secure environment for your guests. Did you know that one of the smartest investments you can make is in Airbnb exterior cameras? It’s not just about protecting your property; it’s about providing that extra […]
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What Does an Airbnb Property Manager Do? Your Airbnb property manager is your “boots on the ground” person. This person will be communicating with the guests and dealing with the day-to-day tasks such as stocking supplies, scheduling maintenance, and resolving any problems that arise. This person should know your property in and out, be a […]
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Do you need a business plan for an Airbnb? Well, you definitely need a plan, that’s for sure! People get into hosting on Airbnb for many reasons, some right, some wrong, and some are completely personal preferences. I would say that if your hopes are to replace your current income from your job or to […]
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Ultimate Guide to Optimizing Minimum Night Stay Requirements for Max Profit Thinking about setting minimum night stay requirements for your vacation rental? Many hosts consider this, trying to balance their business needs with what guests prefer. But are these minimum stay requirements always beneficial, or could they be an obstacle to maximizing your rental income? […]
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Are you making any of these top Airbnb host mistakes? Today, we’re going to uncover five common reasons hosts struggle and, more importantly, show you how to fix these critical Airbnb host mistakes. We’ve been in this game for over ten years, managing our own vacation rental properties. We’ve welcomed tens of thousands of guests […]

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Most hosts launch knowing the big Airbnb expenses: the mortgage or rent, the cleaning fees, the furnishings. What nobody hands you is the list of costs that show up after you’re already hosting. Some of them run a few hundred dollars a year. Some run into the thousands. None of them are fringe cases. They’re […]

Your reviews are five stars. Your business is doing close to seven figures. And every guest message, every nightly rate, and every cleaner text still runs through you. That was Amy Ruocco a year ago. Today she’s on pace to add roughly $400,000 in revenue this year without adding a new property. If you want […]

The best short-term rental properties we know of never went on the market. They went to a host who already had a relationship with the owner, which meant no competing buyers, no bidding war, and no waiting on Zillow to show them what was available. If you are working out how to find Airbnb properties […]

If your bookings have slowed and you set up PriceLabs by connecting your listings, keeping the default PriceLabs settings, and trusting the software to take it from there, your settings are the first place to look. A couple of those defaults give away money on bookings you would have gotten anyway, and the settings that […]

If your goal is to reach $100K from hosting and you’re starting with one property, most of the advice out there points to the same move, which is buying more properties. We’d do something different. We would start an Airbnb co-hosting business, managing other owners’ properties with the same skills you already use every day […]

If you decide whether it was a good month by checking your bank balance after your Airbnb payouts land, you are running your hosting business on feelings. We see it constantly, including with hosts who own multiple properties and have been at this for years, and it is the reason so many of them cannot […]

6 Mistakes Costing You Reservations If your calendar has more open dates than you’re used to, you’ve probably already lowered your price, and you’ve probably already told yourself the market is just slow right now. Sometimes that’s true. But after auditing more than a thousand listings, we keep finding the same six problems behind an […]

Airbnb checkout chores are the top complaint driving guests to hotels, and here’s how to fix yours. Airbnb hosts are going viral on TikTok right now, and not for their design or their hospitality. Guests are filming Airbnb checkout chores, locked thermostats, and passive-aggressive house rules, and the comment sections are full of one line: […]

Short-term rental is not passive income. It takes more decisions per week than being a landlord, more seasonality to plan around, and more that can go sideways on any given Tuesday. That work is also the reason a well-run Airbnb builds wealth faster than almost any other real estate strategy available to a first-time investor. […]