Unveiling the Secrets of HGTV with Sarah Karakaian Calling all HGTV lovers! If you’re obsessed with HGTV competition shows, or are hoping to be cast on one yourself, you’re going to love this episode. We’re switching things up as Annette interviews Sarah on what it was like to compete on HGTV’s show Beach Flip in […]

Hosting Hotline: Mastering Dynamic Pricing and Modified Bookings Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in between. Today’s question: We often have guests who will edit their booking to add an extra night, but because of […]

The Real Estate Robinsons: Forging A Partnership In Business & In Life Tony & Sara Robinson are a husband and wife duo turned business partners and have built a presence on social media as STR experts. They went from climbing the corporate ladder to now managing a multi-million dollar STR portfolio in a span of […]

Hosting Hotline: How Should I Price my Parent-Child Listing? Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in between. Angela asks: How should I price parent-child listings? I have three specific questions: 1. Do I price the […]

Annette + Sarah (Episode 253) Today, we are going to share with you our top seven favorite apps that we use in our own hosting business. We’ll cover why we love this technology and how we’ve leveraged it for our own properties. And, each app is linked below with a special offer just for our […]

Hosting Hotline: Marketing Your Airbnb: Instagram 101 Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in between. Pam asks: We’re new in our hosting journey and need to start marketing. What kind of content should we be […]

Behind The Scenes Of A Large-Scale Property Management Company Today we’re giving you an insider’s view of a rockstar manager who is running a ton of rentals and has so much valuable experience and data to share. Whether you’re managing your own property, looking to partner with a management company or simply want to learn […]

Hosting Hotline: How To Hire Inspectors For Your Airbnb Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in between. Greer asks: I’m looking to hire inspectors to help with the cleaning process and get some work off […]

Maximizing Revenue: Insights on Dynamic Pricing Strategies with Andrew Kitchell We are so excited today to have Andrew Kitchell, the CEO and founder of Wheelhouse, a revenue management platform that serves leading professional operators in short-term rental, vacation rental, corporate rental  & boutique hotel spaces on the podcast today. Andrew has 10 years of experience […]

Hosting Hotline: Parent-Child Listings for Neighboring Properties Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in between. Blue Sky Villas asks: What do you recommend for a parent-child listing strategy if my neighbor wants us to manage […]

The Ultimate Airbnb Spring Safety Guide with Justin Ford We’re getting summer ready with our safety captain, Justin Ford. He’s an international safety expert who works at Breezeway and he has an undying passion to make short-term rentals safer, which is good for you, the owner, the guest and our industry.  After 13 years in […]

Hosting Hotline: The Power of Education in the Airbnb Industry Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in between. Today’s Question: As someone just getting started in short-term rentals, can you tell us a bit more […]

Investing Abroad: A Guide to International Short-Term Rental Properties Have you ever thought about investing in an international short term rental property? We’ve thought about investing in a property in Mexico, but since we’re unfamiliar with the culture and market, it’s intimidating to know where to start. So, we thought we would bring in one […]

Hosting Hotline: Live in Your Own Airbnb Like a Pro Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in between. Paul asks: My Toronto Airbnb cottage has a living space on the basement level, which can be […]

Bug Off: Tips for Preventing & Dealing with Bed Bugs If you’ve ever been a victim of this unfortunate infestation, you know it’s both unpredictable and something you definitely want to avoid. No one wants to deal with this problem on your property, but it can happen to anyone. It has nothing to do with […]

Hosting Hotline: Listing Our Neighbor’s Property On Airbnb Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in between. Anna asks: Our neighbor has asked us to start managing their property as a vacation rental. It’s the same […]

How to Design A Scroll-Stopping Listing with Bridgette Whitney Today’s guest Bridgette Whitney is a 24-year-old AirBnB host, interior designer/stylist, and content creator who runs her businesses with her boyfriend, Blue Delgado. In this episode, we are talking all about having a unique design strategy for your property to increase bookings and create an all […]

Hosting Hotline: The Surprising Way Airbnb Reviews Can Skyrocket Your Bookings Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between. Anonymous STR Owner asks: How do you manage to be so funny, beautiful, interesting, intelligent, and successful, all at […]

Not Leaving These 5 Tools for Your Airbnb Guests Could Cost You Big-Time Today we’re sharing five basic but essential cleaning tools that need to be available to not only your cleaning team, but to your guests. We chose these items because they are sneaky ones that we sometimes don’t see in properties, but highly […]

Hosting Hotline: When To Hire vs. When To Self-Manage Your Airbnb Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between. Carrie asks: We have 14 properties that we own, but a friend is managing. We’re trying to decide if […]

5 Quick Tips for Leveling Up Your Listing In this #STRShareSunday remix, we’ve invited Hosting Business Mastery members to share some of their top takeaways from the recent Level Up Your Listing Summit. We had such great conversations at the event that we decided to share some of the top tips we all learned in […]