How to Make Your Rental Property as Safe as Possible with Justin Ford It is your responsibility to make sure your property is safe for your guests! To drive home the importance of safety, we talk with Justin Ford, Director of Safety at Breezeway, a software company that makes it easier to manage property care […]

How to Bounce Back When You Let Your Guests Down Mistakes are going to happen when you have an Airbnb, and that can be kind of scary. We’re going to share the experiences we’ve had and how we bounced back in hopes of alleviating some of that fear. You are not alone if you’ve made […]

What Is Rental Arbitrage & Should You Do It? We’re going to talk about a lesser-known strategy for growing your short term rental business: rental arbitrage. What exactly is it, what benefits can it provide, and what are the risks involved? We lay it all out, including our personal thoughts on it, so you can […]

Advice From a Prior Airbnb Employee- with Danny Rusteen What kinds of things could you learn from chatting with a former Airbnb employee? Well, Danny Rusteen is a former Airbnb employee, and this has opened a lot of doors for him! After working for them in accounting for two years, he ended up working in […]

The “What If” Episode- with Jesse Gross Do you have burning questions about starting up your first short term rental? What if your tenants throw a big party? What if someone gets hurt? The questions are endless! We had the pleasure of meeting Jesse Gross, CEO and co-founder of Makomi, which is a short term […]

Capturing Email Addresses for Your Airbnb Guests-with Kelly Rauch How do you keep up high occupancy rates? You have to market! Kelly Rauch is a marketing expert. We want your short term rental to be the best that it can be, and offer the best guest experience it can, and for you to have high […]

Airbnb & the Future of Hospitality- with Joseph Michelli We are big believers in hospitality when it comes to being a host. That’s why we were so excited to read about our guest, Joseph Michelli, on the Airbnb blog. He’s an internationally sought after speaker, author, and organizational consultant who transfers his knowledge of exceptional […]

Everybody’s Booking for the Weekday: How to Get Your Airbnb Booked All Week Long Have you ever said to yourself, “Our weekends are rocking, but how do I get that weekday occupancy up?” We are all about the guest experience, but we are still trying to run a profitable business. Unless you’re in a big […]

Why You Should Keep All Bookings on the App (Even Your Mom) This episode is all about the importance of booking all guests — including your mom, your grandma, and regular corporate clients — through the app, whether that’s with Airbnb or another platform. Sometimes hosts are tempted to take cash, PayPal, or Venmo bookings, […]

Creating a Website (in Addition to Airbnb) for your Short Term Rental- with Kelly Rauch of Local Anywhere A few weeks ago, Kelly Rauch taught us about how we can utilize Instagram and Facebook to market your short-term rental — go check that episode out if you haven’t already — and today she’s back to share […]

Hiring A Co-Host + Sharing Your Vacation Rental with the World- with Jennifer and Jamey Ratcliff Jennifer and Jamey Ratcliff are an incredible couple — and an incredible couple of entrepreneurs in the Columbus area! They own a local restaurant, Arch & Eddie’s, and a local brewery, Sixth Sense, in addition to an adorable condo […]

Airbnb 101: How to Handle Damages Caused by Guests When people start hosting short-term rentals, especially if they’re sharing their own home, they are usually worried about two things: damaged/stolen property and parties (which can lead to damaged or stolen property)! Unfortunately, things do happen, although less than you might think, but there are things […]

Airbnb 101: Making a Hosting Business Plan + An Exciting Announcement! We have an exciting announcement that we just could not wait until next week to share with you: Sarah and her husband Nick were chosen by Airbnb to be the feature of a new program they’re launching called How to Host! So Nick joins […]

Airbnb 101: What the Heck is a Co-Host?! There’s a question we get asked all the time: What the heck is a co-host?! At its core, a co-host is just a joint host — which means the role is open for interpretation! One of the reasons we think so many people find the idea of […]

Do I Need an Instagram or Facebook Account For My Airbnb or Short-Term Rental?- with Kelly Rauch of Local Anywhere We met today’s guest, Kelly Rauch, at our most recent local Airbnb meetup — so, let that me a lesson to you: go to your local meetups, or if one doesn’t exist, start one. You […]

Best & Worst Cities for Airbnb: Making Money & Paying Your Mortgage with Short-Term Rentals- with Gillian Luce We often talk about strategies for hosts who are already in the game (how to welcome guests, how to set pricing, etc.), but we’ve missed an important step: getting the property you can use as an Airbnb! […]

InnTown Stays: A Unique Short-Term Rental Business That Helps People Recovering from a Disaster- with BJ Allmon We host an Airbnb meetup here in Columbus, and at our most recent one, we heard about BJ Allmon, co-founder of InnTown Stays — and we knew we had to talk to him! Because BJ is staking a […]

How to Automate Your Airbnb & What it’s Like to Airbnb Your Home When You Travel- with Cody Boyce Cody Boyce and his wife recently started listing their home on Airbnb while they’re travelling for business, and Cody’s already automated this thing up — for free! So, we’re going to learn all about the Zapier […]

Funding Your Airbnb Investment Property- with Marc Kade of PrimeLending We met Marc Kade at a real estate investor meetup about a year ago — and, oh boy, this is the guy to talk to about all things lending! He’s a branch manager for PrimeLending and a real estate investor himself, and we brought him […]

Coffee, Robes, Phone Chargers, Flowers, & Other Details That Will Make Your Airbnb Stand Out- with Tiffany Caliva of The Beach Lodge We are so excited to share our conversation with Tiffany Caliva, host of The Beach Lodge in Hollywood, Airbnb Superhost, and one of our Instagram Super Heroes! Tiffany tells us about her journey […]

Flipping Houses, Hosting on Airbnb, & Everything in Between- with Wendy Doris of FlippinWendy Design Today we’re talking to a flippin’ Instagram celebratory in the real estate world, Wendy Doris, AKA @FlippinWendy! Resources: