Why I stopped choosing between STR and MTR (and doubled my rental income)

[Anja Schaer]

After a few years running STRs in the Atlanta area, I hit a ceiling. High turnover, gaps in the calendar, and burnout.
MTRs brought stability—but I was leaving money on the table during peak seasons.

So I stopped picking one or the other. 

Instead, I built a hybrid strategy that intentionally blends short- and mid-term stays, depending on demand, guest type, and season. It changed everything.Higher income. Less vacancy. More control.

I wrote a book breaking down exactly how we built this model:
The Hybrid Rental Strategy – A Blueprint for Doubling Your Income with Short- and Mid-Term Rentals 

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Hybrid-Rental-Strategy-Blueprint-Doubling/dp/B0F5Q9C432

Curious—anyone here running a blended model too? Or are you sticking strictly to STR or MTR?Would love to hear how others are navigating this.

[James Carlson]

The STR laws in one Denver-area city kind of forced my clients to do something similar.

Arvada, just to the northwest of Denver, allows for non-owner occupied short-term rentals, but you can only rent it as an STR for up to 240 nights.

So a lot of my clients who bought there would run their Airbnb as usual for 2/3 of the year and then switch to an MTR for the slower winter months to have stability and then go back to STR come late Spring.