Hi everyone, I’m mapping out a long-term single-family portfolio strategy and would love feedback from investors who have executed a staged rental lifecycle, specifically managing out of state in Year 1 before handing off operations to third-party management. The plan is to acquire one single-fam...
Beginning a furnished rental in Hampstead, NC that will be ready approximately mid-October. 2-bed/2-bath currently sleeps 4 but could push to 6-8 if better optimized that way. It's a small stand-alone newly renovated home across the road from the intercoastal waterway but currently with no water ...
Hello All! I am looking for a good independent cleaner for a house in Minneapolis and I am having a heck of a time finding a good one. Does anyone know any good ones? Thanks for any help!
As I look into STR I can see what the gross nightly rents are.. Then I see that VRBO charges like 8% to be on their platform and Air bnb is 15% so then when PM want 25% your taking 33 to 40% right off the top.. And a bunch of the listings I saw dont have cleaning fee's and I suspect the cleaning ...
Hi BP Community - I'm looking for advice. I signed up to use RedAwning for property management about 3 months ago. Onboarding was fine, but there has been one major problem: Of 13 completed stays, they've only paid me for 2 of them so far. Worse, they only paid me for those stays after I complain...
I have a couple markets where I am struggling to get bridge loans for BRRRR short term rentals. It's due to the "Rural" index (I can't quite remember what it's called, one of the lenders showed me). One of the markets I have a #1 performing STR for guest count so I can prove that I know what I am...
Hi all, I’m researching one STR strategy: hosting guests on non-vacation stays, in either a room or a whole home, in the suburbs of Houston, Indianapolis and Tampa. I’d value a reality check from people on the ground. Where the supply seems to be - Owners who couldn’t sell. Accidental landlords r...
Airbnb is expanding grocery delivery through Instacart, and one option caught my attention: in Phoenix and Orlando, hosts who opt in can receive guests’ grocery orders and stock the fridge and pantry before they arrive. I can see the appeal for families and guests arriving late—walking into a ren...
A listing should make the property attractive. But it should also make the property understandable. If parking is limited, say it. If there are significant stairs, explain them. If an amenity has restrictions, communicate them clearly. If a bedroom is small, don't photograph it in a way that make...
Very small sample size, end of summer into shoulder season however notable as all but 1 guest have brought dogs and not one has checked the pet box which can be elusive as they have all mentioned dogs just didn't add the fee. Prior to this the pet fees collected were averaging 20% of bookings whi...
Had a conversation last month that I've now had some version of about a dozen times. Couple with W-2 jobs buys a cabin, puts it on Airbnb, gets a cost seg study done. Big paper loss, and they're counting on it to wipe out a chunk of their wages. So I ask the boring question: how many hours did yo...
I do due diligence on cabin and small-business deals in East Tennessee. On Sevier County STRs, the question I keep running into isn't "what does it gross?" It's "which permit is this, and does it survive my closing?" Here's what I've pulled from the county and city documents. I checked them in Oc...
I am looking for some feedback and strategic advice on the best way to exit or structure the sale of a small portfolio of single-wide mobile homes currently operating as short-term rentals. Here is the current setup: - Scale: 4 single-wide homes located within a private, 8-home gated park that I ...
I’ve been doing property due diligence for STR investors and here are the questions that sometimes get overlooked: What jurisdiction actually governs the property? What is the zoning classification, and does it allow the proposed use? Are STRs permitted, restricted, capped, or prohibited? Is a li...
Hello everyone! I own a corporate housing and short-term rental company. I'm researching rental arbitrage opportunities in Nevada, particularly Clark County, North Las Vegas, and Henderson. I'm looking to connect with operators who currently lease properties from homeowners and legally operate th...
Hi all, I’m researching the Sunbelt from the outside (Texas and Florida), and would value a reality check from people of those areas . Considering supply: Texas: Accidental landlords own 14.2% of Houston’s active single-family rentals. In suburban Fort Bend County, 17.8% of active rentals are lis...
Hi all , Currently pursuing some research on Houston and Tampa suburbs. My focus is on owners of Class B homes which seem squeezed on both sides: No real news, but selling is slow. About a third of Hillsborough and Pasco listings had a price cut. Houston and Tampa entered 2026 with more homes for...
The amount of inventory hitting the Four Corners, Reunion, and ChampionsGate areas is incredible. I am seeing more properties come on the market every day, including a growing number of short sales. Some owners are selling at major losses on properties they purchased only a few years ago, and sev...
Struggling with lack of transparency from property managers, is this the industry standard? I have recently hired new property management companies for my short term rentals, Avari in Navarre, Florida, and another firm in OKC, but I am already deeply unhappy with both. Having self managed my prop...
Just wanted to know if rental arbitrage is a good way to start investing. I'm just asking this question, cause I'm new and don't have to much capital for a down payment on a property. I'm learning and want to continue to learn the right way. I'm really interested in Short-Term / Vacation Homes. T...
I have a Two floor rental in Payson that I'm considering selling that I've owned for about 5 years with long-term renter on top floor and short-term renter on bottom. I'm thinking about selling and wondering if I should try to rent to a new party on the top before selling or let the lease expire ...
I'm looking at short-stay demand south of Houston and have a theory I'd like to test against real experience. The Medical Center is just up 288 and Johnson Space Center is nearby. So I'd expect a lot of short stays in Pearland and Friendswood to come from people here for treatment, a job contract...
What STR revenue estimation tool (s) does everyone prefer? We used AirDNA for our first STR analysis and found that AirDNA data tends to be way higher. We ended up using a PM who manages many properties in the area and used his numbers as a reference. Now that we are looking in a new area, we pla...
Our short term rentals have non-smoking policy. However some guests are smoking inside the house. When we discuss with guests or Airbnb or VRBO , there is no photo to prove as it is smell. It is only the strong smell and we can tell it is smoking or Weed. Also many times it is just our cleaners c...
What a surprise... NOT! Got an email this morning that VRBO is forcing moving me from my preferred PPS to their PPB model. Guessing this could have been predicted given Airbnb's recent moves. Details are thin. I wonder how many hosts this affects and if this single "transparent" 12% commission in...