When did you realize Airbnb wasn’t passive income anymore?

[Renee Adams]

I keep hearing people say short-term rentals are “passive income,” but the more I learn and talk to other hosts, the more I wonder if that’s ever really true.

For those of you with multiple Airbnbs (or even just one!), when did it really hit you that it’s more of a business than “set it and forget it”?

Was it a certain number of properties? A guest horror story? Or did you hit a point where you had to bring on help?

Curious what made you shift your mindset — I feel like these are the stories new hosts never hear about until they’re deep in it!

[John Underwood]

Any intelligent person never thought a STR(Not Airbnb) was passive.