All-Knowing Ones,

My husband and I have our little log cabin in La Grange, TX and we've received six bookings in the last six weeks through all three of our platforms (Airbnb, HomeAway, and Glamping Hub).  We're pretty pleased with it so far and are super excited about hosting our first set of guests at the end of December.

Slowly but surely, we've gotten past the small expenses like stocking paper supplies, dinnerware, and linens and are starting to look at the larger expenses like new TV, mattress and new living room furniture.

The two crumby recliners and the outdated TV in the listing photos are already out.  We know which mattress we want to buy, we've bought the TV on a Black Friday sale.  Now I'm stuck with which sofa/loveseat to purchase.  I find something that has a decent price but crappy reviews.  Then I look at the price tag of the nicer ones and it seems counter-productive to spend so much money that we don't have covered with rental income yet. 

This comes to my next question: when does the spending stop and the money making begin?  I think that my husband and I will be learning in the first year then improving significantly in the second year.  We will also hopefully see some repeat business in the second year.  But I want the first impression of our very first guests to be awesome so we start off with strong reviews so we can get some more bookings.