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Best places to list your medium-term rentals in Austin

Conner Olsen
Real Estate Agent · Austin, TX · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 941 votes

I own a MTR in North Austin by the Domain. My property is listed on Airbnb, VRBO, and Furnished Finders. 100% of my bookings have been from Airbnb. I get a lot of requests from Furnished Finders, but the lead time for traveling nurses is less than people looking on Airbnb. My property gets booked 2 months out on Airbnb and people on Furnished Finders are typically looking around 3 weeks out so by the time they reach out to me on FF it's already booked. I have also found that I can charge more on Airbnb than I would on FF.

Where are you listing your MTR? What has given you the most success?

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Chris Schorre
Investor · AUSTIN, TX · Member since 2019 · 56 posts · 45 votes
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You really can't go wrong with MTRs in central Austin. Traveling nurses typically have 3+ month commitments and are often respectful stewards of property. But the MTR market is also great for people who are doing big remodeling projects and need to vacate for several months, or people coming into Austin on short term assignments. 

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  • Jordan MoorheadBusiness Member
    Real Estate Agent · Austin, TX · Member since 2015 · 5k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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    @Conner Olsen I'm on Airbnb, VRBO and Furnished Finders. I set up all of Booking.com only to figure out that I couldn't restrict it to 30+ days!

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  • Ryan KellyBusiness Member
    Real Estate Broker · Austin, TX · Member since 2018 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    @Conner Olsen @Jordan Moorhead I'm under contract on an SFH in southwest Austin that we'll convert to a mid-term rental after we remodel it. The market is hungry for MTR's and we can't wait to get it online.

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    Real Estate Agent · Austin, TX · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 941 votes
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    @Ryan Kelly congrats! Let me know how that turns out down there. I've seen some great numbers for SFH MTR recently.

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  • Chris Schorre
    Investor · AUSTIN, TX · Member since 2019 · 56 posts · 45 votes
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    You really can't go wrong with MTRs in central Austin. Traveling nurses typically have 3+ month commitments and are often respectful stewards of property. But the MTR market is also great for people who are doing big remodeling projects and need to vacate for several months, or people coming into Austin on short term assignments. 

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  • Diana Martinez
    Member since 2020 · 13 posts · 15 votes
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    @Conner Olsen I’m looking to convert my rental in south austin to MTR. Do you use a service for furnishing/decorating or do it all yourself?

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  • Conner Olsen
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    Real Estate Agent · Austin, TX · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 941 votes
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    @Diana Martinez My wife decorated it all from Facebook Marketplace, Overstock, IKEA, and Target.

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  • Sanket Patel
    Member since 2021 · 2 posts · 0 votes
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    Is there any service in Austin that convert SFH rental to MTR? I'm interested in one of those services as I'm also exploring MTR option for my properties.

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  • David Orr
    Accountant · Austin, TX · Member since 2016 · 72 posts · 72 votes
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    Homads.com https://www.homads.com/ is an Austin-based website that exclusively focuses on MTR listings.  It's free to sign up for it and it's worth listing it on there. We do get some leads from it, which is nice because while there are some fees it's still cheaper than the Airbnb fees. 

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