All Forum Posts by: Aaron T.

Here in FL we do not. I would check your state laws. My CPA says the STR is just like an annual rental for tax purposes.

John, you and I seem to be on the same thought process. I did not know if anyone was paying anything different for a successful in service unit, so I turned to my VR peers for their thoughts.

Thanks for the info on taking over an account. I was hoping I could, but did not put any research into it up until this point. I will check with Airbnb. 90+% of my VR guests come from Airbnb.

If VRs were banned, I could use it as a annual rental and cash flow. Tampa is friendly to VRs and UBER and the such, so I don't think the VR market will go away anytime soon.

I am looking to buy another VR. This property [SFR] is already in service as a successful VR. Looking for advice on how negotiate buying an in-service Airbnb.

I figured a starting point would be the Comps for the property itself, then furniture. The part I am unsure of is, how much should/would you pay for acquiring the current operations?

thank you for this thread. I am interested in looking into the TURO option for my VR. If anyone has additional info or blogs that talk about this, please post a link.

 If I were to list my property with a corporate office, they would take a percentage of using their name and service to be listed with them.

Brian, it would help if you had more pointed questions. Then we can help dial you into a good answer.

I looked at our local corporate rental market, but realized that the percentage (10%) would take was more than I would be willing to give. I stay full just on the Airbnb guests.

those numbers are also why the prices are elevated more than they should be. sellers market for sure.

I would call an insurance broker. then they can shop the best rates with many companies. you will probably end up with Heratige or one of the other florida backed insurance companies.

Once we got the our unit furnished and up and running. I spend maybe 2 minutes a booking when I get an alert. all the work is done with my thumbs. I think I booked a guest while I was on the bus heading up to Machu Picchu last month.