All Forum Posts by: Collin Hays

I own five (5) service franchise locations with 53 employees.  They make more than me!  ;)

DFW is cracking down on STRs.  Make sure you check deed restrictions, code, and rumors of new deed restrictions and code.

This is actually pretty easy. Go to the city and county of your prospective STR and ask for the deed restrictions and/or municipal code, for the specific property. Review them carefully. Usually, any semblance of "no" means "no."

I am not familiar with them. If you are going to have a company manage your property, I would recommend you find someone that is local.  There simply isn't enough margin in this business to layer on a national company, without charging you an arm and a leg and/or doing a substandard job.

We do not. I don't think that photos would help us with anything much, other than a 30,000 foot view. 

If you are borrowing money, you are going to be using equity of some sort. Whether it is the equity of your own home or the home you are financing, it doesn't really matter. I would go with whatever offers the best terms for you. If that is the equity in your own home, do it.

We provide basic cable TV or YouTube TV, depending on the location of the property. Each has plenty of channels for the kidlets.  

As a side note:  Are kids even watching TV anymore? I own a group of franchise hair salons. We used to have nice big TV monitors in the lobbies.  After some observation, we decided it was just noise - no one was watching it; they were looking at their phones.  So we tossed all of the TVs and no one said a word.  

I think you missed on the "year to recover from a 1-star review."  Those reviews are just part of it, no matter how much we try. Furthermore, 1-star reviews serve to demonstrate legitimacy of the ranking system. I would be leery of an product or service being promoted that has zero negative reviews.

Agree with Jonathan.  Change out the used sheets with fresh ones, then take the used ones off-site. For an extra charge, the cleaners may be willing to do with laundry at their home, although I did this once and had mixed results.

Very good thread here. Regardless of the particular "wow" shot you choose, professional photography is a must.