All Forum Posts by: Gabrielle E.

@Edward B. great input. I like the idea of executive/corporate housing. I'll have to look into that. How did the investors approach you to initially bring up the proposition? Was it at your rental listing or a local REIA meeting? Any dos or don'ts with pitching the concept?

@Paul Sandhu hopefully I will find a landlord who just wants to relax and let the money roll in without taking over the AirBnB process. I think it's a risk I'm willing to take though. If he did want to do it himself I'd offer to sell the furniture and run the process for a percentage of the rental income

@Jason D. it's nice to know that there are some landlords who would be interested in the opportunity. I think qualifying is fair and I'd be open to the screening process

@Thomas S. hopefully most landlords wont have your same requirements lol. I wouldn't be too eager to cut deeper into my cashflow but I'd consider it starting out

I'm trying come up with the best strategy for finding landlords who would be interested in allowing me to rent their property to AirBnB tenants. The owner would benefit from the relationship because I would ensure the landlord will receive their originally-advertised rent payment each month and I would take care of property upkeep. This would allow the owner to basically have a no-hassle rental and I would have a rental that I control without much money out of pocket.  I've considered contacting landlords to take a look at their property as a prospective tenant, then after building rapport I could pitch the AirBnB concept.

I plan to contact landlords who have properties in areas with high demand in my city. I'm in the Richmond, VA market so this would be properties downtown, near colleges, etc. I plan to get a pretty good sense of demand in certain areas by searching on Airbnb in specific areas throughout my city and checking out various listings. I can ensure the spread is there between the landlord's rent rate and the AirBnB price by checking local rates, how many reviews other listers have, and whether those reviews are concentrated or spread out over many months. (A listing with 30 reviews in the past four months shows good demand. A listing with 30 reviews over the past three years, not so much.)

My main question is, as a landlord, what is the best approach to pitch an AirBnB opportunity to a landlord? Any advice about how I should go about this process?

38°29'51.8"N 77°32'30.8"W

38.497730, -77.541885

This is a rare find! .5 acres of raw land in Stafford VA for only $25k! The land is assessed at $75k and you can build a house worth $230k+. This is a wooded area, buildable lot, homes to the right and the left of the parcel. The lot is highlighted in red on the image below.

Location information:

32 Section 8 Lake Arrowhead H

Map #8BH32

Stafford, VA 22556

@Barbara Goodwin 907 Milton St, Richmond, VA 23222

This property is in Northside. You should stop by there, the owner is very friendly and they've already done a good amount of work on it @Barbara Goodwin. Thank you, I will add your email address to my list.

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These properties have sold

3014 Barton Ave and 3 E. Graham Rd.

3 E. Graham Rd.

• Lot: 6,604 sqft
• Lot width: 45 ft
• Lot depth: 145 ft

3014 Barton Ave

• Lot: 6,752 sqft
• Lot width: 50 ft
• Lot depth: 135 ft

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