All Forum Posts by: Krishnan Iyer

In your case, Evolve "owns" the listing and you will have to start from scratch as if it's a brand new STR. You will have to register a new listing on Airbnb, get that all setup and then detach from Evolve. You will lose all the reviews etc. from Evolve. Hospitable is awesome and I use it for my properties (hit me up if you need help). In your case, unless you want to list it on multiple platforms, you probably don't need the PMS and the inbuilt tools should suffice.

Ditto @Michael Baum - a simple 3 ring binder and I update/replace it if it looks even a bit worn down. A simple non-tech solution.

Ring Doorbell or Ring Floodlight at the door. For backyard, front yard - I use BLINK. Either of Ring or BLINK or another brand will work. Make sure you sign up for the recording subscription. Security systems are a hassle and will need more work.

Apologies for the delay Ryan. Yes they match. I got a reply from STESSA too - as I had suspected, that amount goes from the guest directly to Airbnb (pass thru) and hence does not get imported into STESSA as a transaction. 

Is anyone using Stessa and importing Airbnb transactions into Stessa? Works really well (I used the CSV option) - but the Stessa import tool does not bring in the GUEST SERVICE FEE from the Airbnb transaction. Any idea why? Is it because the GUEST SERVICE FEE $$ goes directly to Airbnb? Any insight would be appreciated! Thank you.

That screen shot is from Hospitable (that’s the PMS I use). $30,441.38 - Thats the “Gross” earnings and includes all taxes (local, city etc) and cleaning fees (if any) and pet fees (if any) etc etc. 

Sorry I don’t have an answer for the percentage while doing the analysis. Way too many reasons and variables for that one.

@Josh Weber said it - good tools, good processes and automate as much as possible but also leave room for a personal touch. Its very much possible to manage remote STRs. We do that - happy to help if needed, let me know. 

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