In addition to what John mentioned, I also like to cross-reference local Facebook neighborhood groups and city Reddit threads since you can get firsthand insight from residents.

@Nelson Badillo, hope all is well.

I hope you are well, wherever you are.

Hope you guys are doing well!

Needs to be unique, designed well, photographed well, etc. etc.The STR market here in Colorado is saturated, but I still have clients in the last year buying at elevated prices, at elevated interest rates, that are killing it because they follow the playbook for Airbnb success in 2025.But if you're trying to start a run-of-the-mill short-term rental at this moment in the STR lifecycle, just plan to make marginal cash flow at best.

The cross reference the persons identity several ways, make them upload an ID.

I understand that well performing notes will not come at a steep discount.

Refer to it in the headline of your Airbnb and/or VRBO listing, as well as within the description a few times.Guests are taking note of specific cabin names and then doing a Google search.

Are these actually any improvement over a well formulated Excel spreadsheet? 

I think that the design works well with SIP panels, or full on modular.