This 0.22-acre lot is level, lightly wooded, and ready for a single-family build or vacation getaway.

This isn't just when checking in, but during their entire stay.The email:"When a guest can’t gain access to a property to complete their stay, it’s more than just a bad experience—it can shake guests’ trust in vacation rentals altogether.

Purchase price: $240,000 Cash invested: $28,000 Sale price: $290,000 Purchased a vacation home in the Finger Lakes Region of NY, which we turned into an Airbnb, when not using it.

Luxury STRs are sometimes easier said than closed..having just represented a buyer on one of the most prolific Luxury STRs on the Coast (and one of the most challenging and lengthy to close!)

I'm trying to zoom out and take a look at my whole strategy (or what's left of it).I wanted to diversify, so during COVID (a lot of stories properly start this way), I dove in on running an STR in a popular vacation destination here in my area (Lake Arrowhead).

I have now the luxury of looking back at 15+ years of my own REI and compare what worked and what didn't.

Quote from @Andrew Chase: I really look at this at what is the basics verse the luxuries!

I do believe that their alleged name is pure bs.I, too, do not have the luxury of only accepting known callers.

@Aaron Zimmerman many investors in short term vacation rentals properties don t need to have the “proper temperament” if they are truly passive investors after the first year of ownership.

New luxury rental buildings have come online, one just broke ground half a mile away, and another is approved and will go up right next door (200 rental units).