Get Paid For Your Pad | Airbnb Hosting | Vacation Rentals | STR Revenue Management

Only 4% of people who buy an online course actually implement the information and get results. But in our STR Legends X Accelerator , we have a 100% success rate. What sets Legends X apart from other online courses? And how can you be part of the unique program? On this episode of Get Paid for Your Pad, Eric and I walk you through the Legends X application process and explain who is a good fit for...

In the Legends X program, we help students transition from hectic Airbnb host to millionaire short-term rental manager. And in the process, we coaches learn just as much from our students as they do from us.   So, what were our top takeaways from leading the first session of our STR accelerator?   Legends X Head Coach Julie George started with one Airbnb property in 2016, and in just two...

Are you cleaning your own short-term rental units? Responding to guest messages at all hours? Do you have to say no to opportunities to add units because you’re maxed out and just can’t take on any more work?  Then you need our free training, From Hectic Host to Millionaire Manager , an interactive event designed to help hosts like you get out of the weeds and build a STR business that scales...

The future of travel is in unique experiences. And the more Instagrammable your short-term rental listing, the more likely you are to succeed in the long term.    So, what if you could design your space from the ground up, building your own A-frame, log cabin or tree house to rent out on Airbnb?   Alex Jarbo is an Airbnb Superhost out of Asheville, North Carolina, who builds his own...

So, your Airbnb side hustle has turned into a full-time job.    You’d like to scale the operation and run a true hospitality company, but at the moment, you’re the only one who knows what to do. And you don’t feel comfortable outsourcing any of the work to someone else.    You’re the epitome of the hectic host, and you’re not sure how to get to the next level.   On this ep...

If you have dreams of buying properties to list on Airbnb but you don’t qualify for a traditional mortgage, all is not lost! You can still acquire real estate and build a portfolio of short-term rentals by way of creative financing.   Isaac Moore and Andrew LeBaron are the Cofounders of Buy More Time , a short-term rental property management company out of Arizona. Isaac and Andrew are also e...

During the pandemic, smart Airbnb hosts focused on making it easy for guests to work from home. But Aaron Hanauer took it a step further and made it easy for his guests to work OUT from home as well!   Aaron is an Airbnb Superhost out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He got into the STR space in 2017, renting one unit of his 1916 Tudor-style home on the platform and investing the profits to add a g...

Airbnb was a crazy saturated space pre-COVID and once the whole world shut down, it caused everyone, including people in real estate to have to majorly pivot and pivot quickly. Now, as some city regulations are slowly being lifted, where do you even start with the market with the way it is right now? How do you manage to do Airbnb successfully when the guidelines have become so strict, let alone g...

The best business strategy is a satisfied customer. And if you host one or two short-term rental properties, it’s fairly easy to earn five-star reviews on Airbnb. But how do you maintain a high-quality guest experience at scale? How do you rack up 2,000-plus reviews and keep a 4.99 rating? Sean McGregor is the Founder and CEO of Stay Work and Play Co-Hosting , otherwise known as SWAP Lofts. Sean a...

So, you don’t quite make enough money to support yourself as a short-term rental host. But you know you need to spend more time on the business if you want to grow. Do you wait and try to save more money? Or do you take a leap of faith, quit your job and go all-in on Airbnb?   Sergio Castaneda is a part of our Legends X community and the founder of Jungle House , a short-term rental company o...

To scale a short-term rental business, you need more properties. And the best way to expand your portfolio is to build relationships with the right people. People who can help you find new units to manage. So, who should STR operators be connecting with? And how do we go about building those relationships?   Liam Carolan is the short-term rental expert behind Ginger & Gold , a property ma...

If you manage one or two properties on Airbnb, it’s fairly easy to keep track of your communications with cleaners and maintenance personnel. But as you grow a STR business, it gets more and more challenging to oversee quality control and keep up with routine maintenance on multiple listings. So, what can you do to streamline your cleaning and maintenance processes and maintain a high-quality gues...

There are two ways to get more direct bookings: You can either find new customers or get current customers to return. And when you try to recruit brand new guests, you’re competing with the marketing budgets of well-known OTAs like Airbnb. But past guests are much easier to market to and sending an email is free. The question is, what’s the best way to collect our guests’ email addresses?   A...

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travel is back in a big way, and people are hungry for unique experiences. And Wil Slickers contends that you can differentiate your short-term rental brand and attract guests through destination creation. But how do you take an average apartment or single family home and transform it into a destination?   Wil is the Hospitality Expert and Destinationaire behind Slick Talk: The Hospitality Po...

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you see other short-term rental hosts as competitors or potential collaborators? It may seem counterintuitive, but connecting with other STR entrepreneurs for support can lead to opportunities for partnerships and additional income streams. And it’s that kind of abundance mentality that helped today’s guest scale from 8 to 50 units in less than a year. Aaron Kirkham is the Founder of Kirkham Ka...

Even if you take every possible precaution, there’s still a chance that an Airbnb guest could get hurt on your property and sue you for negligence. That’s exactly what happened to Tamara Swager. So, how did she navigate such a stressful time? And what steps can you take to protect yourself should something similar happen to you? Tamara is the Founder of Swag Hospitality , a short-term rental busin...

Are you chasing property owners and investors in an attempt to scale your short-term rental management portfolio? What if you could market yourself in a way that makes new business chase YOU? Julie George is the Founder of Million Dollar Host , a platform committed to helping STR hosts scale a successful property management business. Julie grew her own Airbnb management company from zero to 130 pr...

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yesterday we announced our brand new virtual event,  From Host to Successful Hospitality Brand.   If you haven’t registered yet, do so now,  because we’re opening up our private FB group where we’re going to start dripping out free content.  In addition, you can connect with the experts that will be leading the training prior to the event.  A bit more about the event... Th...

As you know, Eric and I have been working together for a few years now building different products and events for the short-term rental industry. To better serve our mission, we've officially partnered to bring all of our brands and products under one umbrella. We're calling our company...Overnight Success!   If you're reading this, you're one of the first people to hear about our rebrand..&n...