Unique, Durable, and Affordable: Why a Luxury Yurt Would Make an Excellent Short-term Glamping Rental Source: Airbnb Do you own or rent property in the woods, desert, or along the coast? Why not put up a luxury yurt for an Airbnb glamping business? Glamping yurts are popping up everywhere. From the Adirondacks in New York, to The Big Sur in California, Terlingua in Texas to the Columbia River in Washington State.  This guy put up an Airbnb yurt near the Grand Canyon. It cost him a mere $15,000 to set up but brought in $28,000 in just a year. What is a yurt? A yurt is a temporary shelt ..read more

Barbie Airbnb and Unique-Themed Short-term Rentals: Imaginative Ways to Draw Guests to Your Property Source: News.Airbnb.com There’s a reason why the Barbie Airbnb is trending right now. And it’s not just the movie. Themed Airbnbs are a thing in the STR world, and maybe it’s time you considered adopting a unique theme, too. There are actually dozens of hot pink, Barbie Airbnb rentals around the world. When it comes to popularity though, nothing beats the one in Malibu. (That one isn’t available for rent anymore, though. It was just opened up on Airbnb for a limited time last July, in time fo ..read more

Rent to Traveling Nurses – The Quickest Way to Boost Your Airbnb Bookings During Slow Season It’s been three years since COVID-19 erupted, but the healthcare industry is still busy and booming. And if you haven’t thought of it before, it’s time you did – rent to traveling nurses. In this post, and with all the relevant data, we’ll tell you why you should be hosting healthcare professionals. Pandemic or no pandemic. Traveling Nurses are a Hot Market Consider the following statistics: The health care and social assistance sector is expected to add the most new jobs of any industry by 2031 ..read more

An Airbnb Business Plan: Your Guide to Success in Short-term Renting With the so-called “Airbnbust” destroying the short-term rental industry, you may be wondering if it’s still a good idea to start an Airbnb. Well, sure – if you have a solid Airbnb business plan to guide you. You can prevent a short-term rental from going bust by making a well-written Airbnb business plan. It’ll outline your business goals, operational plans, and a schedule for when you want to achieve them. Is an Airbnb business worth it? Airbnbs have reached such a high saturation that competition has become very tough ..read more

The Pros and Cons of Hosting a Tiny House Airbnb: What You Need to Know Are you considering hosting a tiny house Airbnb? You’re on the right track. Tiny homes are all the rage these days.  These miniature homes appeal to young adults wanting more financial freedom, middle-agers looking to downsize, and recent retirees wanting a simpler life. They also attract renters and travelers who are environment-conscious and want to reduce their eco footprint. If stats are an indication of how popular tiny houses are, a 2020 survey found that more than half (or 56%) of Americans would consider li ..read more

6 Honest and Practical Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Buy an Airbnb Property Right Now Is it a good time to buy an Airbnb property right now?  We all know short-term renting has been a massive goldmine in recent years. Thanks in part to Covid-19, people got all “travel vengeful”. Americans were booking Airbnbs left and right in order to break free from months of sheltering in place.  Airbnb property revenues hit an all-time high in 2021, proving that short-term renting is a very lucrative investment strategy.  Or is it? Should I Buy an Airbnb Property in 2023 and 2024? Late last ..read more

The Quickest Way to Earn Money from Short-term Renting: Start an Airbnb Co-hosting Business! Starting an Airbnb co-hosting business is a good way to get into the short-term rental space without owning any property. You can do it without having any cash or credit, or incurring any financial or legal risks. Lots of hosts who’ve made huge money on Airbnb got started by co-hosting other people’s properties. They’ve built a successful business co-hosting one unit after another, eventually making a 6-figure income in less than a year. What is Airbnb co-hosting? If you don’t already know, Airbnb ..read more

The Airbnb Effect: How Short-term Rentals are Impacting Neighborhoods, the Local Economy, and Housing Availability “The Airbnb Effect”. It’s what people are accusing Airbnb and short-term rentals of creating.  From soaring rent prices to the gentrification of cities to a massive housing shortage around the world, more and more problems are being attributed to us. That’s right, us Airbnb hosts. We’re supposed to be the culprits behind changing neighborhood characters and the lack of affordable housing in cities around the world. Now is that a fair allegation or not? It’s important to kn ..read more

11 Ways to Beat the “Airbnbust” and Boost Your Bookings Quickly You’ve probably heard the chatter. “Airbnbust is upon us”. In an earlier post, we proved the statement to be false and explained the reason why many hosts are seeing drops in their bookings – and it’s mostly due to oversaturation. So in this post, we’ll tell you how you can optimize your bookings in the midst of the stiff competition, and give you practical tips on how to beat the “Airbnbust” – as some like to call it. Why Must We Beat the Airbnbust? As in any industry, when there’s too much supply of certain product or servi ..read more

Airbnbust, The Fall of Short-term Rentals: Real or Fake? When the tweet, “The Airbnbust is upon us”, hit social media last October, the short-term rental doom-and-gloom started. The viral tweet sparked a tsunami of complaints from across the U.S., many of them Airbnb hosts whining about an occupancy drop-off. Mainstream media picked it up, and BiggerPockets posted an article entitled, “Airbnbust: The Fall of Short-term Rentals”.  But is the statement valid? In this post, we’re going to see if the “bust” is really a thing, or just hype and speculation amplified by social media.  An ..read more