Getting into a short-term rental, whether it is a single home or managing on behalf of others, means you are running a business. According to Bruce Ikelheimer of Banjoe Vacations, that is non-negotiable, so all aspects of the operation should be given a business perspective.
Investing in property in three very diverse markets, mostly off-grid, and in wildly different locations may not be unusual, but doing it simultaneously, and on a small budget, requires a very unique perspective. And when the investors’ motto is Plan Less – Live More, you may wonder how this all comes about.
How does someone with no experience in the short-term rental business, buy a company, close on the deal at the beginning of the busiest season in the company’s history, and sail through the summer with a record intake of new owners…..and live to tell the tale?
In this episode, we explore the highly charged topic of damage management from big-ticket items to the more mundane, with lots of practical examples.
Getting people to join an email list is just the first step, and this episode focuses on the types of content you will need to create to keep people on there, once they have parted with their email address.
If there is one thing every property owner and manager should do frequently, it’s to be a guest in someone else’s property, because, however much you do for your own guests, you can never truly understand the experience of staying in a short-term rental, unless you have done it yourself. And not in your own place.
In this episode, Dana Wolfe of Aipex technologies shares his passion for voice technology and how it can be used effectively to give you a competitive edge in your rental market.
PMS companies trumpet features that offer everything you could possibly need to run a sizeable vacation rental company from owner and guest portals to website and channel management, housekeeping and maintenance schedule to trust accounting …and much more.
So, how do you choose the one that is right for you?
In this first part of a 3-episode series on Growing Your Email List, Jodi Bourne shares ideas and recommendations on creating the type of lead magnets that people will want to download.
From a tree house in Hawaii, a giant potato in Idaho to a Hobbit House in Washington state, Kristie Wolfe, has engaged massive creativity and ingenuity to build some of the most unique short-term rental properties currently available.
