u/Kitchen-Amoeba-6812

From now on I’m telling all long term guests property is as is. Being upfront with any long term guests as all homes have imperfections and are not designed for a particular guest. First of all let me tell you I’m a very diligent host. I go out of my way to offer everything to my guest. Trust me. I pay a cleansing team and a home sitter to check the home. But this first booked for 3 weeks and was given high weekly discount. We are two weeks in and not one day has she not messaged me. First it was your ac vent….the wind sounds is too loud. We have black out blinds and she complained the sides show a little light from a street light. I sleep there all the time….its really dark. Then she complained garbage truck comes too early and wakes her up. Her husband messaged me today and said they tested the pool chlorine and it was too low. Poolman said they poured chlorine and tested 3 days ago and it’s could be normal due to rain. They complained that the pop off valve bathtub lets water out slowly. I called plumber to fix and scheduled for next day. They declined saying they will be out. So i scheduled to next available date and the plumber said in 2 days he will be in the area. The next day (day plumber originally booked and they declined) they said their plans changed and they will be home and want plumber to come. Plumber said booked someone else and can’t come. They went crazy on me. They got another week left and i have no idea how to satisfy these people. The sad kart is I have a huge discount given the length of stay. So from now on……long term guest. I will specifically make them sign a contract outlining as is nature. They can just book somewhere else.

Guest wants to check out at 9 pm. Nightly rate for this night is $400/night. How much would you charge for this late checkout. I figured this is so late. I will not be able to rent or clean the home so I should charge close to the nightly rate and told the Guest $300 for the late checkout. They countered and said we will be leaving before midnight so we’ll be willing to pay $250? Does this sound fair? It is low season and there’s a very good chance. The place will go not rented.the checkout date is three days from today

Has anyone purchased a home that is currently a short-term rental and currently has bookings 6 months into the future. How did you handle those future bookings? I am planning on keeping it as a short-term rental for the short term but when low season hits, I’m gonna put it on long-term rental.

Thinking of purchasing an existing airnnb in South Florida. Running the numbers with current interest rates and looking at last bookings. If i self manage I will probably break even except for about 600/month in equity. If I long term rent the property or use a Managment company I will likely loose about 15k per year in cash while I keep the equity and any appreciation. Is such a scenario worth it in any way? I already have 3 Airbnbs and they are all cash flowing. So I am not sure something like this makes sense? Any advise would be appreciated.

I hate to give a bad review as a guest. As a host I know how important 5 star reviews are. And honestly the place was clean and in an amazing location. Communication was excellent. The only problem we had is one of the showers did not work. No water outbid the shower head. As a host I know things break so I didn’t care….and we all just used a single bathroom to shower. A few days went by and the other shower had a clog and water backed up. I had to message the host and they sent a plumber the next day. The plumber fixed the clog. I asked him to look at the other bathroom and he said there was no reason to look. Indicated he knows all about that shower, and it’s simply not fixable unless the owner orders new shower valves. So it was an obvious known problem….which we weren’t told about. Kinda annoyed me. So I kinda want to give them a 4 star review. But a part of me doesn’t want to write a review at all.

Airnnb nkw having hosts pay the 15.5%. My local government request me to pay tqxes on the gross fees before fees. Any way. To set this up so I dont pay more in taxes?

I made some mistakes by not investing in stocks over the past 10 years. I was focused on real estate and just saved my money hoping to buy somehting. Prices kept going hip and I kept saving more.indie buy one home. However I met the rest of my money sit in the bank and now have 10 years of savings just sitting in the bank. Now I want to take half of it I’m and invest in stocks. ETF….not individual stocks but common etf’s. VOO, qqqm, vxus, schd. I’m 49 and will retire are 62. So my question. This large sum of money. How should I dump it in the above ETF’s. All at once. Or slowly to dollar cost average. Say i have 100K. Should I invest it slowly over a year. Maybe weekly investment over 3 years? What would you reccomend. Worry stocks will go down and i will miss a buying opportunity. I really hurt myself by previously not investing. If I had that money in the s&p I could have retire earlier. When I was younger i gambled 300 k in stocks and lost half of it and this was the reason I was scared to invest again. If I had just kept it in the S&P I would have over 1.5 million now. Anyways….in having regrets…..nervous about investing in stocks. Just want to know how to invest this large sum of money. Slowly over years? Over 1 year. Over 3 years? Any advice would help.

We have a home on the beach in Florida. Seasonal rental that’s very popular with snow birds . Would you accept a booking for the two busiest months of the year when they booking is 7 months away and the guest can just cancel 1 month before check-in for a full refund. I usually like to take such bookings on vrbo which allows me to set a cancellation policy where they can’t just cancel. Airnnb has made this impossible. I wish I could just block my airbnb calander but since my vrbo and airbnb calander are linked I can’t block one without blocking the other. I just hate holding my home for 6 months for someone who can just cancel any time. I’m actually having a broker show the home tomorrow for a potential 6 month rental as we are thinking just renting long term. But if accept such bookings I’m kinda locked in while the person booking can cancel anytime up to 1 month before.

What do you guys do about excess trash? We have a guest checking out tomorrow who stayed for a week. He mentioned he forgot to take out trash at first pickup. Now they mad tons of purchases and have a bunch of empty boxes and it won’t fit in the trash bin that already full. Any ideas what to do?

Anyone have short term rental insurance in Florida with frontline and recently got a non-renewal notice. Any idea why? Any alternatives other then proper insurance which is so expensive if you want to add wind coverage that it makes more sense to close down the shorty term rental.

Anyone have short term rental insurance in Florida with frontline and recently got a non-renewal notice. Any idea why? Any alternatives other then proper insurance which is so expensive if you want to add wind coverage that it makes more sense to close down the shorty term rental.

Anyone have short term rental insurance in Florida with frontline and recently got a non-renewal notice. Any idea why? Any alternatives other then proper insurance which is so expensive if you want to add wind coverage that it makes more sense to close down the shorty term rental.

So i have a duplicate listing we created by accident on the wrong account. This was years ago and it’s inactive. Anyways we got a booking request on the current active listing. We have not accepted or declined it. Literally 5 minutes after this request a past guest messaged me wanted to book those date med and an additional 5 nights. The price difference is around 2k. I’m thinking of declining the request to make it available to my prior guest. But I worry that if I do this what if my prior guest doesn’t actually book and I loose both. So I was thinking of opening my duplicate listing. Having my past guest book on there before I decline the other request. Am I breaking any rules. Can I get in trouble for this. What should I do?

Got a booking request. 1 review but the review was bad….checked out early and requested refund claiming dangerous environment. Looked up host who wrote the review. He has many bad reviews like this don’t makes me think the guest was justified. We have a policy where we accept 1 pet. Guest is requesting to bring 3 pets. 3 small dogs. What do you think. Would you accept this request?

What do most hosts do when there is damage to the home. Do you risk a poor review and charge the guest. I feel like if you file a claim before a review is written your guaranteed a poor review? We recently had a major stain on a couch. We got it out but it was a 200 couch cleaning. We recently had a nightstand on the ground and broken in the kids room. Gonna cost $300 to replace. We have before and after pictures. I want to bring it up to the guests and ask to be compensated. But is it worth it to get a bad review?

Hi. Guest arrived late last night. Took a shower and water started to leak floor below. They were upset. I was able to get a plumber to come immediately but they declined given how late it was. They were not able to take showers in the evening. Plumber arrived this morning. Easy fix. Problem solved. They are now happy and appreciative. No one has asked for a discount or anything. It’s all done. Now I’m wondering what I should do. Should I message them and offer them something? If so what is fair. I was thinking of giving them the first night free? What would most people do and what is fair and reasonable. My wife is saying this is part of having a home and people who stay there shows expect things happen and all we should offer is getting it fixed on time. I feel like we are a hospitality business….but we are loosing money every month. What’s the norm here?

I recently a last minute guest book for a Saturday and Sunday. I usually don’t accept last minute Saturday bookings due to parties. However this guest had over 20 good reviews. Unfortunately it was two familes (not 1) staying at the home and they had many friends over. The house was left a mess. We came to find that half our silverware, cups, towels, were gone as were some of our linens.

So how do I prevent this in the future. I was thinking for last minute booking requests I tell guests why the nightly rate is double….but offering a refund if all house rules are followed. Or is this a bad idea and against airbnb rules. Is there a way to get security deposits to weed out such guests.

I have to pay city taxes on my gross revenue. Basically what I charge and before my airbnb fees. When using PMS software the host is now paying all the airnnb fees? Does this mean my tax burden will go up as well. If this is true im assuming ineill need to take up my nightly rate by 21%? 15% to cover the airnnb fees and 6% for taxes?