Into The Airbnb

Welcome to our podcast: INTO THE AIRBNB! In each episode, we interview various Airbnb hosts from all over the world and listen to their first-hand experiences and stories about short-term rentals. Are you interested in getting started on the STR business? Or are you an Airbnb host who is currently looking for tips and insights for successful hosting? Well, then this is the right place for you! Find out more about vacation rental data at Airbtics.com. Would you like to be featured in our show? Please feel free to send us an email at delia@airbtics.com

2 Pet friendly listings doing $8.9K/mo during High Season in St. Petersburg, FL

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today’s guest is Amie Parcinski from St. Petersburg, Florida. Originally, she started on Airbnb in 2014 in San Diego, California and recently moved down to Florida to and continues with her journey the Short-Term rental world doing better than ever.  Reaching up to 8.9K in the high season and expecting to cover her investment completely in 2-3 years time. Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Visit Amie's beautiful listing: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/52365159 Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

08-12
44:29

Lakefront pet friendly Airbnb rental with a boat rental rocking $55-60K annual revenue in Lake Norman, NC

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today’s guest is Jessica Lane Harris, an Airbnb host who owns and manages one Airbnb listing in Lake Norman, North Carolina She barely started on  Airbnb a year ago renting her private residence but since the very first guest, everything went great for her! By allowing dogs, adding a boat for guests to rent and more amazing amenities she reached around $55-60K just in her first year with the rental! Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Visit Jessica's beautiful listing: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/49748655 Check out their Boat rental: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSGNNrVCc94V-ygTuImJzOVIiMRdZXg0Wg9labghxmCByvBf9gAGUSV-l5IyiRDlqyLGEOkCULS8eNo/pub Link to their house manual: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ipfk2_ShghjnavMpYyTKVYUdBXTaVVnbsBRhQeRv89k/edit And their pet policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LSUjsx7JI9oeDnnq3ETy5N7G0pxheRCBToL87_f9xV8/edit Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

08-06
37:57

Ex-Airbnb host tells us about why he decided to leave and his takes on the business - Featuring Jason Centeno from Trashmitter

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Jason Centeno, an ex Airbnb host from the Philadelphia area who recently decided to quit Airbnb with his +20 listings, move to Tampa and take a break from the short-term rental world. Come to hear about his years of experience on Airbnb, what made him quit and also about his current startup project: Trashmitter, an on demand waste disposal service. Download Trashmitter App Here! https://www.trashmitter.com/ Quick Trashmitter Demo https://youtu.be/CJJgAORos08 Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. If you’d like to get interviewed and share your story with us, please send us an email at delia@airbtics.com with the subject: “Podcast Interview request submission”. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

06-24
34:59

Family friendly lodge and RV camper 85-90% occupancy rate during high season in Alto, Georgia 🏞️

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Kristin LeQuier who is based in Alto, Georgia. She manages 2 listings: one is the independent lodge in her home’s basement and another is a camper in her backyard. In this episode, Kristin will share with us about her journey on Airbnb, useful insights in the market, and experience in renting parts of her residential house with her children. Visit Kristin's unique listings: https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/291486172 Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. If you’d like to get interviewed and share your story with us, please send us an email at delia@airbtics.com with the subject: “Podcast Interview request submission”. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

05-05
26:42

Airbnb: A dream for some, a nightmare for others - Host from Grafton, NSW opens up about her experience

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today’s guest is Debbie Vlastaras who is based in Northern Rivers, New South Wales, Australia. She’s currently managing 5 listings listed on Airbnb, but her journey hasn’t been the best of all! From having nightmare guests to a challenging relationship with Airbnb and its services, Debbie becomes honest and transparent in this interview about her personal experience with Airbnb. Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. If you’d like to get interviewed and share your story with us, please send us an email at delia@airbtics.com with the subject: “Podcast Interview request submission”. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

04-30
12:24

Make 10-20% more revenue with STR instead of Long-Term - Multiple units buildings located in downtown Hollywood, FL

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today’s guests are Danielle & Marco Cepeda, who own and manage over 10 Short-term rental units in downtown Hollywood, Florida. Join us today to hear about their great story and experiences as short-term rental owners, learn some insights from the market and also get some tips from these amazing hosts. Visit their direct booking website: https://www.pierwalkdeerfieldbeach.com/ Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

08-20
34:45

Remote Co-hosting from Bolivia all the way to your listing 🌎 In conversation with AirHospitality Pro - CEO & Founder

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Gabriel Aramayo, an Airbnb remote co-host based in Bolivia. Gabriel manages several listings located in Seattle, Pittsburgh, Miami, Tampa Bay area and Los Angeles providing different services like messaging, schedule cleanings, schedule maintenance, listing optimisation, calendar management & customer support among others. Most of his clients are professional hosts with over 10 listings who don’t have time to full-time manage all the listings, so if you’re one of them this episode is for you! Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

08-18
16:04

From $1700/mo to $3700/mo after leaving a bad property manager company - 4 Airbnb listings in Tampa, FL

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Laura Spaulding, an Airbnb host who owns and manages 4 listings in Tampa, Florida. She started 7 months ago and decided to go with hiring a property management company to manage her listings, after some time she noticed that the numbers didn’t make sense and not everything was being reported to her; so, she decided to start managing herself and she noticed a big difference with this change. Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Visit Laura's beautiful listings: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/47239231 Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

08-14
22:17

$5K-6K monthly revenue with a 2/2 Airbnb listing in Anchorage, Alaska

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today’s guest is Allie Shepherd, an Airbnb host who owns and manages one Airbnb listing in Anchorage, Alaska She started a year ago trying Airbnb for the first time after doing long-term rentals for a few years, she definitely took off really quickly not only  because of the popularity of her market on Airbnb and getting but also because of her great listings which is remote worker friendly and pet friendly as well! Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Visit Allie's beautiful listing: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/51004526 Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

08-11
22:39

Airbnb as a side hustle turns into the main business doing $83K with two properties in Salisbury, North Carolina

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Laurie Barwick, who owns and manages 2 listings in Salisbury, North Carolina. She started by running a wedding venue in her family house premises until she noticed there was a high demand for the big house to be rented as well, that’s when she decided to put it on Airbnb. It has been 6 years now and she’s doing great by renting both her old family house and doing $65K/year and a cottage on the same land, doing around $20K/year. Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Visit Laurie's beautiful listings: https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/38832615 ; https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/18504322 For anyone interested in learning about alternative investing or levelling up in that area of investing they, you can find Laurie at: https://www.alternativeinvestingmovement.com/ Fell free to contact her via email: Henryconnorbosthouse@gmail.com Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

08-05
27:49

Airbnb pays her mortgage making $3K/month - Doing Airbnb as a hobby in Nashville, Tennessee

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today’s guest is Wendy Anne, an Airbnb super host who manages a nice and cozy guest room in her private residency, charging about $150 per night. Wendy loves and enjoys hosting as a hobby that brings money to her pockets, and even helps her cover her entire monthly mortgage fee with around $3k monthly revenue. Keep listening to hear about her story, journey and major challenges as an Airbnb host. Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Visit Wendy's beautiful listing: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/21296186 Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

08-05
30:05

35% cash-on-cash return in each property (managed fully remotely 😲 ) in 5 different markets - Get useful insights from an experienced host

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today’s guest is Kim Fitzpatrick who is based in Portland, Oregon. She manages 5 listings located in Portland (OR), Destin (FL), Blue Ridge (GA), and Sevierville (TN). Today, she will tell us about her journey as an Airbnb host and insights into her remote hosting experience. Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Visit Kim's beautiful listings 🤩 and contact her here Find out more at: app.airbtics.com ; https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/65749381 ; https://www.facebook.com/kim.fitzpatrick.359/

08-03
32:32

JauntDirect: empowering the STR & Airbnb industry members to go for the direct booking site movement

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Robert Montana, an experienced Airbnb host and creator of JauntDirect. JauntDirect allows the host to put up their listing and all the platforms it is on, call it Airbnb, VRBO, direct booking site and later on the guest can compare and decide which site fees fits them better. This platform empowers the guests and gives them more knowledge, encouraging them to go for the direct booking site that benefits both the host by making them earn more, and the guest by making them save up to 20% of their money. Join us today to hear more about this amazing site and what’s the future of it!  Check out JauntDirect: https://jauntdirect.com/g/search  Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics.   Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

07-30
23:45

Started off bad on Airbnb but came back from round 2 - Projecting $7k for their first quarter live, remote hosting in Houston, TX

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Jaylen Cromwell, an Airbnb host from Boston who is about to launch his remotely managed listing in Houston, Texas. Jaylen already got started on Airbnb in the past but failed on the attempt, in this interview he gives out valuable advice for other Airbnb hosts to not make the same mistakes as him. He’ll also share with us the best insights and tips to have a successful and fresh start in the business. Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

07-29
28:40

$40-50K annual revenue with 6 Airbnb listings in Roswell, GA

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today’s guest is Tracey Lott, an Airbnb host who owns and manages 6 Airbnb listings in Roswell, Georgia. She started on Airbnb after experiencing it as a guest multiple times and has been on the road for 5 years now, accumulating a lot of experience and making a total of about $250,000 with her Airbnb rentals. Listen to the full episode to hear more about Tracey’s journey Visit Tracey's beautiful listings: https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/58808562 Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

07-29
29:24

$13K in bookings in their first 3 months! - Starting off in the Airbnb business w/ Rental Arbitrage in Downtown Sacramento, CA

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today, our guest is Uriel Ramirez, an Airbnb host who manages a Condo unit in the downtown Sacramento area. Uriel and his business partner launched this listing less than a month ago and are already recording to performance for their listing. In this episode, Uriel will bring great value by providing us really interesting information about the Rental Arbitrage business model and sharing with us his experience getting started on Airbnb. Visit Uriel's magestic listing: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/633565366798010479 Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

07-22
32:38

From $1k/month to grossing $3-4,5K/month on Airbnb thanks to Manage My STR

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Matthew Metros, Co-founder of Manage My STR, a nationwide Short Term Rental Management & Services company. Join us in this interview to hear more about the services they offer, how can they help you grow your Airbnb business, how much on average you can expect to make with their help and how to join their portfolio. Hire ManageMySTR: https://managemystr.com/ Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

07-21
24:09

Lakefront Condo Unit in Lake Martin, AL doing $12K in their first three months with Airbnb

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Jim Weldon, an Airbnb who owns and manages a beautiful Lakefront condo unit in  Lake Martin, AL. Jim and his wife purchased this unit as their retirement home, and while they’re not ready to retire yet, they chose to rent it out on Airbnb and make some extra income. They are projecting a total for $25k and around $60K for this year. Join us to hear more about Jim’s fresh and recent experience as an Airbnb from and get some useful insights of the area. Visit Jim's beautiful place: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/558060905914991962 Visit their Instagram: @lovin_lakemartin Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

07-16
21:49

$26k just renting 6 months in 2021 - Cozy Airbnb listing w/ hot tub in Bowling Green, Ohio

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today’s guest is Michelle Roehl, an Airbnb host who owns and manage a listing in Bowling Green, Ohio. She bought a house next to hers and launched her Airbnb in April 2021, in this episode she’ll share with us about her journey and experience so far, how she decided to start on Airbnb and also some key insights of her listing and market. Visit Michelle's cozy place: https://www.airbnb.com/h/refreshingmidmodretreatbg - https://www.vrbo.com/2294440?adultsCount=1 See more of them on Instagram: @refreshingmidmodretreatbg Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

07-16
34:00

Pay off your investment property with Airbnb - over $93K revenue 6 months into the year in Terlingua, Texas

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Our guest for today is Donnie Daniels, an Airbnb superhost who owns and manages 4 listings with his wife in Terlingua, Texas. His listings are located in very touristic locations, near to Big Bend National Park, Terlingua ghost town and many other interesting locations and activities. 2 years after buying his first investment property he was able to purchase a second one paying 90% of the total cost with the money he made on Airbnb. Go stargazing in Terlingua and stay at Donnie's place: https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/210485025 Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

07-15
25:06

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