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Don’t have time to commit to your Airbnb short term rental business full time?
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a nearly fully automated short term rental business that is able to generate income on top of your already well-paying job?
In this success story, I speak with Garry Cook, who works as an IT in the Denver Colorado area and has been steadily scaling his short term rental business alongside his full-time job.
Garry has set systems in place to be able to nearly fully automate his business to help decrease his workload and spend more time with family.
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Episode #04 Show Notes
1. Use a PMS (Property Management Software) to send auto responses to guests when keywords are triggered.
2. Have rental agreements that are legally binding sent to your customers to cover for things that Airbnb may not cover through their customer resolutions center.
3. Build your brand and get independent from the platform.
4. Get your properties on Google Maps to build brand awareness.
5. Run ads on social media sites targeting your previous guests and their social circles.
6. If you have cookware, include recipes they can make and where to get the groceries.
7. Get together with other hosts and be vocal about STR, why it’s good for the community, and why it should be allowed.
8. Building a brand helps people remember where they stay. People are more likely to go back if they can remember you positively.
9. Realize what you are good at and focus on that while outsourcing the things you are not.
10. Don’t give anyone discounts because people who ask for discounts often are the biggest headaches.
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