The honest side of hosting, first-year lessons, the numbers nobody talks about, turnover, tech, and designing for five-star reviews, not just photos.
The best blackout curtains for a short-term rental are the ones labelled 100 percent blackout, in a dark colour, hung wide and high on a wraparound rod.
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The best bedside lamp for a guest room has both a USB-C and a USB-A port, a plain switch a stranger can find in the dark, and a heavy enough base that it survives being knocked.
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A landlord offered us unit eight on a lease. Three weeks of spreadsheets later we passed. Every line item is in here.
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$65, $85, $110. None of it covers what we pay Rosa. That's on purpose, and it took two wrong turns to figure out why.
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Bookings up 22 percent, one sofa cushion down, one wool rug we still mourn. Four years of dog guests, with the numbers.
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The master stocking list after seven Austin units. What goes in every bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen, and the items we learned about from guests.
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The printable list we walk the day before every first guest: admin steps, every room, the listing itself, and the 11 things new hosts forget.
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All seven of our units are in rental buildings. How we create warm layered lighting in every one using only plug-in fixtures.
Read MoreOne unit, 45 percent occupancy, a 3-star lockbox review in week two. Here's everything we changed to get to 70 percent, with the numbers.
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A hundred guests is a lot of feedback. Here's what they taught us about what actually matters in a short-term rental.
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Everyone shows the nightly rate. Here are the real short-term rental numbers, turnover, occupancy, and the costs nobody mentions.
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You don't need deep pockets to launch a great short-term rental. Here's how we build one on a budget that still earns five stars.
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A few well-chosen tools turn hosting from a scramble into a system. Here's the simple tech stack that runs our rentals.
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Turnover is where hosting gets hard. Here's the system that keeps our cleaning and changeovers fast, consistent, and sane.
Read MoreA rental can photograph beautifully and still earn mediocre reviews. Here's how we design for the stay, not just the listing.
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Not every apartment makes a good rental. Here's how we choose which ones to buy and flip. And which to walk away from.
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We raised our nightly rate without a renovation, just a series of small, cheap swaps. Here's exactly what we changed.
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