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I was just rethinking dressers in some of my bedrooms. I bought all my furniture through auctions, saving big bucks. Then bought new mattresses and sofas. I did just replace my rollaway beds. I learned that people move them between floors (3 story townhouse), dinged walls and then I had to keep track of different sheets. I only have king and queen beds. I tried one house with the sofa bed and the other with rollaways. Sofa couches won. I can see your point for a single level place though. Great video.
I had debated on whether to remove a large bulky dresser with an attached mirror from the Primary Bedroom in my STR. When I finally repainted, I did not put the dresser back in the room. As is, the walk-in closet has plenty of shelves and hanging rods in it (and a luggage rack). It has now been 5-years since I ditched that dresser. And, I have not had one Guest say a single word about it. Regarding faux/silk plants, they definitely out perform live ones in an STR setting, but they do need to be cleaned periodically. And, they do have an expiration date as they will fade and become brittle over time.
@@AirbnbAutomatedHi Sean! After watching one of your recent videos that included info on paying cleaners hourly vs flat fee, I took it to one of my Facebook groups and posted anonymously asking hosts hourly vs flat fee? The overwhelming response was flat fee by hosts but lots of pushback from cleaners stating cleaners are not my employees? Who the h*ll are they to tell me who I can employ? Lol anyhow, may I ask how you recruit the hourly cleaners and do you find that the “quality” of the clean is compromised with this model? I am just getting started and launching my first STR in July and trying to prepare myself. Thanks! 😊
I don’t think anyone will come to clean the house for 45$. Ordinary 3 bdr/2 ba house, will take two people 2.5- 3 hours to clean. What are they making?
In a world of excessive material consumption, inexpensive, stylish, repurposed, great find and or discarted piec is better than CHEAP. Great Video. Thank you,
Loved this video Mr. Sean, it was fun and informative 😃 I have good furniture deals already, I’ll be ordering the online stuff ahead of time, so I can have everything ready by the time I move. I wouldn’t have gotten this far without your tips and advice, thank you! 😊
Yeah, my cleaning lady rushes her 4 hours at $150 since I can't find a decent person at $15 an hour. Companies were charging $220-250 so I'm saving something
If your guests stay more than a few dsys they will want a dresser. We have put a dresser inside the closet which leaves more area inside room. But we actually like a dresser to be under the TVs in bedrooms for safety for guest and the TV.
Hey Sean, wanted to ask if making changes to your listing on a property management software helps your time on platform or if you need to do it on the actual Airbnb platform itself. You talked about this one your Algorithm III course which is fantastic by the way. sorry to spoil any knowledge given didn't know where else to ask this. Thanks, you're the GOAT.
yes it does, all changes push through to airbnb, so you don't have to do it ON airbnb. no problem! happy to help here. for anyone being nosey they can go to rakidzich.com/realgo3 for the whole story
The cheaper I can find in Bay Area, California for the cleaning service is $35 per hour! They go up to $90 per hour for airbnb's cleaning service :'( I thought your video was made many years ago when you said your cleaners get paid $15-17 an hour. I just feel like I won't be able to start on airbnb business unless I clean the properties myself haha
I am in Southern Oregon, same $35+ an hour. Can barely get anyone at that. They have to be available everyday in the middle of the day for just a short period-of hours No as good as fast food
Greetings from South Africa. I have an apartment a stone thrown away from the beach. I think the decor should bring the outdoors in. Therefore a beach theme and not BOHO. Or is it possible to blend the two like your example of the jungle and BOHO?
@@AirbnbAutomated Ok thank you so much for your response, I will focus on being more aggressively priced with my one listing rather than having a extra half listing!
Question for you, Sean. I've been considering purchasing 1 or 2 rollaway beds for my Airbnb. Currently, I host up to 6 guests with 2 queen bedrooms and 1 master king bedroom. I've been contemplating charging extra for any guests over 6. I've heard from others that sometimes guests bypass paying the extra fees but still bring additional guests. While collecting more money might be a hassle, if I buy rollaway beds and only use them when a booking is for over 6 guests, it could potentially generate more revenue for longer stays. Currently, we have good bookings and perform better than average. However, I'm thinking of expanding into accommodating groups of 6 or more since there is less competition in that niche with lower-quality homes. What are your thoughts on this?
I don’t charge extra for more usually. In your case though, you may feel charging for six competitively is best, because of the real beds. Charging for 8 out the gate could lose you bookings. Try a per guest fee for 7 and 8 but make it small. Maybe $10-12 each person. Otherwise you can have difficulty with other parts of your pricing strategy
@@AirbnbAutomated thank you for the advice Sean. I can do $10 per guest per night at 7 & 8. Do you think it’s wise to disclose that the roll out beds will only be available if the guest count is above 6? The reason I ask is I’ve heard from others that sometimes people book 6 to avoid paying the extra and they find it difficult to collect the extra. Just thinking ahead with this additional layer. Thanks again Sean!
@@AirbnbAutomated nope. I am not going to pay them less than what others in the area make. We can still run a good business without taking advantage of our business partners.
@sachastayswi find someone who’s job pays them $16, give them a raise to $20 and train them from scratch. You just made the $16 per hour’s person life better.
People are confusing using a cleaning business vs hiring their own. The cleaner of that business most probably gets the same wage give or take a few dollars
Hello thank you for another great content! I was wondering if you will be making another live webinar for Realgorithm 3 or are we going to watch the recording of the past webinar when we make the purchase? Thank you very much.
If I take 5+ properties I have always just done my thing without asking. I’ve leaned on the logic that they won’t evict over something that small and lose multiple rent checks
This guy is full pf it if he thinks professional cleaners are goung to clean, wash and dry sheets, comgorters and yowels and probably dishes to for $50 or $60. I'd like his cheap a$$ to come clean my Airbnb for $15 an hour. Most cleaners are a business just as his Airbnb is a business!
Wow, great content, again,...but...what's with your voice. Sounds AI. Honestly, it takes a lot of "you" out of the video. Hope you are just playing with this feature and not going with it for here on out.
Fake plants look cheap and crappy though. Best to have none at all. You can get away with fake flowers if the greenery is real, but fake leaves look awful, cheap and nasty
I hope his cleaners watch this video and demand a pay increase or quit. It’s ridiculous he’s making so much money off of their labor and isn’t compensating them with a living wage.
@@AirbnbAutomated 🤷♂️ either way, your knowledge of STR is incomparable. My wife and I are building our second MTR and we owe much of our success to the foundational training you provide.
