Airbnb just isn't the same.. 

Man I love to hear that. Great work!

Any advice for someone who is interested in starting? I live in south FL and my biggest worry is picking the wrong property. Also roughly how much money did you need to get started? Could you use a Biz CC to get started or would landlords have a problem with that for paying the rent?

@ericrutherford6527 take your time to research all of the best listings you can find in South Florida

@@AirbnbAutomatedi appreciate it Sean. Thats the gameplan. Im closing on a house now once the dust settles of the big move i want to jump all in.

Happy to provide it!

Happy to help :)

I wish you a ton of success. You’ll do great with the free videos. Theres plenty in there for you.

@@AirbnbAutomated Thank you 😊

I’ve been here 7 years, take your time. :) Not going anywhere

Happy to help!

Thank you! I’m doing well

The basics 🤌

thank YOU

July

Smart! Sales is one of my very favorite topics and it changed my life

I’ve survived 35 years in Hollywood by learning the difference between selling a product vs selling a story. You’re in the service industry selling an experience while keeping an eye on margin through lots of data. I enjoy your content and approach. You’re also a born storyteller, which is of course, the backbone of sales. :-)

Im not sure exactly what youre asking to discuss?

Yes they’re profitable, even the old account with the less that ideal reviews.

I price my slow season aggressively 4 months in advance. And that’s for apartments

Yes, I am more concerned that high season , which starts in 3 months is not booked up yet.

Update? Where are you located and how is it going?

Juliet, sad to report. Virtual cohosting isn’t really a thing. To make a property run passively for the owner, a property needs humans nearby. It would take a lot of work to hire housekeepers and service contractors without overspending. That’s easiest done local to the property.

That was the side effect of taking two years off the business. I can’t brag that my first attempt at automation went well.

@@AirbnbAutomated I think I speak for everyone that loves your content that we're pulling for you to bring it back! As a follow up question: when ratings began to slide (during this 2-year whatever-it-was) did you completely have no idea what was going on? For example, I have a few restaurants that I'm (finally) no longer running day and night. As a result, I'm not eating/breathing all our Yelp ratings, etc. (I used to lose sleep over it). But I still always know that we're holding the line at a level that's in an acceptable range. How were things able to get away from you so completely? It feels like the real income-to-time winner is doing what you do (entertaining on RU-vid, speaking, consulting, books, etc.). Hosting is a pain in the ass! You can make a ton of money, but it's hard, takes time, energy, stress. Cranking out videos (you maybe even have an editor now, so you're not even worrying about that part). So you'll want to be sure you still position yourself as an actual successful host (reflected in 4.99 ratings on your listings) if you want to get the $1K/hr stuff doing consulting for the little guys, right?

@socalstr I’m still letting the team run the public business. Sure that’s perhaps to my detriment. And it was a mistake to completely step away. Especially considering the implications on my reputation for those that care if I’m a superhost or not. But, my content speaks for itself. What I teach works. Maybe I’ll make some new hobby properties for the channel, just to give people some fresh context with my name on it. And to answer your last question. No. I know 4.25 hosts making a killing and 4.9 hosts going out of business. Reviews do not define successful.

I have employees and a coaching team. As their boss, I will make sure that they have students to coach. just another business. You could throw shade at all of the airbnb ads you see instead of watching a video for 10 minutes just to be disrespectful.

It’s been my great honor