Five years ago, I gave my current insurance provider (a large and popular residential insurance provider) a call to make sure my property in Kauai wasn’t missing any of the essentials. Did I need a fire extinguisher? A dead bolt? I figured the safest thing to do was to ask my current insurance ... READ the POST
5 Things You Need To Know Before Listing On Airbnb
Listing on Airbnb: short-term rental “athletes” know that owning and operating a rental is a marathon, not a sprint. Along the way, many roadblocks will pop up (understatement of the year!)…and successful, agile rentalists find ways to change course. As a whole house owner back in 2015, I was ... READ the POST
Waivo
The dreaded security deposit. It’s a pain point for managers, hosts, owners, and guests. There are other damage insurance programs available, but many are far too labor intensive and take both the control and revenue away from the managers. Hence, the birth of Waivo™, vacation rental damage ... READ the POST
COVID 19 Cleaning Supplies for Vacation Rental Owners and Airbnb Hosts
For once, it is not a human guest causing trouble for short-term rental hosts. That unwanted guest, of course, is the COVID 19 pandemic that has brought unprecedented global chaos for months now, and particular havoc to the travel and hospitality industries. If viruses could be evaluated like ... READ the POST
COVID-19 Cleaning
The Ultimate Covid-19 Cleaning Resource It is still hard for me to believe that just a few short months ago, I was set to have the most profitable summer on record at my Kauai vacation rental property. Now? Well... It’s a familiar story for almost everyone in the short-term rental ... READ the POST
How to Organize Vacation Rental Finances
I’m a numbers person. I worked in commercial real estate for 20 years before starting my vacation rental business, and my days were full of them. Luckily, because of this experience, I had a solid understanding of how I wanted to run and account for my vacation rental finances from the ... READ the POST