Do any of y’all operate Air B&B?

I wouldn’t buy anything in the current bubble, especially in vacation areas that seem ultra inflated

We did for a while. Bought the two family home next door to us. One unit was vacant so we did air b&b and VRBO with it.
It was seasonal so memorial day to labor day, maybe a little after labor day.
Worked out great the first years as we had a winter tenant so the money generated for the year was fantastic.
The place was small, one bedroom so we didn't get families, or long stays, but we were always booked.
We did our own cleaning which sounds like you won't have to worry about.

The town started cracking down on short term rentals when it want your primary residence so we went to full time tenants, which is much less of a headache.

If you have a management company they can deal with all the issues that come up.

A friend and his wife bought a place last year year on the gulf coast and they seem to be doing great with it.

I had a boss that had one. She'd leave work to take care of preparing home for renters and would be gone for hours. She still has a job there. I think she stopped doing Airbnb. For all I know, it could have been a lie to leave the office. She seemed to be booked every day.

Do your research. Airdna.com is great market research. Are you investing into amenities or need to? Are you prepared to deal with tenants and cleaning?

My ex sister in law made it a practice if staying in air Bnb’s so that she could bully the owners because she knew that they were generally pushovers because they feared bad reviews.

There are many many like her out there too.

I vowed to never get into that business

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Need pics to give proper advice.

Did it with the family home after the divorce while trying to sell it. Worked out pretty well financially, mostly good renters, my ex and I paid ourselves to clean it. The end of the road came when Big Baby and his entourage rented it for the weekend (through his agent, so we didn’t know until he checked in) and had a big throw down, cops got called, and got a cease and desist letter from the HOA the following week.

My brother and SIL have one on beach in Destin. It was his townhome before they moved. They’ve been through several cleaning companies because they rush through so fast. A lot of things get broken or stolen. Constant maintenance can be an issue. They do get a lot of income during busy season…so there is that. Block off for family every now and then as well.

My brother has a studio apartment behind his house in Downtown Lafayette that he puts on AirBNB and he does well. Makes enough to pay his house note and utilities on his house he lives in.

frick AirBnB.