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Notes from running four mid-term rentals. Mostly what went wrong first.
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Guests Think Going Straight to Airbnb Support Skips the Host. It Doesn’t.
Support can’t approve a discount or shorten a stay without me — they just call me anyway. Going around the host doesn’t skip a step, it adds one.
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Getting booked 3–6 months out isn’t a compliment. It’s a pricing signal.
Fast bookings feel like proof you’re doing something right. Half the time it’s proof you’re charging too little.
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Two Numbers, Not One: Short-Term Rental Rules vs. Hotel Tax in 20 Cities
Your city decides what counts as a short-term rental. Your state decides when the hotel tax stops. Nobody makes those agree — and in some places they’re months apart.
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Superhost vs. Guest Favorite: The Two Airbnb Badges Landlords Keep Mixing Up
Superhost and Guest Favorite sound similar but measure completely different things — one is about you as a host, the other is about a single listing. Here’s what each one…
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What Is a Mid-Term Rental, Anyway?
Short-term, mid-term, long-term — what the difference actually is, and why the middle one pays almost three times better on paper.