Articles
Reviews, comparisons, guides, news and analysis for professional short-term rental operators.
-
guide
STR Management Fee Benchmarks: What We Could Verify
We could not find a public survey behind the usual STR management fee ranges. Here are the only rates we verified in July 2026, and how to price without one.
-
guide
Owner Acquisition Playbook for STR Property Managers at 10-30 Doors
How to pitch, build a competitive market analysis, and close management agreements. A repeatable owner acquisition system for STR managers at 10-30 doors.
-
guide
DSCR Loans for STR Operators: How They Work and When They Win
DSCR loans qualify on property cash flow, not your tax returns. Here's what STR operators need to know: DSCR math, lender requirements, and rate trade-offs.
-
analyse
Furnished Short-Term Rentals in DC: Rules and Tax Levers
DC caps short-term rentals at 30 nights per stay and 90 nights a year unhosted. See the licensing, tax, and mid-term furnished rental angle for operators.
-
analyse
Seattle Short-Term Rental Rules: Licenses, Caps, and Taxes
How Seattle regulates short-term rentals in 2026: the two required licenses, the two-unit cap, the primary residence rule, and which taxes apply.
-
analyse
What Is Short-Term Rental Data? Metrics and Sources
Short-term rental data is the occupancy, ADR, RevPAR, pace, and regulatory numbers operators use to price and place listings. What it is and where to find it.
-
guide
Vacation Rental Minimum Stay Strategy: Gaps, Seasons, OTA Rules
Set minimum stays without killing occupancy: day-of-week rules, gap-fill logic, seasonal overrides, and OTA-specific settings for growing STR operators.
-
comparatif
Best Vacation Rental Website Builders for 5-30 Doors (2026)
Lodgify, Hostfully, Boostly, and Uplisting compared for 5-30 door STR operators: direct booking conversion, channel sync depth, and total monthly cost.
-
comparatif
AirDNA vs Mashvisor for STR Operators: 2026 Comparison
AirDNA and Mashvisor solve different problems. Here is how to pick the right market research tool at 10-30 doors, and when free tools are enough.
-
guide
The Short-Term Rental Tax Loophole, Explained
The short-term rental loophole lets STR losses offset W-2 income without real estate professional status. The mechanism, the limits, and the audit risk.
-
guide
Break-Even Occupancy for Short-Term Rentals, Explained
Break-even occupancy is the booking rate where an STR just covers its costs. How to calculate it, what a safe margin looks like, and how to lower yours.
-
guide
What Is Cash-on-Cash Return for a Short-Term Rental?
Cash-on-cash return for STR operators: the formula, what counts as cash invested, the 8-12% benchmark honestly framed, and the errors that inflate it.
-
guide
Cash-on-Cash vs Cap Rate vs ROI vs IRR for STR
Four STR return metrics, four different questions. What each includes, when to use it, and why comparing a levered cash-on-cash to an unlevered cap rate lies.
-
guide
How to Calculate Cash-on-Cash Return on an Airbnb
The exact formula, a worked STR example, what belongs in cash invested and cashflow, and how the mortgage flips the number. For operators vetting doors.
-
guide
What Is a Channel Manager? An STR Operator's Guide
What is a channel manager? Software that syncs availability, rates, and bookings across your booking platforms to stop double-bookings, and when you need one.
-
comparatif
STR Guest Screening Platforms Compared: What to Buy at 10-30 Doors
Autohost, Truvi, Safely, and Chekin do different things. A cost-per-door breakdown and integration analysis for STR operators managing 10 to 30 properties.
-
guide
Airbnb Listing Ranking at 10-30 Doors: What Operators Can Control
The ranking factors Airbnb actually weighs, which ones move at portfolio scale, and the pitfalls operators above 10 doors face that single-host guides miss.
-
guide
STR Ancillary Revenue: Which Upsells Actually Pay at 10-30 Doors
Early check-in, late checkout, and experience packages can add per-door revenue. Here's which upsells pay at 10-30 properties without adding overhead.
-
guide
US STR Tax Deductions: Schedule E vs C, Depreciation Guide
Schedule E or C, what's deductible, depreciation rules, and material participation at 5-30 STR doors. Based on IRS Pub 527 as of June 2026.
-
guide
Direct Booking SEO for STR Operators: 5-30 Doors Playbook
Why content marketing fails at 5-30 doors, where direct booking traffic comes from, and the page architecture, schema, and internal linking that compound.
-
guide
Virtual Assistant Playbook for STR Operators 10-30 Doors
When to hire a VA at 10 to 30 STR doors, scope by portfolio size, agency versus direct hire, sourcing channels, and the failure patterns that hurt.
-
comparatif
Airbnb Noise Monitoring: Minut, NoiseAware, Party Squasher
Minut, NoiseAware and Party Squasher all promise to spot parties early. What each detects, false-positive trade-offs, and which fits 5-20 doors.
-
guide
Vacation Rental OTA Distribution Beyond Airbnb (2026)
Vrbo, Booking.com, and Google Vacation Rentals each add real revenue or real operational overhead. When each second OTA is worth it at 5 to 20 doors.
-
comparatif
Short-Term Rental Damage Protection: AirCover, Truvi, Deposits
AirCover covers $3M but excludes cash and wear and tear. Truvi pays per booking up to $1M. Security deposits remain a filter. What each actually pays.
-
guide
Airbnb Review Management at 5-20 Doors: A 2026 Playbook
How growing STR operators solicit Airbnb reviews without sounding desperate, respond to bad ones without making them worse, and stay inside ToS.
-
analyse
Mid-Term Rentals vs Short-Term: When to Pivot Doors in 2026
Pivoting some doors to mid-term rentals can lift margin and dodge STR rules. Here's where MTR wins for 20-50 door operators in 2026 and where it's a trap.
-
guide
STR Co-Hosting Agreements: Fee Models, Responsibilities, Liability
Co-hosting agreements set fee models, responsibilities, and liability. The clauses that protect both sides, and the patterns that backfire.
-
guide
Airbnb Guest Message Automation at 10+ Doors (2026)
How to automate Airbnb guest messages without sounding robotic at 10+ doors: the 6-trigger map, template rules, and what Hospitable, Hostaway, Hostfully do.
-
comparatif
STR Accounting Software vs QuickBooks at 10-30 Doors
Generic bookkeeping misses channel reconciliation and per-property P&L. Where Stessa, Baselane, REI Hub, and QuickBooks add-ons earn their cost at scale.
-
guide
Short-Term Rental Insurance: What It Covers and the Gaps
AirCover is a guarantee, not insurance. Most homeowner policies exclude STR activity. What real STR coverage delivers, and the gaps after a claim.
-
comparatif
Airbnb Smart Locks for STR Operators: 2026 Hardware Picks
Smart lock options for short-term rental access at scale: hardware shortlist, PMS integration paths, and the failure modes that cost you a one-star review.
-
guide
Short-Term Rental Cleaning Fee Strategy: Baked-In vs Separate
High cleaning fees affect your Airbnb ranking, not just guest price tolerance. Structuring baked-in vs separate correctly across OTAs is the real lever.
-
guide
Scaling Your STR Business from 10 to 30 Properties
Three operational breakpoints between 10 and 30 STR doors: what breaks, what to fix, and the order that makes the difference.
-
comparatif
Turno vs Breezeway: STR Turnover Tool Breakdown (2026)
Same-day turnover failures kill STR reviews. Turno and Breezeway solve different failure modes. Here's which tool fits your portfolio size.
-
guide
Direct Booking Stack for STR Operators Without a Marketing Team
OTA commissions run 15-20% per booking. Here's how to build a working direct booking stack at 5-20 STR properties without a marketing hire or a custom website.
-
guide
Channel Manager vs PMS for STR (2026)
Most STR operators either overpay for a full PMS or patch together tools that cost just as much. Here's how to pick the right stack for your portfolio size.
-
comparatif
Best PMS for 5-15 STR Properties Pricing 2026
At 5-15 properties, most operators overpay for scale they don't have yet. Here's where Hospitable, Hostfully, and Hostaway break even on per-door cost.
-
guide
Paris Short-Term Rental Licensing 2026
Paris STR licensing in 2026: primary residence capped at 90 nights, secondary requires changement d'usage. Here's what operators need to know.
-
guide
Vacation Rental Dynamic Pricing Pitfalls
Dynamic pricing tools promise 30%+ revenue gains. For most operators under 10 properties, they deliver the opposite. Here's when to skip them.
-
review
Hostaway Review for Growing Operators in 2026
Hostaway's channel breadth and automation depth earn it at 15+ properties. Below that, you're overpaying for scale you don't have. Honest breakdown.
-
comparatif
Guesty Alternatives 2026: When to Switch
Guesty is overpriced below 50 doors. Here are the 4 switch triggers operators actually act on, and which PMS to move to at each portfolio size.
-
guide
How Nightlydata Covers the STR Industry
An editorial overview of Nightlydata's beats, sourcing rules, and what we will not cover. Read this if you want to know what to expect.