Hosting Your Home - Airbnb Host Stories

This week, Debi Hertert of HostingYourHome.com talks with soon-to-be Airbnb Host Ashley Kern, as they go over Ashley’s plans and final touches.  Be sure to see the pix at the end of these notes. Ashley and her husband James own the “No Hope No Fear” Tattoo Art Studio in SE Portland.  In a city with over a hundred studios, James is a widely recognized tattoo artist with 22 years of experience.  James also teaches at international conventions and hosts visiting artists.  The teaching aspect has allowed the two of them to travel all over the world and they look forward to using Airbnb more often as travelers.  This has made Ashley want to host other people too, and their home/business which is zoned mixed-use residential gives them the opportunity to include an Airbnb listing. Debi and Ashley walk through the home, built in 1922 in a Craftsman style, and Debi found the combined home/business to be very attractive and definitely looks residential.  The final project Ashley wants to finish before hosting is the ou