Hosting Your Home - Airbnb Host Stories

Debi Hertert of HostingYourHome.com leads a panel discussion about money matters with Airbnb hosts from Portland. This episode was requested by Marcus, one of Debi’s listeners, who wanted to know about the financial aspect of hosting. The discussion covers initial setup costs, gross income, taxes, expenses, how much time is involved, and what difference the income has made in each person’s life. This is a longer episode than most but allows you to hear several viewpoints. Each person on the panel has Airbnb’s top “Superhost” designation of quality and volume of guest activity.  So the numbers on this show won’t match up with an overall average of all hosts but the concepts are the same.  Another topic discussed is occupancy rate.  It varies a lot among the panelists.  Many factors are involved: location, type of listing, allowing single night stays Y/N, using instant book Y/N, number and quality of reviews, how high the company's secret search algorithm shows your listing, how many nights the owner blocks off