The Vacation Rental Bible


Book Description

New for 2020! Have you ever dreamed of owning a vacation property that pays for itself? In today's market, platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo have made this not only possible, but easy to execute successfully. Already own a rental property? This book can teach you how to analyze your financial performance, study your competition, and improve your guest relations to improve your profitability. You'll learn how to: - Find a suitable property - Build a budget (including downloadable Excel sample budgets) - Prepare for rental guests - Create and maintain your online listing - Manage income and cash flow Additional Topics This book also provides guides on how to earn 5-star reviews, maximize search engine optimization, deal with difficult guests, and even includes a bonus chapter on improving your real estate photography. Whether you list on Airbnb, Vrbo, Homeaway, or through a professional property manager or even your own website, the tips and tricks in this book can help you take management of your property to the next level.




Vacation Rental Success


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Converting residential property to vacation rentals is the great secret to creating real estate wealth, and you can learn how! Short term rentals can profoundly change the math of real estate investing, and author and successful owner Joel Rasmussen will show you the way. As the President and founder of one of North American's largest vacation rental owners associations, Rasmussen has seen the best and worst practices first hand, and condenses that knowledge into a no-nonsense book "packed with advice from some of the smartest people in our industry. Joel is a seasoned guide who is ready and willing to show you the way," - Brian Sharples, CEO and co-founder of HomeAway, Inc. the world's largest online vacation rental site. Joel will help you get in on the ground floor of an industry that is growing exponentially every year. Vacation Rental Success is the definitive handbook for those who are considering short-term property rentals either as an additional source of income, or the platform to redesign your lifestyle. This first book in the Vacation Rental Success series shows you everything you need to know to go 'From Start to Profit'.




The Vacation Rental Book


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In The Vacation Rental Book: A step-by-step guide to starting your vacation rental business today, experienced vacation rental hosts, Melissa Nichols and Jake Durrett, aim to give you the tools to start your own highly profitable vacation rental business using the Airbnb platform--even (and perhaps especially) if you're starting from scratch. In the book, Melissa and Jake not only tell you exactly how to be successful, but they also share anecdotes from their own experiences as well as a window into the world of financial freedom and passive income.In this book, you'll learn all about: - Exactly how to get started in your vacation rental journey- How to buy your first vacation rental property- How to set up and renovate your rental- How to set up your listing on the Airbnb platform- How to manage your vacation rental to truly make it passive income- And so much mor




Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus)


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Based on Kurt Bennett's popular-ish blog God Running, Love Like Jesus begins with the story of how after a life of regular church attendance and Bible study, Bennett was challenged by a pastor to study Jesus. That led to an obsessive seven-year deep dive. After pouring over Jesus' every interaction with another human being, he realized he was doing a much better job of studying Jesus' words than he was following Jesus' words and example. The honest and fearless revelations of Bennett's own moral failures affirm he wrote this book for himself as much as for others. Love Like Jesus examines a variety of stories, examples, and research, including: -Specific examples of how Jesus communicated God's love to others. -How Jesus demonstrated all five of Gary Chapman's love languages (and how you can too). -The story of how Billy Graham extended Christ's extraordinary love and grace toward a man who misrepresented Jesus to millions. -How to respond to critics the way Jesus did. -How to love unlovable people the way Jesus did. -How to survive a life of loving like Jesus (or how not to become a Christian doormat). -How Jesus didn't love everyone the same (and why you shouldn't either). -How Jesus guarded his heart by taking care of himself--he even napped--and why you should do the same.-How Jesus loved his betrayer Judas, even to the very end. With genuine unfiltered honesty, Love Like Jesus, shows you how to live a life according to God's definition of success: A life of loving God well, and loving the people around you well too. A life of loving like Jesus.




Master of Vacation Rentals (2nd Printing)


Book Description

Master of Vacation Rentals is a comprehensive and easy to read guide to become a successful and profitable vacation-rental host on Airbnb or any platform. From finding and improving a property to using design, deals, pricing, and calendar tips, Jeff shows you through true stories and examples how to achieve great reviews for profit and growth. He's here to help by breaking down the hosting process into 10 simple steps for you to succeed and profit in the new home-sharing landscape. This book contains the insights you need to achieve financial rewards through satisfied guests. Jeff's knowledge and experience has allowed him to perfect a technique to have his properties constantly booked and achieving 5.0 reviews. Learn the necessary tasks and thinking to follow for you to become the next vacation-rental success story!




A Children's Bible: A Novel


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Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction One of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year Named one of the best novels of the year by Time, Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Esquire, BBC, and many others National Bestseller "A blistering little classic." —Ron Charles, Washington Post A Children’s Bible follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion. Contemptuous of their parents, the children decide to run away when a destructive storm descends on the summer estate, embarking on a dangerous foray into the apocalyptic chaos outside. Lydia Millet’s prophetic and heartbreaking story of generational divide offers a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.




Beach House Business Model Airbnb Investing 101


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Want to invest in the most lucrative real estate out there, but not sure where to start? When it comes to short-term rentals the concepts are easy, but the implementation? Not so much! What consumables do I need? How do I become a super host? SEO Beach House Business Model answers these questions and more, like... ✓ How to discover and invest in the most lucrative locations... even if they're in another country ✓ How to find a reliable cleaning service that cleans your property perfectly, every time ✓ A six-step, in-depth guide to finding a property with extremely high ROI ✓ Creating and optimizing your listing so that even your first Airbnb will profit immediately ✓ Creating a luxurious, five-star experience on autopilot The Automated Retirees break it all down in plain English so that you can create passive income with Airbnbs as soon as next month! Whether it's your first investment or just your first time with Airbnb, the concepts in this book can help you make five figures a year with a single short-term rental. Are you ready to learn how?




The Vacation Rental Goldmine


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For novice and experienced vacation rental owners alike, this book offers strategies to get the most from the rental property by ensuring great guest experiences through the detailed instructions.







Million Dollar Host: Julie's Airbnb Portfolio Earned Over a Million Dollars in Her First Year... Yours Can Too!


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What makes a Million Dollar Host? Ask Julie George. In 2016, curiosity led her to list her first property on the trending Airbnb site. In no time at all, it became apparent that there was more than just 'holiday money' to be made. Far from simply listing properties, Julie George turned a 'hobby' into a business. A very profitable one. Move forward a year and Julie's 'hobby' took $1.43 million in bookings with her second year looking likely to double that amount. In Million Dollar Host Julie George shows you how you can do the same - even if you don't own a property to list. Already got a rental? Then maximise your earnings by moving from longterm rentals to Airbnb. Creating goals and seeing them through At the beginning of 2016, Julie George wrote a list of the goals that she hoped to achieve in the short-term. They consisted of: Establishing an innovative business that could be scaled-up and applied anywhere in the world. Creating a business that worked for her rather than being a slave to it. This meant she could still develop other ideas and 'have a life'. Developing a business that would change the lives of all involved (employees, contractors, property owners) Starting a company without having to borrow any money Earning money in an industry where payments from customers were straight-forward Generating enough income to afford a private office, a bar fridge and car parking space. Fast forward 18-months and did Julie George achieve these things? Yes, she did. And more!.. Like most entrepreneurs, Julie was able to see a gap in the market, in this case, in the way Airbnb properties were managed. After listing her first property, she saw how straightforward and promising listing on the site could be. With her experience in real estate, it was easy for her to compare the income generated from longterm rentals to the more lucrative short-holiday lets. Another issue that Julie identified was that Airbnb property owners were not taking full advantage of the site. This, she discovered, was either through lack of time or inexperience. In a short turnaround, Julie had a second property on the Airbnb market while, at the same time, managing a client's properties. Throughout this process, Julie was able to put the wheels of her own business Host My Home in motion. At the same time, her book, Million Dollar Host was created. In Million Dollar Host Julie George shows YOU how: To use a multitude of strategies to make an income from Airbnb - even if you don't own property. To maximise your listing(s) on Airbnb by formatting a great listing. To implement her tips and shortcuts to make your listing stand out. To find new Airbnb properties to manage. To start building your own multi-million-dollar business on the back of the sharing economy. If financial freedom and being your own boss are just some of your dreams - read on. Julie George's entrepreneurial vision has seen her tap into the Airbnb 'sharing economy' and transform it into a highly profitable business. In Million Dollar Host, Julie shares knowledge and experience and her tips and insider tricks so you can set up a similar business in your area. She takes you through every step of the process, from maximising your listing potential to ways to expand your property management portfolio and offerings. Even better, Julie's strategies to make a hefty profit from Airbnb apply even if you don't own your own rental property! When it comes to building a business out of Airbnb, the possibilities are as endless as the earnings.