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PressBecoming a STR Host: How to Get Started
Airbnb hosting tips and tricks to launch and grow your short-term rental business with confidence.
Take the guesswork out of STR investing.
The best short-term rental investments are backed by research. Understanding seasonality, demand, and what metrics really matter will help you become an expert host and confident STR investor.
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Market Types
Coastal
Seasonality
Summer is typically the busiest time of year, reflected in listings’ higher rates. Demand drops in the winter, so some hosts remove their listings to reduce running costs.
Property Types
Typically, you’ll find apartments and condos in densely populated markets like Miami, and family homes in less dense markets like the Outer Banks.
Amenities
Depending on the market, typical amenities include pools, air conditioning, and hot tubs. In apartment complexes, these will often be shared facilities.
Length of Stays
Coastal market properties often see week-long stays for summer vacations, but shorter 3-day weekend stays in the winter and shoulder seasons (spring and fall).
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AirDNA is easy to use and intuitive whether you want to use Rentalizer, analyze a specific market, or get rate recommendations for your Airbnb. First, create a free account and explore the app. Once you’ve got an initial idea of where you’d like to invest or how you’d like to optimize your short-term rental, select your subscription plan. You’ll be able to find details on your desired market, revenue projections, and pricing recommendations.
AirDNA collects short-term rental data from public and proprietary sources, including Airbnb and Vrbo data. We continuously monitor over 10 million properties in 120,000 markets worldwide. Our team employs sophisticated data analytics to ensure the data is accurate and up-to-date, providing you with reliable insights for your short-term rental decisions. You can learn more here.
An AirDNA subscription gives you access to a suite of tools designed to optimize your short-term rental investments. These include market analysis, nightly rate recommendations based on your market and competitors, and Rentalizer for estimating property revenue. Subscribers also receive detailed reports on market trends, rental analysis, and access to our support team for personalized assistance.
AirDNA’s data is between 95-99% accurate across Vrbo and Airbnb (Q4 2023 - we were 99% accurate). This ensures that our market research tools are not only current but also highly accurate.
Absolutely! Our investment insights feature allows you to explore and analyze properties for sale. By using our rental research tool, you can identify lucrative opportunities and make informed investment decisions based on comprehensive rental analysis, including revenue per room, occupancy rates, seasonality and much more.
We believe the best way to figure out how much you can make on Airbnb is by looking at what existing, nearby short-term rentals actually make every year. The Rentalizer Airbnb calculator lets you plug in relevant details—like the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and occupants—to see what nearby homes with that configuration make every year, plus their occupancy rates. Add in more details like estimated fees, insurance, utilities, and setup costs to get a projected Cap Rate percentage. Together, this gives you an accurate prediction of the annual revenue you can make with an Airbnb.