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Mastering Airbnb | Learn from SF's top host, 100+ lectures by Udemy
The comprehensive guide to meeting great people, getting paid to travel, and becoming a master of Airbnb
Course Highlights
- Turn your spare room into a rental income of up to $250 / night
- Turn your entire place into a rental income of up to $600 / night
- Price your listing in a way that gets bookings without reviews
- Scope out your competition to identify your listing's market potential
- Identify and add amenities to dramatically increase the value of your listing
- Take Airbnb quality photos without a professional photo team
- Choose the thumbnail that creates the most interest
- Tips for using free software to enhance your listing's photos
- Learn how to get featured by AirBNB
- How to show up on the first page of AirBNB search
- Write listing descriptions that grab bookings
- Write the perfect attention-grabbing title for your space
- Correctly set cleaning fees and minimum night restrictions
- Figure out the right long-term cleaning arrangement
- Use house rules and extra people fees to your advantage
- Maximize income with other sources like VRBO and Roomorama
- Have your Airbnb run itself while you travel abroad without an internet connection
- Prevent burnout by choosing and limiting guest interaction
- Learn fun (and cheap) ways to guarantee 5-star reviews
- Identify the moving parts of your listing and reduce incident rates by 80%
- Integrate useful (and free) Airbnb tools for extra help and automation
- Correctly use your reviews to prevent 90% of bad reviews
- Use the "augmentable amenities" strategy to grab bookings you would otherwise lose
- Manage your homesharing taxes and comply with IRS guidelines
- Learn how to meet great people and have fun with your guests
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
12 Topics
Meet Evan
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What is AirBNB?
Course format
The benefits of homesharing
Can it work in my city? (Hint: yes)
How much can I make? I'll show you!
Looking at my revenue
Cheat sheet: Can it work in my city? (Hint: yes)
Course feedback: Let me know what you think so far!
Section 1 Review Material
Review sheets cheat sheets resources - all in one PDF
13 Topics
Ready to create an account? Get $200 extra for your first guest
Is my space good enough? What you need to know...
How long will this take? It's surprisingly less than you think...
Scoping out the competition and making a game plan
Pricing strategies guaranteed to work
The hotel pricing strategy
Advanced skills: How to drill down on your host competition
Cheat sheet: Is my space good enough? What you need to know
Cheat sheet: How long is this going to take? Surprisingly less than you think
Cheat sheet: Scope your competition and make a game plan
Cheat sheet: Pricing strategies that work
Cheat sheet: The hotel pricing strategy
Section 2 Review Material
28 Topics
Four easy rules for taking high quality photos that "wow" your listing
Add the magical touch: Edit your photos like an AirBNB professional
Resources: Camera accessories apps and free software
The amenities drill down: All the amenities you need in 6 minutes
The amenities guests expect that you always forget
The key to writing great descriptions that book guests
Writing the perfect title: Trickier than you would think
The secret to thumbnails
What to do with "Cleaning Fees"
Set your "House Rules" correctly to save yourself down the line
"Extra People Fees": Do it right and add +20% to your rental income
Tip #1: How to get AirBNB quality photos for free (without AirBNB)
Tip #2: The secret number of photos to use
Tip #3: The rambling text strategy
Cheat sheet: Four easy rules for taking photos that "wow"
Cheat sheet: Add the magical touch: Edit your photos like an
Cheat sheet: The amenities drill down: All the amenities you need
Cheat sheet: The amenities guests expect that you always forget
Cheat sheet: The secret to thumbnails
Cheat sheet: What to do with "Cleaning Fees"
Cheat sheet: "Extra People Fees": Do it right and you can add +20%
Cheat sheet: How to get AirBNB quality photos for free (without AirBNB)
Cheat sheet: Writing the perfect title: Trickier than you would think
Cheat sheet: Set your "House Rules" correctly to save yourself down the line
Cheat sheet: The rambling text strategy
Cheat sheet: The secret number of photos to use
Course feedback: Let me know what you think!
Section 3 Review Material
18 Topics
The art of the start
The beginning pricing strategy crucial to your success
The cleaning is crucial skip this at your AirBNB peril
Resources: Cleaning services
Your first guest: Let me walk you through it
Why so many hosts are using Instant Book wrong
When to use the "Minimum Days" setting
Do deposits matter? What actually matters
Tip #1: How to turbocharge your listing (not for the faint of heart)
Tip #2: Think like a hotel but don't act like one
Cheat sheet: The cleaning is crucial skip this at your AirBNB peril
Cheat sheet: Why so many hosts are using Instant Book wrong
Cheat sheet: When to use the "Minimum Days" setting
Cheat sheet: Your first guest: Let me walk you through it
Cheat sheet: Do deposits matter? What actually matters
Cheat sheet: Think like a hotel don't act like one
Cheat sheet: Turbocharge your listing (not for the faint of heart)
Section 4 Review Material
14 Topics
Mastering the warm & fuzzy: Becoming the best host you can
Finding the happy amount of face-to-face time
The $7 solution to all of your problems: Up your positive reviews by 50%
Damage Control: My five-step framework for minimizing potential bad reviews
Tip #1: The guidebook that makes hosting so much easier
Tip #2: Towels & Linens: Follow this advice and save $100's a year
Tip #3: The wonderful thing about Uber
Tip #4: The VA trick that no one talks about
Cheat sheet: Mastering the warm and fuzzy: Becoming the best host
Cheat sheet: Damage Control: My five-step framework for minimizing bad reviews
Cheat sheet: Finding the right amount of face time
Cheat sheet: The $7 solution to all of your problems: Up your positive reviews
Cheat Sheet: Towels & Linens: Follow this advice and save $100's a year
Section 5 Review Material
23 Topics
The winning mentality for AirBNB hosts
Identifying your winners and your losers
Hawking your calendar and how to easily increase bookings by 20%
Removing the maintenance and reducing your weekly input to < 3 hours a week
Expanding your platforms: Add an extra 20% to your booking inquiries
Resources: Popular Airbnb hosting tools
Tip #1: The "cheap nothing gift" your secret hosting weapon
Tip #2: The pre-emptive review strategy that works every time
Tip #3: How I added an extra $1k / month for just $100 / month
Tip #4: The copy / paste trick that saves you a ton of time
Tip #5: Other hosts are awesome here's why
Tip #6: How to use your review correctly
Tip #7: Get 10% more bookings with the foreign languages tactic
Tip #8: Last second hosting and how to use it to your advantage
A word of warning about the response rate metric
Response timing: Live and die by this metric
Cheat Sheet: The winning mentality for AirBNB hosts
Cheat sheet: Hawking your calendar and how to increase earnings
Cheat sheet: The "cheap nothing gift" your secret hosting weapon
Cheat sheet: How to use your review correctly
Cheat sheet: Picking your winners and losers
Cheat sheet: Removing the maintenance and reducing your weekly input
Section 6 Review Material
8 Topics
What would you like to see here?
Setting up & getting out: Renting your space while you're abroad
Adding multiple spaces to your account
How to do your taxes and what to know: Part One
How to do your taxes and what to know: Part Two
Tax Day Powerpoint for following along
LearnAirbnb Webinar: Launch strategies going on autopilot and squatters
Section 7 Review Material
1 Topic
Bonus Lecture
Mastering Airbnb | Learn from SF's top host, 100+ lectures
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