Is NOW the Time to Get Back Into Airbnb?

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Is now finally the time to get back into Airbnb investing? We all knew about the Airbnb bubble that formed shortly after lockdowns. With low interest rates and local vacationing exploding, everyone wanted to cash in on the short-term rental craze. The result? Inexperienced hosts flooded the market with half-baked Airbnb listings, leading to an oversaturation in vacation rentals and stricter short-term rental laws. But things are beginning to change. Avery Carl, arguably the most knowledgeable short-term rental investor in the country and author of Smarter Short-Term Rentals, has NEVER sold a vacation rental due to poor performance. In fact, she’s stayed booked and busy while new short-term rental investors struggle to fill their units. How does she do it? And why does she think now is the time to double down on traditional vacation rental markets? Avery gives her expert advice on where (and what) to buy, how to boost your Airbnb bookings even in crowded markets, and why you don’t need every amenity under the sun to attract guests. Plus, why are Airbnb bans a good thing? Avery shares why some investors will thrive while others fight to survive in the new short-term rental space. Take advantage of the new Airbnb upside with Avery’s book Smarter Short-Term Rentals. In This Episode We Cover: Short-term rental market update and why Avery believes “stabilization” is here Why newbies are too scared to get into Airbnb investing (and how you can take advantage) Picking an Airbnb market and why you can’t follow the “top markets” lists What to do if your short-term rental is underperforming and you can’t get guests Are Airbnb bans a good thing? Which markets will benefit because of it? And So Much More! Links from the Show Join BiggerPockets for FREE Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! Ask Your Question on the BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets YouTube Maximize Your Real Estate Investing with a Self-Directed IRA from Equity Trust Grab Avery’s New Book, “Smarter Short-Term Rentals” Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area How to Analyze a Short Term Rental Investment (The Enemy Method) Connect with Avery Connect with Dave (00:00) Intro (01:43) Short-Term Rental Market Update (04:54) Newbies Scared Off? (06:52) What to Buy Right Now (09:52) Picking an Airbnb Market (12:10) RELAX with the Amenities (17:42) Is Your Airbnb Underperforming? (23:57) Future of Short-Term Rentals (27:45) Grab Avery’s Book! Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1082 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The short-term rental market is far more competitive than it used to be, but it is starting to stabilize.
0:06.7	And if you can pinpoint the right market, crush the competition on hospitality, and optimize your systems, short-term rentals might be the best option for cash flow right now.
0:16.8	Today, we're going to break it down.
0:23.1	Hey, everyone, Dave Meyer here from Bigger Pockets, and today on the show, we're talking short-term
0:27.7	rentals, and Avery Carl is back to help us out.
0:30.9	If you haven't heard Avery on the show before, she has more than 250 doors in her personal
0:35.4	portfolio and is the CEO of the short-term shop.
0:39.2	She's also written a brand new book, Smarter Short-Term Rentals, which has a ton of advice on how
0:45.0	to thrive in this hyper-competitive short-term rental space that we're in today.
0:49.3	We're going to get some of that advice on the show.
0:51.7	And if you like what you hear, of course, check out her book at
0:55.2	BiggerPockets.com slash SmarterSTR. Let's bring on Avery. Avery, Carl, welcome back to the show.
1:02.0	Thanks for being here. Thank you so much for having me. Well, you are a long time friend of the show,
1:07.1	Bigger Pockets contributor. But for those who don't know you, can you give us a brief intro?
1:11.3	Yes. My name is Avery Carl. I am a real estate investor. I've got several hundred doors across
1:16.8	the country, but my specialty is vacation rentals, short-term rentals, if you will. And I wrote
1:23.5	the Bigger Pockets book on short-term rental investing a few years ago called short-term rental long-term wealth. And I have been involved as an agent on over 5,000 short-term
1:32.8	rental deals. So I would never say, I would never say that I've seen it all because that's asking
1:37.3	for trouble, but I've seen a lot that hopefully I can bring some experience to the listeners.
1:42.9	Awesome. Great. Well, let's start at the top.
1:45.2	Tell us big picture what's going on the short-term rentals.
1:48.1	It's just like the rest of the real estate world.
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