The BEST Airbnb Markets in 2025 and How to Do Your Own Market Research

Real Estate Rookie

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Want to get into short-term rentals in 2025? Your first step is to find the right Airbnb market for you. But we know that wading through 20,000 US towns and cities can be overwhelming, which is why we’re turning to our resident short-term rental expert for everything you might need to know! Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! Vacation rentals are Tony’s specialty, and in this episode, he’s going to share his best tips and tricks for choosing a market in 2025. First, he’ll help you pin down your investing goals before covering some of the most crucial factors to consider when analyzing a short-term rental market—including home price, supply and demand, competition, and others. You’ll also learn how to perform your own market research from scratch so that you’re armed with the most accurate data when making your decision! But that’s not all. Once you’ve chosen your market, you’ll need to determine which types of amenities to include. We’ll show you what’s needed, what’s not needed, and which additions could give you a competitive edge in your market. Finally, we’ll share a list of the best places to invest in 2025, which may even feature a certain Louisiana market Tony notoriously invested in years ago! In This Episode We Cover: The number one thing you must do before looking at Airbnb markets The most crucial data for Airbnb market analysis (and where to find it!) The BEST short-term rental markets to invest in this year Must-have Airbnb amenities to add to your rental property Why we’re choosing secondary markets over primary markets in 2025 And So Much More! Links from the Show Ashley's BiggerPockets Profile Tony's BiggerPokckets Profile Join BiggerPockets for FREE Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group Real Estate Rookie YouTube Follow Real Estate Rookie on Instagram AirDNA “Best Places to Invest in Short-Term Rentals in 2025” Try REsimpli, The Only All-In-One Real Estate Investor CRM Software That Helps You Manage Data, Marketing, Sales, and Operations Sign Up for BiggerPockets Momentum 2025 to Supercharge Your Investing This Year Buy the Book “Smarter Short-Term Rentals” Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area The 5 Best Housing Markets for Short-Term Rentals in 2025 (00:00) Intro (00:43) What’s Your Motivation? (02:12) Crucial Data Points (10:22) Choosing Your Market (18:46) Must-Have Amenities (21:40) Supply, Demand, & Competition (27:03) Ongoing Market Research (28:59) BEST Markets in 2025 (34:46) Do Your Own Research! Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-519 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	Hey, rookies. How can you find the best Airbnb markets to invest in for 2025?
0:05.0	There's so many factors to look at that drilling down can be an overwhelming process,
0:09.0	and so many markets are oversaturated.
0:12.0	Today, Tony, will teach you how to find the right markets for your new Airbnb location.
0:23.3	I'm Ashley Care. And I'm Tony J. Robinson and welcome to the Real Estate Rookie Podcast.
0:26.9	So Tony, before we actually get started, remind everyone of what markets you are already
0:32.0	currently investing in.
0:33.2	We're in three markets right now.
0:34.7	We're in California just outside of Josh Tree National Park.
0:37.2	We are in Utah, outside of Zion National Park. And we are in Tennessee outside of the Swiki Mountains National Park.
0:43.3	So before you find a market, what are some of the things you should start doing before you even start looking for the market you want to invest in?
0:52.3	So when we talk about like choosing a market,
0:54.7	I think the first, first thing before we talk about buy a box, before we talk about how much
0:59.0	cash you have, I think the very, very first thing you have to do is understand what your
1:04.5	motivations are for wanting to purchase an Airbnb. And generally, there are kind of four
1:09.7	key motivations I see that people have.
1:12.6	There's appreciation. So someone's buying because they want to build wealth over time,
1:18.0	supplement their retirement age income. The tax benefits, right, the short-term rental tax
1:22.8	loopholes, there were some people who do it for that reason. There's the actual cash flow
1:26.9	that it generates,
1:27.7	right? Generally speaking, a short-term rental should be able to outperform a traditional long-term rental.
1:32.9	And then the kind of fourth one is some people just want to have a nice vacation home that someone
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