Airbnb For Dummies

Chapter 9

Going on Cruise Control and Still Making Money

IN THIS CHAPTER

Looking at the tradeoff between time, energy, and profits

Knowing what to eliminate

Putting systems in place to make your life easier

Getting help with your hosting

Your goal as a host is putting all the systems at your disposal in place so that your Airbnb largely runs on its own. In fact, you can automate a lot with your listing. After you’ve automated, your involvement as a host will be whatever extent you want. In fact, hosting will require only minimal input. Rather than being fully involved in every aspect, you’ll be able to intervene every once in a while, when automations or outsourcing may fall short, or when you desire to do so.

This chapter details how to use different tools to make your job easier as a host and discusses what you can eliminate, automate, and outsource so that you aren’t spending so much time on the daily operations and you’re maximizing dollars while minimizing the hours.

One of the biggest challenges for hosts is that they don’t automate at all or don’t know what software and opportunities ...