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I was just rethinking dressers in some of my bedrooms. I bought all my furniture through auctions, saving big bucks. Then bought new mattresses and sofas. I did just replace my rollaway beds. I learned that people move them between floors (3 story townhouse), dinged walls and then I had to keep track of different sheets. I only have king and queen beds. I tried one house with the sofa bed and the other with rollaways. Sofa couches won. I can see your point for a single level place though. Great video.
I had debated on whether to remove a large bulky dresser with an attached mirror from the Primary Bedroom in my STR. When I finally repainted, I did not put the dresser back in the room. As is, the walk-in closet has plenty of shelves and hanging rods in it (and a luggage rack). It has now been 5-years since I ditched that dresser. And, I have not had one Guest say a single word about it. Regarding faux/silk plants, they definitely out perform live ones in an STR setting, but they do need to be cleaned periodically. And, they do have an expiration date as they will fade and become brittle over time.
In a world of excessive material consumption, inexpensive, stylish, repurposed, great find and or discarted piec is better than CHEAP. Great Video. Thank you,
Hey Sean, wanted to ask if making changes to your listing on a property management software helps your time on platform or if you need to do it on the actual Airbnb platform itself. You talked about this one your Algorithm III course which is fantastic by the way. sorry to spoil any knowledge given didn't know where else to ask this. Thanks, you're the GOAT.
yes it does, all changes push through to airbnb, so you don't have to do it ON airbnb. no problem! happy to help here. for anyone being nosey they can go to rakidzich.com/realgo3 for the whole story
I don’t think anyone will come to clean the house for 45$. Ordinary 3 bdr/2 ba house, will take two people 2.5- 3 hours to clean. What are they making?
Loved this video Mr. Sean, it was fun and informative 😃 I have good furniture deals already, I’ll be ordering the online stuff ahead of time, so I can have everything ready by the time I move. I wouldn’t have gotten this far without your tips and advice, thank you! 😊
If your guests stay more than a few dsys they will want a dresser. We have put a dresser inside the closet which leaves more area inside room. But we actually like a dresser to be under the TVs in bedrooms for safety for guest and the TV.
Question for you, Sean. I've been considering purchasing 1 or 2 rollaway beds for my Airbnb. Currently, I host up to 6 guests with 2 queen bedrooms and 1 master king bedroom. I've been contemplating charging extra for any guests over 6. I've heard from others that sometimes guests bypass paying the extra fees but still bring additional guests. While collecting more money might be a hassle, if I buy rollaway beds and only use them when a booking is for over 6 guests, it could potentially generate more revenue for longer stays. Currently, we have good bookings and perform better than average. However, I'm thinking of expanding into accommodating groups of 6 or more since there is less competition in that niche with lower-quality homes. What are your thoughts on this?
I don’t charge extra for more usually. In your case though, you may feel charging for six competitively is best, because of the real beds. Charging for 8 out the gate could lose you bookings. Try a per guest fee for 7 and 8 but make it small. Maybe $10-12 each person. Otherwise you can have difficulty with other parts of your pricing strategy
@@AirbnbAutomated thank you for the advice Sean. I can do $10 per guest per night at 7 & 8. Do you think it’s wise to disclose that the roll out beds will only be available if the guest count is above 6? The reason I ask is I’ve heard from others that sometimes people book 6 to avoid paying the extra and they find it difficult to collect the extra. Just thinking ahead with this additional layer. Thanks again Sean!
Hello thank you for another great content! I was wondering if you will be making another live webinar for Realgorithm 3 or are we going to watch the recording of the past webinar when we make the purchase? Thank you very much.
Greetings from South Africa. I have an apartment a stone thrown away from the beach. I think the decor should bring the outdoors in. Therefore a beach theme and not BOHO. Or is it possible to blend the two like your example of the jungle and BOHO?
The cheaper I can find in Bay Area, California for the cleaning service is $35 per hour! They go up to $90 per hour for airbnb's cleaning service :'( I thought your video was made many years ago when you said your cleaners get paid $15-17 an hour. I just feel like I won't be able to start on airbnb business unless I clean the properties myself haha
I am in Southern Oregon, same $35+ an hour. Can barely get anyone at that. They have to be available everyday in the middle of the day for just a short period-of hours No as good as fast food
@@AirbnbAutomated Ok thank you so much for your response, I will focus on being more aggressively priced with my one listing rather than having a extra half listing!
If I take 5+ properties I have always just done my thing without asking. I’ve leaned on the logic that they won’t evict over something that small and lose multiple rent checks
Yeah, my cleaning lady rushes her 4 hours at $150 since I can't find a decent person at $15 an hour. Companies were charging $220-250 so I'm saving something
@@AirbnbAutomated nope. I am not going to pay them less than what others in the area make. We can still run a good business without taking advantage of our business partners.
@sachastayswi find someone who’s job pays them $16, give them a raise to $20 and train them from scratch. You just made the $16 per hour’s person life better.
People are confusing using a cleaning business vs hiring their own. The cleaner of that business most probably gets the same wage give or take a few dollars
@@AirbnbAutomatedHi Sean! After watching one of your recent videos that included info on paying cleaners hourly vs flat fee, I took it to one of my Facebook groups and posted anonymously asking hosts hourly vs flat fee? The overwhelming response was flat fee by hosts but lots of pushback from cleaners stating cleaners are not my employees? Who the h*ll are they to tell me who I can employ? Lol anyhow, may I ask how you recruit the hourly cleaners and do you find that the “quality” of the clean is compromised with this model? I am just getting started and launching my first STR in July and trying to prepare myself. Thanks! 😊
This guy is full pf it if he thinks professional cleaners are goung to clean, wash and dry sheets, comgorters and yowels and probably dishes to for $50 or $60. I'd like his cheap a$$ to come clean my Airbnb for $15 an hour. Most cleaners are a business just as his Airbnb is a business!
I hope his cleaners watch this video and demand a pay increase or quit. It’s ridiculous he’s making so much money off of their labor and isn’t compensating them with a living wage.
Fake plants look cheap and crappy though. Best to have none at all. You can get away with fake flowers if the greenery is real, but fake leaves look awful, cheap and nasty
Wow, great content, again,...but...what's with your voice. Sounds AI. Honestly, it takes a lot of "you" out of the video. Hope you are just playing with this feature and not going with it for here on out.
@@AirbnbAutomated 🤷♂️ either way, your knowledge of STR is incomparable. My wife and I are building our second MTR and we owe much of our success to the foundational training you provide.
Hey Guys! I am taking a couple more students before peak season starts, talk to my team here if you want to become your best Host-Self. rakidzich.com/superhost
I totally forgot!!
Here’s your link for RE:algorithm
HTTPS://rakidzich.com/realgo3
I was just rethinking dressers in some of my bedrooms. I bought all my furniture through auctions, saving big bucks. Then bought new mattresses and sofas. I did just replace my rollaway beds. I learned that people move them between floors (3 story townhouse), dinged walls and then I had to keep track of different sheets. I only have king and queen beds. I tried one house with the sofa bed and the other with rollaways. Sofa couches won. I can see your point for a single level place though. Great video.
I had debated on whether to remove a large bulky dresser with an attached mirror from the Primary Bedroom in my STR. When I finally repainted, I did not put the dresser back in the room. As is, the walk-in closet has plenty of shelves and hanging rods in it (and a luggage rack). It has now been 5-years since I ditched that dresser. And, I have not had one Guest say a single word about it.
Regarding faux/silk plants, they definitely out perform live ones in an STR setting, but they do need to be cleaned periodically. And, they do have an expiration date as they will fade and become brittle over time.
You're getting very entertaining, bro. I like it👍
Big thanks!
Thanks, you are great!!!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing
In a world of excessive material consumption, inexpensive, stylish, repurposed, great find and or discarted piec is better than CHEAP. Great Video. Thank you,
Hey Sean, wanted to ask if making changes to your listing on a property management software helps your time on platform or if you need to do it on the actual Airbnb platform itself. You talked about this one your Algorithm III course which is fantastic by the way. sorry to spoil any knowledge given didn't know where else to ask this. Thanks, you're the GOAT.
yes it does, all changes push through to airbnb, so you don't have to do it ON airbnb. no problem! happy to help here. for anyone being nosey they can go to rakidzich.com/realgo3 for the whole story
Awesome video again
I don’t think anyone will come to clean the house for 45$. Ordinary 3 bdr/2 ba house, will take two people 2.5- 3 hours to clean. What are they making?
Thanks for your video. X
Loved this video Mr. Sean, it was fun and informative 😃 I have good furniture deals already, I’ll be ordering the online stuff ahead of time, so I can have everything ready by the time I move. I wouldn’t have gotten this far without your tips and advice, thank you! 😊
Good video Sean. Netflix no longer allows sharing FYI
If your guests stay more than a few dsys they will want a dresser. We have put a dresser inside the closet which leaves more area inside room. But we actually like a dresser to be under the TVs in bedrooms for safety for guest and the TV.
How do I allow them to use my personal Netflix WITHOUT letting them get access to the account?
I totally forgot!!
Here’s your link for RE:algorithm
HTTPS://rakidzich.com/realgo3
Question for you, Sean. I've been considering purchasing 1 or 2 rollaway beds for my Airbnb. Currently, I host up to 6 guests with 2 queen bedrooms and 1 master king bedroom. I've been contemplating charging extra for any guests over 6. I've heard from others that sometimes guests bypass paying the extra fees but still bring additional guests. While collecting more money might be a hassle, if I buy rollaway beds and only use them when a booking is for over 6 guests, it could potentially generate more revenue for longer stays.
Currently, we have good bookings and perform better than average. However, I'm thinking of expanding into accommodating groups of 6 or more since there is less competition in that niche with lower-quality homes. What are your thoughts on this?
I don’t charge extra for more usually.
In your case though, you may feel charging for six competitively is best, because of the real beds. Charging for 8 out the gate could lose you bookings.
Try a per guest fee for 7 and 8 but make it small. Maybe $10-12 each person. Otherwise you can have difficulty with other parts of your pricing strategy
@@AirbnbAutomated thank you for the advice Sean. I can do $10 per guest per night at 7 & 8. Do you think it’s wise to disclose that the roll out beds will only be available if the guest count is above 6? The reason I ask is I’ve heard from others that sometimes people book 6 to avoid paying the extra and they find it difficult to collect the extra. Just thinking ahead with this additional layer.
Thanks again Sean!
Hello thank you for another great content! I was wondering if you will be making another live webinar for Realgorithm 3 or are we going to watch the recording of the past webinar when we make the purchase? Thank you very much.
I will be doing another. Anyone with the Course will get access to all three past webinars and the upcoming one in addition to the course
Thank you a lot! @@AirbnbAutomated
@@ilkeyalcn1690 Thats AWESOME!!! didn't even know that was part of Algo III. When is it? I would hate to miss it.
Greetings from South Africa. I have an apartment a stone thrown away from the beach. I think the decor should bring the outdoors in. Therefore a beach theme and not BOHO. Or is it possible to blend the two like your example of the jungle and BOHO?
The cheaper I can find in Bay Area, California for the cleaning service is $35 per hour! They go up to $90 per hour for airbnb's cleaning service :'( I thought your video was made many years ago when you said your cleaners get paid $15-17 an hour. I just feel like I won't be able to start on airbnb business unless I clean the properties myself haha
Hire someone from In-and-out burger, give them full training, be their first good job
I am in Southern Oregon, same $35+ an hour. Can barely get anyone at that. They have to be available everyday in the middle of the day for just a short period-of hours
No as good as fast food
Hey Sean, a second thing I wanted to ask is can sister listings hurt because you are splitting up occupancy?
it's that you're splitting the views IF they are identical or very similar.
@@AirbnbAutomated Ok thank you so much for your response, I will focus on being more aggressively priced with my one listing rather than having a extra half listing!
When pitching for a studio apartment or more, are we asking for permission as well to paint walls and ceilings?
If I take 5+ properties I have always just done my thing without asking. I’ve leaned on the logic that they won’t evict over something that small and lose multiple rent checks
@@AirbnbAutomated Thank you so much Sean for explaining this to me and others
Where do you get the product bottles? I got lost in the X per oz vs T per oz.
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Hey great video. What kind of transparency foil fr the bottles you use for under the shower
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for U Sean
Does Airbnb allow you to count rollaway beds into the actual bedcount of a property? I heard they do not.
Yes they do
@@AirbnbAutomated okay, I heard that must be stated in the description so guess won't be upset by it
Awesomeness
We put a tv on top of dresser.
Clients are stealing stuff, what's your advise ? How can I protect..? I don't want put camera surveillance because of clients privacy.
just bill it to air cover with good documentation. and try to get bookings further in advance so the guest mix is better.
Yeah, my cleaning lady rushes her 4 hours at $150 since I can't find a decent person at $15 an hour. Companies were charging $220-250 so I'm saving something
If she does a good job is trustworthy and reliable Shes worth every cent ! Peace of mind is priceless. You get what you pay for !?
Mirrors in bedrooms and plants are bad Feng shui---could affect the guests energy
75 dollars for ceiling painting ? are you out of your mind?
Are you using AI to voice your video .. sounds robotic
video editor over-cleaned the audio. losing some the "air" that it needs to sound real.
Our cleaners get 40$ per hour plus tips. They are worth gold to us.
get one worth gold for half the price.
@@AirbnbAutomated nope. I am not going to pay them less than what others in the area make. We can still run a good business without taking advantage of our business partners.
@sachastayswi find someone who’s job pays them $16, give them a raise to $20 and train them from scratch.
You just made the $16 per hour’s person life better.
People are confusing using a cleaning business vs hiring their own. The cleaner of that business most probably gets the same wage give or take a few dollars
Aw Sorry for your breakup ! I love real plants tho lol
Maybe thats why we broke up
$15 an hour for housekeeping? Is this for a third world country?
The USA is a third world country with lip gloss and Starbucks
@@AirbnbAutomatedHi Sean! After watching one of your recent videos that included info on paying cleaners hourly vs flat fee, I took it to one of my Facebook groups and posted anonymously asking hosts hourly vs flat fee? The overwhelming response was flat fee by hosts but lots of pushback from cleaners stating cleaners are not my employees? Who the h*ll are they to tell me who I can employ? Lol anyhow, may I ask how you recruit the hourly cleaners and do you find that the “quality” of the clean is compromised with this model? I am just getting started and launching my first STR in July and trying to prepare myself. Thanks! 😊
I rather get paid $15 an hour than be unemployed.
Yeah…uh…. Where would I get a housekkeper for minimum wage?
lol my Airbnb in Guatemala I pay 13 bucks for two cleaners… the world is a wide open place for the open minded, prices are different than in the usa
This guy is full pf it if he thinks professional cleaners are goung to clean, wash and dry sheets, comgorters and yowels and probably dishes to for $50 or $60. I'd like his cheap a$$ to come clean my Airbnb for $15 an hour. Most cleaners are a business just as his Airbnb is a business!
I hope his cleaners watch this video and demand a pay increase or quit. It’s ridiculous he’s making so much money off of their labor and isn’t compensating them with a living wage.
They watch my videos. Have for years. They still won’t leave. And why??
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Fake plants look cheap and crappy though. Best to have none at all. You can get away with fake flowers if the greenery is real, but fake leaves look awful, cheap and nasty
Challenge accepted
Tip - instead of individual shampoo, conditioner, and body wash bottles, you can get a shower dispenser.
Every place I’ve stayed in and have shower dispensers are always clogged up and product is dries in the hole. Would rather the refill a small bottle.
Wow, great content, again,...but...what's with your voice. Sounds AI. Honestly, it takes a lot of "you" out of the video. Hope you are just playing with this feature and not going with it for here on out.
editor over-cleaned it... lost its bass.
Why does Sean speak and sound like he is an AI clone 🤖
In on the spectrum and trying to act like im not on the spectrum
@@AirbnbAutomated 🤷♂️ either way, your knowledge of STR is incomparable. My wife and I are building our second MTR and we owe much of our success to the foundational training you provide.
@daniamsalem its my honor to help with what i know
You are a handsome guy. You should definitely dye your beard. Makes you look really really old
No, he looks hot and distinguished.