And… All of my Housekeepers Quit.
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- I tried to save money on housekeeping, and all my housekeepers quit. It forced me into a really bad spot. Heres the scoop.
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Fast food pays $15 pr hr. To me if a cleaner does the quality work I need and rely on they should get the money they needed rely on. Cleaning is hard job. Self employed pay high taxes and front all gas, materials etc. trust and quality is more important to me than cost. Especially considering STR guests are very sensitive to cleaning quality.
I had a disparaging comment to post...then I thought about it. I will wait until I open my BnB in a few weeks and see how it goes with cleaners. I feel you on training someone to clean and spot check. However, I can't imagine paying someone $15 an hour who will do a good job. Not sure if a flat rate is the way to go either. It all boils down to people who just want to work, do a good job and we as hosts compensating them accordingly at a livable and fair wage. That means if one is loyal and goes about and beyond...even if I want to save money...I would pay them at least $20 an hour with raises and then maybe work up to a good flat rate that is fair. Maybe I am being naïve. One note, even if a place "appears" to be clean and is not "messy", it should still be cleaned and sanitized. Now to your point, they should stay and clean, not do a light dusting because it looks clean and leave after an hour when its normally a three hour job. Again, talk to me in a few months...I may be singing your song...but I hope not. Housekeeping and cleaning is a skill, just like any other occupation and they should be paid for good work and respected.
Oh you will come to this problem . Save this video for later lol you can hire in indeed for 18 hr cleaners . Or create house keeping cleaners.
Perhaps not on your first listing. But its a process that can get worked up to
I have 7 3BR units and I pay my cleaners $20-$25 per hour. The variance is because one of them is much faster than the other and she sometimes gets the unit cleaned in 1.5-2.0 hours and I feel like I need to make it worth her time to leave her home and drive to my units. Only paying her $30 probably wouldn’t be worth her time for a cleaning so I thought $50 minimum would be more fair for those quick cleans. So far my cleaners have been happy as I’ve retained both of them for about 4 years.
Good idea! How do you track the hours?
It’s a tricky situation, flat rate rewards the right behavior.
Hourly rewards the slower cleaners, punishes the people who are faster.
Good for your house keepers! That’s terrible that you were going to pay them that much. And I’m sure they would clean it better than you. I had a great relationship with my house cleaner and they did a great job and I paid a flat rate of $175. Never had a problem. Keep in mind they do more time than just cleaning the place, they take the linens and wash them, pick up supplies and put special touches in our cabin. By the way those new people will quit too. Not worth the stress to screw over your people.
All you say is true. I know it for a fact.
As an Airbnb clean I’ve done plumbing and fixed screen doors and appliances for my clients and not for $14 and hour!😂 also deep cleaned areas when time allowed. It’s not a cleaning its a TURN OVER! there’s more to that than wiping and sweeping.
Of course. But im not paying a stranger to do it WRONG. For $30 an hour.
Ill train someone to do it RIGHT for $17
My experience is you get what you pay for....
Or you get what you create. I recommend the book multipliers
Your offer isn't worth it to the folks you had. Now pay to try to make it work with new folks. Or change offer. I recommend.. that's kinda it.
The Good-Fast-Cheap Triangle never fails. You can choose two, but never all three.
I recently had a 1 night stay for the eclipse. A young couple. They used every blanket and every towel in the unit. I have a roll out sofa, they did not use it but dragged out all the linens and blankets for it PLUS slept in the bed. Then “ used” every towel and washcloth. I can’t really ding them for anything but jeezus I was annoyed AF.
Totally eclipse behavior 🙄
That is annoying
That's a pretty stressful situation to be in 😟 I'm glad you were able to resolve it Mr. Sean, I'm very thankful that my brother has had a maid/housekeeper for a few years now.
She's been responsible, trustworthy and she'll be the one helping me clean, in case I need help. He pays her $16-$20/hr. more less and she goes around 4x a month or as needed, she cleans a few other houses in the same area so she gets a full shift and sets her own work schedule.
She's a nice, reliable older lady 😊 and she just started a small pottery business with her husband, which is a plus for me 😍 I'll be buying some stuff from her to help me decorate.
try to locate a cleaning supply company in your area. We typically buy a jug of ph neutral concentrate for 14 bucks. This will last us two months, you can use it on wood finish or to mop the floors and countertops. Its ph neutral so it wont damage anything.
I used to pay flat rate, the problem with that is that it encourages short cutting. Hourly rate is the best way if you can scale it, I agree with you. Cleaners are so expensive where I live that you cannot hire then and make pricing attractive. I clean all properties myself and leave a day unoccpied after each stay because leaving the calendar empty is cheaper than paying cleaners in New Zealand.
love that you took the risk on hourly. Managing people is a challenge wither way. happy to hear you're winning on your journey
If you have 1 or 2 property you can do it yourself as I do from Italy. No one do it better than a host! 😉
I try some cleaner but I think they do the work so quickly and do not do a great job as me
Yes, strs have kind of inflated housekeeping industry pockets, and egos to where they know if it's a bnb, the housekeeping arbitrage handlers will call the bluff. One solution is to have enough business to justify starting own internal cleaning biz, and then expand to include other properties, or not.
Thats a move
Fabulous idea
Thanks for the good business advice 💯. I found you through the Drizzle Drizzle 😂
Hey Sean, can you make a video on the metrics what give hosts the accreditation for the top 1% of homes on Airbnb (guest favourites on the new release)? We are luckily in the top 5% only 2 x 4* reviews and 131 x 5* reviews. we are sitting at 80% ish occupancy year round. Many thanks, love your videos and your videos inspired us in many ways that we execute our business here in Scotland!
This is great. How do you source your employees? Do you list on a certain platform, etc?
I do my own housekeeping (only one property ) I created a checklist for myself so I don't forget anything. I put it on the clipboard when I start and check things off as I do them and then again when I'm finished. t works really well
I live for your videos. Thank you so much!
Enjoy your turnover (of cleaners). Not sure where you live but cleaners make waaaaay more than $15 / hour.
This video will not age well
The pay rate low, but the cleaning rate high… ok makes perfect sense
thats what happens when you insist on trying to pay them by the hour.... no housekeeper wants to work like that. its flat rate per clean everywhere, read the room
I don’t hire people who have experienced doing flat rate. That’s the solution.
14! They charge 40-50 an hour to clean in NH...! 14 is downright disrespectful. Especially with inflation being so high. You work with chemicals all day, mopping, and cleaning for hours is EXHAUSTING. I have a 2 bedroom apartment airbnb and it takes me 3.5-4 hours to clean! I also used to clean on the side when I was younger and it's exhausting!
I'm from Dallas also! Love the hat (those of us who know, know...) anyway one newbie question as an aspiring future AirBNB owner (one of these days when/if I can):
If you have locations all over the country or world, how does one person manage that?
I'm looking at this as a long-term security play but I need to get an idea of how I could diversify geographically in the event of the geopolitical or even local political climate either not being ideal OR other factors as mundane as actual climate/weather/seasonality.
Im all over texas. And the secret is to Create good local teams.
I’m so lucky, my cleaners have been so loyal. Had the same ones for 2+ years.
that's awesome, congrats!
I’ve found much greater success hiring motivated people who weren’t cleaners prior to being hired by me because I cannot for the life of me get someone who has their own cleaning process to do what I want them to do.
$15/ hr is what it's worth to whom? That's what it is worth to you. Do you think your previous employees are getting paid now at what they feel it is worth?
I run an ad. I say the job is worth $15.
And.
Those that aoply…
They agree.
How is that shameful. If he hires another company they're going to charge that to him. He is having a better quality control by hiring his own staff and parts of the perks of being a business owner are the prophets. Instead of someone else making the profits he is making it. That is why he is a millionaire
And then the second they can find real work they leave u. Ur dumb y@AirbnbAutomated
Hey Sean. Are you paying your housekeepers $17 per hours for just the hours they are cleaning or are they being paid $17 per hour for a certain # of hours worked per day/week?
My housekeepers have asked to go hourly. Theoretically I'm not opposed. But what about all the HR paperwork and expanding liability as numbers grow? ( Health care, child support levys, insurance, to name a few)
Great video! With my 8 properties accrued using your strategies, this is the single biggest thing I'm still wrestling with. I can't wait to have it mostly Conquered
I'm rooting for you!
Is there an HOA in that complex?
I feel like your next couple videos should be on creating a cleaning team . Because this info is useful
That level of knowledge reserved my cracking superhost students. They get all the good stuff.
The Blue on the wall is gorgeous, Sean!
glad you think so!
Sean , here's a tip .., as soon as you enter the place put some fabric conditioner ( comfort..) in a pot on the stove , some hot water on min heat and let it simmer while you do the rest . the place is diffused with aroma , better than air freshener by far . good luck , appreciate your content . from Belfast , Northern Ireland .
that's a WAY cool tip
I would be so disappointed if I walked into a place that used synthetic fragrance. myself and loads of people that I know are allergic to that. not to mention half of the crap they put in those types of products neurotoxic.
@@bowievanling8010yeah some people really complain and may have allergies I have a host friend and her guest literally left upon check in , the house smelled like cleaning products but I literally had guest complain about candles that weren’t lit once luckily they didn’t leave . Maybe a good idea to ask them about allergies upon check in .
I never find myself in your situation. I would take a good hard look at your management techniques and how you are treating your staff.
I learned everything i know about management from pulp fiction and hells kitchen
@@AirbnbAutomated 🤣🤣🤣
How do you retain the housekeeper? If they work 2-3hrs a day, they’d need a 2nd job and are likely to quit and go full time somewhere else. Also where do you post for such temporary type of work?
With apartment buildings they get full shifts cleaning multiple apartments
With checkout being 10/11am and checkin at 3/4pm, cleaning in that time frame can probably cover only 2 apts. Is that what you mean by full shift?
Also in this video I believe this was a townhome you recently acquired, how does keeping the housekeeper for such a property work?
Don't forget seasonality.
This works beautiful for STR and MTR !
I leave the cleaning stuff for the guest. Sometimes they use it and clean after themself.
YOUR NOT RITE YOU SHOULD PAY CLEANERS WHAT YOU CHARGE THE GUEST
If you have good people working for you pay them 20 an hour, with a summer bonus & Christmas bonus to show that you care. Finding good people is difficult as you said but when you do find good people you need them to stay so treat them with respect and look after them
FUNNY DONT SEE YOU CLEANING TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK IT REALLY IS JUST BECAUSE THEY MADE THE BEDS YOU STILL HAVE TO WASH THE SHEETS
Underpays his cleaners.
Shocked all his cleaners quit.
LOL 😂
6 years ago. and now all my cleaners work for me directly for $15-17 an hour. I win.
steel wool? We don't keep that in a house. Has no one ever used that on your stainless items and scratched it up?
The cleaning caddies aren’t for guests so no, never any issues
Sean has no clue.
@@coinholio6863 you have no clue. Sheesh 💁🏻♂️
@@AirbnbAutomated It's unnecessary and a recipe for getting things scratched up.
$14 dlls an hour is way to low…
we tried. no one wants to go from $55 a studio down to $15 an hour.
I agree. He wouldn't pay the group $14 but will pay a guy who has never cleaned $17? Time for a "house manager," but people aren't stupid. Eventually your new guys will see the $190 you make vs. the $35 they're making.
You charge the Guest $190, and only give the cleaner $60 -- Shameful
If the cleaner takes 5 hours i give them $85 it depends.
Welcome to being an adult. Get used to disappointment
If you haven’t already you could provide a one page how to for the new/raw cleaners.
As you would know any more than 3 verbal instructions ain’t always retained & delivered the way you would hope
My whole training process is taught in my mentorship, cracking superhost. It is one of those things i dont give all my sauce for free on. I have students who are making an extra $8000 a month after using my processes to in-house their staff
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Why would they deserve more???😂. There are utilities and other expenses to pay not to mention it’s a business so making a profit is necessary. The charge is 190 we don’t make 190. lol
One of properties they charge $95. It’s a 900+sqft condo. Any additional cleaning like siding blinds is an additional charge. All of the cleaners in the area charge $95 and up.
1:30 seconds in… I’m flushed with anxiety and I feel sick! Sean 😂 you better not be in beach short and church shoes cleaning.
I am absolutely in loafers with this broom and mop. lol.
mine just quit yesterday!! haha
YIKES.
@@AirbnbAutomated it happens, i have a backup anyway but thinking doing this route.
THATS GROSE THAT YOU DONT WASH THE SHEETS
Holy 😮 mind blown!
IT TAKES HALF HR TO WASH ONE LOAD AN HALF HR TO DRY ONE LOAD
Not quite. Depends on the machines available. Doing 4 loads can take five hours. And Sean forgets that doing laundry off-site, in the cleaners home, counts as TIME worked, and materials, electricity used too.
Where do I go to get trained on training the 5 step process. Looking for easy, organized communication of what I specifically need. Thanks for the tips!
Don't use this 5 step process. He thinks steel wool should be in the kit. Tells me more than enough.
I pay my family so they never do me dirty and quit luckily my mom birth 14 kids 😭 I honestly trust them more rather then random ppl
You can afford tens of thousands of $$$ for geode rocks but couldn't afford over 14/hr to give a human being a liveable wage? Yea...the cleaners were the greedy ones....
Love this
All the cleaners in my experience look at the listing and the cleaning fees charged and they want the whole thing. Small mountain town!
Wauu, cleaning is a hard job. This unit looks clean, but it's not always the same case. You should pay $100 per 2hrs/1bed, for a standard cleaning.
No.
And don’t think you can come here, conning anybody in believing you. Hi have cleaned Airbnb for years. I know exactly how hard it is and how hard it is not.
Cleaning a property is a $15 per hour job .
We provide the supplies we provide the properties we provide the work we provide the technology. They don’t have to get their own customers. They don’t have to bill anybody they don’t have to do marketing. They just show up and follow a cleaning system that I give them to follow.
Being a nurse or a paramedic is a hard job . Working for child protective services is a hard job.
Running electric cable is a hard job .
The average pay for child protective service worker in Texas is $13.26 per hour.
We are paying four dollars an hour more than people who are saving children’s lives
I hate the smell of fabuloso. Reminds me of 99 cent store.
They quit over drizzle drizzle?
Are these 1099 or W-2
1099 always
@@AirbnbAutomated Are they insured? What kind of liability insurance do you carry to use potentially non-insured cleaners?
TBH 14 bucks is ridiculously lo. But 35 is ridiculously high. Should be 22 or so
That's great you can find cleaners that will clean for $17 and hour. I find the young ones to be eager at first but super unreliable. And they also seem to miss stuff or forgot stuff. (especially restocking properly) Even the cleaning services we've tried sucked. They'll promise you the moon an forget to throw the used coffee grounds away during a cleaning. I need cleaners who I can rely on and that I don't have to constantly babysit them. I can't stand the drama of dealing with cleaners. Luckily we had family that decided to start a cleaning business and clean all our properties. It's been the best thing that's happened. No more babysitting when you have your reviews on the line. I bet a lot of people switch to medium term or long term just to not have to deal with cleaners. (or at least not as often) That's what I would do if we didn't have family cleaning. Yes it does limit how far we can scale but I'm fine with the 8 properties we have and don't need more unless they are long term properties.
You’re outlining a key part of this. Thanks for bringing it up.
Unskilled labor requires more management . I feel like it could almost even be an equation that the amount of management or autonomy related to her person is directly related to their level of skill in their craft.
Because skill is also a sign of discipline and self investment
Hiring unskilled labor usually means that person has never taken the time to and is unreliable by default and that’s what makes hiring unskilled labor so expensive
There are good people out there. It takes time to find them.
I think that’s why referrals are so great. The phrase birds of a feather tends to reflect peoples values so you find an unskilled person with great work ethic and they refer somebody the person that they refer likely will have a great work ethic.
@@AirbnbAutomated Ok that's all good but what happens when you find someone and they are good and they start talking to to other STR cleaners who make more? Isn't that how you lost all your original cleaners? Or they go online to the housekeeping FB groups and post what their making and hour. If the do that the other cleaners are going to tell them they can make way more than $17 an hour. (I went in and read some of those cleaner FB groups and they all seem to be very outspoken about getting what "you deserve") I just would feel so stressed out that those who are getting $17 are just going to keep quitting on me when I have houses to get cleaned. Again why did ALL your cleaners quit on you? As you stated it was over the low pay.
...weird that this literally just happened to me this morning and this vid pops up.
You, having 100+ doors if I'm not mistaken, being a millionaire if I'm not mistaken, yet still going to store buying stuff and doing these menial tasks yourself etc. Makes me think it's one of these:
- You're 'fake it till you make it' and you don't actually have what you claim you have.
- You're doing this as a marketing stunt, which is very effective I believe.
- You're a really genuine and humble person who does not care about these things, no matter how much money you have.
It has to be one of these three.
I'm leaning towards the last option. You really seem friendly, humble and just a genuinely kind person👍
Thank you for that vote of confidence. I enjoy teaching what i know and have learned. Getting in the mix is the best way to stay a good teacher
Wow. the colors of those walls ;(
The calendar is PACKED
Sean, have you ever heard of the Good-Fast-Cheap Triangle? Pick two, you can never have all three. You are choosing Fast and Cheap, so it simply won't be GOOD! I am an Owner (9 years) and a cleaner sometimes (of other properties). I clean to an exceedingly high standard. (my boss, who has 50 properties, thinks I do a deep clean every clean-while his other cleaners just skim and God forbid they ever clean a grill- while I clean mine every time). Time does not matter to me. It takes as long as it takes. Sometimes I make less money per hour, sometimes more. Money doesn't matter either. Getting the job right is the only thing that matters. Yes, sometimes a house is very light and no, I don't mention it. But you know what? Sometimes a house is a complete wreck and I don't mention that either. It all balances out in the end. YOU skimming the cleaning fees to line your own pocket is despicable. If you're going to pay young kids to clean, then charge your guests actual cleaning costs. This will surely backfire on you.....wait for you AirBnB comments on cleaning to come in.
I love the triangle and no since I’m paying by the hour I’m not opting for fast. I’m I’m opting for good and cheap.
To pay flat rate is to opt for fast
@@AirbnbAutomated Pay by the hour = go slow
Good, cheap. Not fast.
Hourly = slow.
Yes
@@AirbnbAutomated You are going to find that you are veering off into the Cheap-Fast corner of the triangle, because these kids will NOT do a good, detail-oriented job. They could slow-play you for more hours too. But it still won't be good. Just sayin.
That hardly ever happens
He makes so much money because he doesn’t care about people.
This is why I am hesitant to do my second property
Don't do it. Yearly so much less headaches. I 1031ed. Life is way better.
1031ed?
@@thelastactor yes, 1031 exchange. You can exchange like kind properties without paying taxes on the sale.
I’m doing arbitrage so no need for me to do that
Dude you have to swap the sheets on every bed EVERY TIME no matter if the guests sleeps on the bed or not. It's crazy you don't do that???
We wash the sheets every time who said we don’t I think you’re misunderstand
At 8 minutes and 49 seconds you stared that the guests only used two beds 'so there really isn't that much laundry to do'... we all know that means you did not clean the beds 'they didn't use' because you said due to that you don't have much laundry to do... you are a liar.
Would you share your cleaning onboarding material? I just recently made the same change to hourly
you can have $14 or $17 Hr problems or $20+ hour solutions. No one can live off of less than that in most markets. It's not sustainable.
Paying $40 an hour doesn’t solve those problems. It’s all about who not how much.
That’s how I can take somebody at $17 an hour and have a property like this with perfect reviews .
Pay the same person 40 bucks not gonna get any better quality of work
@@AirbnbAutomated I agree it's more about who. It is market dependant. I commend you if you can make it work at $17 an hour. We failed at attracting and retaining decent staff at a rate any less than $20 hr in our market. They wouldn't be able to afford to live here. Cost of living is too high. Also one of the most competitive bnbs markets in the state of not country. (Asheville, NC). We pay people decent hourly wages of more than $17 an hour and by doing so have drastically reduce the amount of issues and turn over that we have by paying people a more decent living wage. The low pay for cleaners is literally the only thing I don't agree with you about. Your insights, ability to communicate ideas, systems and solutions are impressive and admirable... The recent video about remembering the humanity of the hospitality component should ring true for how we treat our staff with dignity. We have 18 cleaners by the way.
@@AirbnbAutomated much respect to you, and I agree. Not paying someone $40 Hr. My suggestion is $20 an hour. It may be Market dependent. however, no one can live with dignity in our market for less than $20 an hour. We definitely aren't going to attract or retain any talent for less than that. I have hired over a hundred cleaners and employ 20 of them currently.
Well theyre 1099 of course theyre not going to stick around for $15/hour.
Theyre self employed so they have to pay self-employment taxes.
No one is going to do that for $15 as a 1099.
You need W2 employees for that Sean.
What PPE is provided for the $17/hr workers? They need rubber gloves, safety goggles, and a respirator to use with some cleaning chemicals. People may take shortcuts when they clean their own home. But the owner is responsible for the hourly workers’ safety. One liability claim can bankrupt a LLC.
Sean!
How do you find these employees for $17/hour? Indeed? Where do you run your adds? Thanks so much!
I own/manage 5 Airbnb’s and that number is growing. This would be a huge win to be able to do this for my own business!
Don't do it. You'll have tremendous inconsistencies in cleaning and turn over. Bad comments on AirBnB await you if you want to just grab profit like Sean.
You should call Thony De La Rosa. She'll clean your place fine
I know exactly why your house keepers left. 😂just selfish and capitalism. Give host a bad rep.
Sean…It looks like you need to hire employees instead!
Exactly!!
WAY TO GO with your vulnerability in your business. Very impressive.
TOTALLY AGREE!!! I'm not in the airbnb biz, but have rental homes/apartments, and self storage. My personal housekeepers end up with about $35/hr which seems ridiculous for such an easy thing with no skills. I had a house cleaning company want to bill me $350 to clean one of my vacant, 1k sq ft, updated apartments. I figured it would take about 2-3 hours. That's $100+/hr! He swore he would be there for at least 5 hours. He was out in under 3 (I have cameras on the outside property as it's a commercial property and saw him pull in and leave with all his stuff). I refuse to pay skilled trade pay to a housekeeper. $20/hr should be the at best price in my opinion. I've since hired some folks but still in shock what these people are charging and getting paid! Good for you, the entitlement needs to stop!
house keepers are very dishonest. no one is supervising their work therefore they will get over any way they can, its just their nature. id do the same and pay less. everyone else on these comments hating don't know what it takes to be a boss. you don't move up in the world being nice and generous and giving people the benefit of the doubt. take notes people, there is a reason why this guy Sean is rich and all on you tube and you haters are not..
I knew your method of hiring minimum wagers to clean wasn't going to work back in your first video. I never could get anyone. That said, I think everyone should learn how to clean themselves.
Cleaning yourself is not realistic when you have many Airbnb's.
$120 in supplies + $100/hr x 2 for your time = $320. Seems like you could have saved money by hiring an Airbnb cleaner.
That reminds me of the girl math videos where a girl claims she has $2000 on her face.
Of the $120 bought to be able to clean. Less than $4 of product was used per clean.
I understand that because we hire out cleaning staff by the hour also, and I was being conservative when I valued your time at $100/hr. In reality, I'm sure it's worth much more!
I know you understand opportunity costs, and it seems that was one of those times you could have hired an str cleaner for $150, and come out ahead.
And I don't really know what "girl math" is. I thought 1+ 1 = 2, no matter which pronouns you want to be called.
I was training a cleaner in this video and stocking their caddy. (And making a video of it)
Girl math is attributing the whole cost of product to a one time use, instead of the incremental use. Only $4 of cleaning supplies were used
And yes, my time as a cleaner would be silly, but duplication requires having something to duplicate.
More than that, what kind of airbnb coach would i be if i didnt keep myself dialed in.
Drizzle Drizzle
What was the name of that place you found the guy?
The guy that referred him, his name was Lance
@@AirbnbAutomatedahhhh, thanks
Sean just use Thieves it’s concentrated Young Living It’s really good for counters mirrors wood it’s vegan no chemicals and the thieves scrub also really good!!!
Sean, you need to change your business model.
I think you missed the part where this happened 6 years ago. And what youre seeing today is what weve done successfully for 6 years
Cause u pay them garbage genius
You say you have 150+ units but have time to make youtube videos and clean properties? I'm skeptical .
Yeah. Youre probably right. Ive only been doing this 8 years.
I've been their.
I KNOW MY WORTH AS A AIR BNB CLEANER AN I WOULD NEVER WORK FOR $15 YOU DONT HAVE GOOD WORK ETHIC IF YOU DID YOU WOULD PAY BETTER
My whole point is I would not hire you. I don’t want some random cleaner that thinks that they have experience.
#notmycleaner
drizzle drizzle king
Housekeepers are entrepreneurs, you disrespect them when you tell them they are worth only $15. An hour
Housekeepers are not entrepreneurs. Some of them are self-employed, BUT that is NOT the same.
@@martinzidell1137 Regardless, you're expecting them to pay for transportation, health insurance, etc. - and do they have to provide their own cleaning supplies, too? - for $14/hour. There's also time between properties, which is non-billable time unless you're guaranteeing 8 hours/day.
How you pay Cheap this day everything is up is Brendon time 😂
Your new employee is cutting you off in each training tip you are offering him.
Right! Wonder how long he will last......
Hes just nervous and eager.
Its on the leader to pick that lock.
So they are paying you to make videos for airbnb??Im confused .
Why dont u admit that uour making money being an influencer sellimg lies.. your just advertising fir the enemy .. ive been on airbnb 8 yrs also . Its the worst rip off bullshit company .u cant be surviving off it . Its the topic making u money not the actual
Buisness.
Airbnb actually has their legal department up my ass still abiut using the word “airbnb”.
Theyre not paying me. Im not selling liesZ
Sorry to hear about your situation.
I can teach you, if youre open minded. (For free)
Your Greedy!!!
If i was greedy these videos wouldnt be free.
@@AirbnbAutomated i just wanted to see if you would reply. I’ve still not used Airbnb I spend 200 days a year traveling and I’ve never found a good reason for airbnb? Not much savings there just like hotels on price but to much possible issues. By the way I started in the newspaper subscription business also! I’m more into trading now. I can do it anywhere no issues. Keep it up! By the way your videos are not free, they are paid for by the advertising on them. Nothing free someone is paying somewhere! It’s like when I trade, I make profits but someone is on the losing end also!😀👍
Well yeah no shit they quit… what are u trying to pay them $40 for a cleaning? Ok now you have a guy for $17/hour… good luck w that lol.
thanks! I'll keep you posted.
@@AirbnbAutomated I’m not trying to be a dick…but that guy is there today and then tomorrow when you need him he’s MIA. Tough way to run a business
I paid 200 bucks for my neighbor who was a stay at home mom to clean. They took care of the outside of the property, cleaned the grill and replaced propane, cycled, treated and cleaned the hot tub, recharged my cameras, responded to emergencies and overall just looked after the 2.5 acre property. I think what I paid was fair for all of that. Oh and I kept my truck on their property and they took the trash cans to the road every week and mowed. If I broke all that down…..it probably was like 15 bucks an hour. Lol
You are cheap bro. Of course you will talk trash now that they left you
Sean, that house to a cleaner is what I call "a win", some are wins and some are losses meaning the guests absolutely left it a mess. he cleaning team (or cleaner) always goes in blind and doesn't know if it will be a win (super clean guests) or a loss, and at the end of the day it all equals out. I am an independent contractor with my name all over my work, and the things your cleaners refuse to do I do all the time. I'm licensed and insured as well which is what a lot of my clients require in their very expensive homes. I hate to see it but it seems like you're trying to micromanage small things. Unless those cleaners are really that bad then that's understandable. Hire independent contractors who are more reliable and trustworthy than laborers. But then again I live in a very different demographic where the labor force is terribly lacking. You're pocketing what could be helping out women and their families because that is mostly the ones cleaning. If they're really hard to teach then I guess, but this reeks of corporate greed big time. cleaning fee should go to the cleaners. I don't think this is fair it keeps people in a struggling financial situation while you get richer and richer. Not cool, Sean
I’ll change my cleaning fee to 10 bucks and then I’ll pay the housekeepers 10 bucks
Maybe then you’ll see what a housekeeper gets paid. Has nothing to do with what your Airbnb settings are.
If you think that the price that a housekeeper gets paid is married to a number that somebody punches into the Airbnb platform then you really are missing a big piece of the big picture.
If my housekeeper shows up and it takes 10 hours, they will get paid for 10 hours of work
And your statement of who I should be hiring, I think you really should listen to what I’m saying if you want to make the world a better place.
This is spread across four different videos so you may not be watching enough of my content to get this from this video alone , I hire people that wish they could make 17 an hour and then I pay them that. They don’t have the skills yet they don’t deserve $17 an hour.
Utilize my skills and leadership as my resourcefulness and my coaching ability to turn somebody who normally makes 10 bucks an hour into a $17 per hour worker and everybody wins .
Without me that person would still be applying to jobs for $10 an hour.
I always try to leave people better than I found them and with more skills than they came with .
It’s exactly the opposite of corporate.
Entitled housekeepers
Drizzle Drizzle...
And this is where i STRONGLY disagree with you. Good housekeepers are ESSENTIAL to a successful Airbnb biz. THEY ARE WORTH MORE THAN $15 hr! You are making hand over fist! Take care of those taking care of you. I'll tell you why your housekeepers quit - YOUR GREED. How in the hell can someone live on $15 hr part time? A good housekeeper is HIGHLY trained and efficient and worth more than a burger flipper or cashier at McDonald's - because $20 hr is what McDonald's is paying nowadays. My sister owns a cleaning company. What the property managers and arbitragers like you expect is ridiculous vs what they want to pay and they're always looking to short the cleaners so they can pocket more. Yet they rely on the cleaners to take pictures and report damage AND CLEAN ALL THE NASTY SHIT they want to bill extra for. Its just shitty and greedy. Yes its true, if you run a quality, higher priced property you will get better guests who are usually very clean. I do agree to hire by the hour but $15 doesn't cut it. You get what you pay for. Ive seen your reviews, they're not great. Maybe because i own my properties and i have way more skin in the game i give a shit. I hired a full time cleaner who i am training to maintain properties and help with the bookkeeping and Aibnb Management, and she's on call. I pay her 50k a yr. More than she's ever made, subsidize her housing (she has 3 kids) and give her bonuses and 2 weeks vacation. She also has 16 yrs in the hotel and apartment industry cleaning and maintenance. Im at 4.99 with my reviews and at 99% occupancy. She's a big part of that success. I made the mistake of going cheap with housekeeping and when i got my 2nd 4 star review, i decided to hire my girl full time. She's ecstatic and i can travel without stress. I give a shit, so she gives a shit, and because of her i can easily self manage.
I gave your video a thumbs up anyway because I do enjoy and value your content over the other big Airbnb UA-camr 😂
I hear you. Housekeepers are essential. Did you see the guy in this video? Hes super happy @ $17 an hour. Listing has 100% five star reviews.
He didnt leave a $20 per hour job to come work for me. He values the $17 and thats what matters.
I've worked with at least 30 different cleaners in six years. I would say 1 or 2 of them were "good". Everyone else are doing gigs and it shows in their work. Point is.... you DONT get better cleaners because you pay more (or less).
I have to agree with you. I agree with almost all of Sean's strategies and have learned a lot from him, but disagree with the cleaning strategies. That said, I can see both sides. Personally, I value my cleaner so much and pay her more than she even asked for - she is ESSENTIAL to the success of my business and she goes above and beyond every single time. that kid may be grateful for $17 an hour now, but where will he be in 6 months? Uber drivers make more than that for a lot easier work. I want my cleaner forever and will pay her accordingly for the bang up job she does, including bonuses. She's there for emergencies and has saved me multiple times. She goes above and beyond because I pay her above and beyond.
@stee229 in 6 months he may be ready for a promotion. And saving $20 per hour, $800 per week, $20,000 in 6 months. Wed find a way to accommodate that, or he. Moves on and we spend some money on new hires.
This strategy requires skill and processes. Its definitely not point and shoot
@@mikeyy425 absolutely agree! You can't train a personality. That's why I believe in investing in good people.