Are you thinking of listing your home on Airbnb and VRBO or are you currently not getting the rental results you would like?
My name is Bob Liddle and my team and I manage Airbnb and VRBO listings. I rent my own house and have hosted over 7,000 guests.
My expertise is in getting places rented. I use every tool, and trick out there to get the most revenue for you while still protecting your house. My background is Search Engine Optimization, (ranking websites) and I use the same philosophy with my listings, and my places list very high and get rented very well.
A few things i do differently:
1. I set up the listing in your name with the funds going directly to your bank, so if you want to leave you can.
2. I communicate with owners on damages and issues. (I still handle, but communicate)
3. I get paid as a third party vendor (so I invoice the owner after the guest leaves).
My Mantra
1) Protect the house.
2) Make life as easy as possible for the Owner.
3) Generate Revenue!
Please read more below for what I do and offer.
What does a Co-host do?
Total Management
- Review and optimize verbiage on listing
- Review and optimize images on listing
- Offer suggestions on improvements
- Set up Multi platform
- Set up Dynamic Pricing*
- Get your space Ready
- Respond to Guest Issues
- List your space (if not listed)
- Message with guests
- Respond to booking inquiries
- Pre-screen Guests
- Update calendar and pricing
- Restocking of essential supplies
- Coordinate cleaning and Linens
- Coordinate Maintenance
- Reviewing Guests
- Coordinate Syncing of Calendars
- Coordinate Guest messaging
- List on other venues
Review and optimize verbiage on listing. We will go through the verbiage on our site and tell your story. What makes your place special? and why to choose your place out of all the others in the various platforms. Who is your target audience and how do we make your site appeal to them.
Review and optimize image on listing A picture is worth a thousand words. Do your images tell the story you want to tell? Is your place Instagrammable?
Offer suggestions on improvements We go through your property and make suggestions to increase rentability and revenue.
Set up Multi platform Different platforms reach more people.
Set up Dynamic Pricing Dynamic pricing increases pricing during peak periods such as Spring Break, holidays. We will also lower pricing when unrented times come closer.
Get your space Ready We will help stage your place.
Respond to Guest Issues Guests have questions, we have answers.
List your space (if not listed) Including Search Engine Optimization so you will rank higher.
Message with guests We offer prompt, courteous and firm responses to guests.
Respond to booking inquiries Lets get your place rented. Prompt response is key.
Pre-screen Guests Guests can be interesting, asking the right questions will help eliminate problems.
Update calendar and pricing We will sync calendars and prices cross platform
Restocking of essential supplies Every location has different essential supplies, we make sure they are available.
Coordinate Cleaning and Linens We manage the cleaner and linens for you.
Coordinate Maintenance Things break, we get them fixed.
Reviewing Guests Reviewing guests is a key matrix in your ranking.
Interacting with Platform There will be times when the platform (Airbnb, VRBO) has communication, we respond to that communication.
Set up Facebook Page Set up your Facebook page for your home. This helps with your ranking.
Coordinate Syncing of Calendars Make sure there are no double bookings.
Coordinate Guest messaging Welcome messages on follow up messages.
List on other venues There are other places to put your listing to help it gain links and rank higher.
*Dynamic pricing adjusts pricing based on occupancy rate forecast. Increases when rates are higher. And will lower when lower. Will also offer lower prices upon vacancy in the near future.
| I set up your pricing to get the best ROI | I take action to protect our home. (screening) |
So how does one get to declaring them self an expert? Education in many forms.
- Hosting a home
- Consulting with other hosts
- Reading books (9 Airbnb and STR books to date)
- Following Podcasts
- Multiple Youtube series
- Facebook Groups (9)
- Admin of 2 Airbnb Facebook groups
- Forums (active in 3 different STR (Short Term Rental)) forums.
- Member of Airbnb Policy Team
- Over $600,000 in rental revenue.
My background is in Search Engine Optimization, which is ranking websites organically in Google. I have many keywords ranked #1 nationwide. Ranking and optimizing your listing is very similar. It is a process of reverse engineering the process and eveloping the proper listing to generate the most revenue.
