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REE 114 Trailer # 4 with VINCENT VILLANI: What's the best AirBNB strategy for you?

Shelon Hutchinson Season 3 Episode 114

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In this episode, we head into a breakdown of two proven Airbnb strategies: arbitrage and co-hosting.

Vincent walks through how each model works, what the pros and cons are, and why one might make more sense depending on your goals. Arbitrage can create strong cash flow, but comes with startup costs. Co-hosting skips the upfront expense and earns you income from day one, but with a smaller cut.

He also breaks down how most people in their community don’t use their own money to furnish properties and how that plays into scalability.

If you’re weighing options or just getting started in short-term rentals, this episode gives you the clarity to pick your lane.

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Vincent Villiani:

So two methods, right? The first is arbitrage, which is. I find this property, I rent it, I furnish it, and I list it on Airbnb, right? And then I profit the difference between rent and expenses every month. And the upside, the pro of this is the cashflow potentials really high because anything above rent and cleaning and utilities is yours, The downside is you have to furnish it, right? There's an expense there. Now, I don't furnish any of that with my own money. We can talk more about that. No one else in our community does that. We really just finance the furniture. But then the other method though, which is an even lower barrier to entry, is what's known as co-hosting, right? Which is essentially where you find a property for rent. It's furnished or you convince the property owner to furnish it for you, and you basically list it as a short-term rental for them, and then you collect a percentage. It's almost like a property management deal. And the, again, the pro of that is you have zero expenses, no lease, no risk, nothing, and you profit on day one. The downside is you just make less profit than you would with arbitrage. Gotcha. So now why am I mentioning both of these? Is because the concept of finding a good property for both of these is essentially the same, right?