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Description
Want to get paid to go on vacation? Because that's what you're going to learn from this course. Evan Kimbrell is San Francisco's top Airbnb host and makes thousands every month just by leaving his apartment. Over this course, you'll learn how to operate a successful Airbnb account by renting out your spare rooms or your whole living space for a couple days at a time. Seriously, you'll be getting paid to go on vacation.- Access 115 lectures & 16.5 hours of content 24/7
- Learn how to rent a spare room for up to $5,000/month, or your whole space for up to $10,000/month
- Scope out your competition, create a plan, & land on the first page of search
- Perfect your listing, from photographs to thumbnails
- Limit your rental-related work to 3-4 hours/week
- Understand how to become a SuperHost & join the elite of Airbnb hosts
Instructor
Evan Kimbrell is the founder and director of Sprintkick, a referral based full service digital agency based out of San Francisco. Over the last 4 years, he has overseen the development and launch of over 100 web and mobile apps. Clients range from 1-2 man startups bootstrapping their idea, to multibillion dollar Fortune 100s like Wal-Mart, Dick’s Sporting Goods, & GNC. Before founding Sprintkick, Evan worked as a VC for the LA-based Juvo Capital firm.For more details on Evan's Airbnb story, click here.
Important Details
- Length of time users can access this course: lifetime
- Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
- Certification of completion not included
- Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
- Experience level required: all levels
Requirements
- Internet required
Terms
- Unredeemed licenses can be returned for store credit within 15 days of purchase. Once your license is redeemed, all sales are final.
Course Outline
- Get acquainted
- Meet Evan (4:48)
- What is Airbnb? (5:14)
- Course format (2:56)
- The benefits of homesharing (6:02)
- Can it work in my city? (hint: yes) (15:35)
- How much can I make? I'll show you! (3:01)
- Looking at my revenue (5:18)
- Section 1 review material
- Laying the foundation
- Ready to create an account? Check this out
- Is my space good enough? What you need to know (20:27)
- How long will this take? It's surprisingly less than you think (8:15)
- Scoping out the competition and making a game plan (19:06)
- Pricing strategies guaranteed to work (19:37)
- Bonus: The hotel pricing strategy (3:10)
- Advanced skills: How to drill down on your host competition (12:12)
- Section 2 review material
- Getting your listing up
- 4 easy rules for taking high quality photos that wow your listing (14:14)
- Add the magical touch; edit your photos like an AirBNB professional (11:51)
- Resources: Camera accessories, apps, and free software
- The amenities drill down - ALL the amenities you need in 6 minutes (6:16)
- The amenities you always forget and guests expect (9:53)
- The key to writing great descriptions that book guests (19:27)
- Getting the perfect title - trickier than you would think (9:26)
- The secret to thumbnails (4:04)
- What to do with "Cleaning Fees" (7:57)
- Set your "House Rules" correctly and save yourself down the line (6:31)
- "Extra People Fees" - Do it right and you can add +20% to your rental income (4:48)
- Tip #1: How to get AirBNB quality photos for free (without AirBNB) (6:47)
- Tip #2: The secret number of photos to use (5:36)
- Tip #3: The rambling text strategy (3:00)
- Section 3 review material
- Starting out
- The art of the start (3:04)
- The beginning pricing strategy crucial to your success (2:08)
- The cleaning is crucial - skip this at your AirBNB peril (6:58)
- Resources: Cleaning services
- Your first guest - Let me walk you through it (5:31)
- Why so many hosts are using Instant Book wrong (6:48)
- When to use the "Minimum Days" setting (3:48)
- Do deposits matter? What actually matters (4:04)
- Tip #1: How to turbocharge your listing (not for the faint of heart) (3:56)
- Tip #2: Think like a hotel but don't act like one (3:19)
- Section 4 review material
- Maximizing the guest experience
- Mastering the warm & fuzzy - becoming the best host you can! (5:31)
- Finding the happy amount of face to face time (4:00)
- The $7 solution to all of your problems. Up your positive reviews by 50% (4:52)
- Damage Control - My 5 step framework for minimizing potential bad reviews (11:50)
- Tip #1: The guidebook that makes hosting so much easier (4:23)
- Tip #2: Towels & Linens: Follow this advice and save $100s a year (5:18)
- Tip #3: The wonderful thing about Uber (2:57)
- Tip #4: The VA trick that no one talks about (3:42)
- Section 5 review material
- Separating yourself from the pack
- The winning mentality for AirBNB hosts (5:52)
- Identifying your winners and your losers (3:54)
- Hawking your calendar and how to increase bookings easily by 20% (3:34)
- Removing the maintanence and reducing your weekly input to
- Expanding your platforms. Add an extra 20% to your booking inquiries this way (18:11)
- Resources: Popular Airbnb hosting tools
- Tip #1: The "cheap nothing gift" - your secret hosting weapon (6:41)
- Tip #2: The pre-emptive review strategy that works every time (4:01)
- Tip #3: How I added an extra $1k / month for just $100 / month (4:04)
- Tip #4: The copy paste trick that saves you a ton of time (3:48)
- Tip #5: Other hosts are awesome. Here's why (4:04)
- Tip #6: How to use your review correctly (5:36)
- Tip #7: Get 10% more bookings with the foreign languages tactic (2:25)
- Tip #8: Last second hosting and how to use it to your advantage (2:09)
- A word of warning about the response rate metric (3:55)
- Response timing: Live and die by this metric (8:23)
- Section 6 review material
- The extra section
- Setting up & getting out - renting your space while you're abroad (15:02)
- Adding multiple spaces to your account (9:45)
- How to do your taxes and what to know - part 1 (19:01)
- How to do your taxes and what to know - part 2 (12:21)
- Tax day powerpoint for following along
- Section 7 review material
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