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One of the things that I’ve been doing to supplement my income and help me to travel has been to host guests through Air BnB while I travel . I’ve been an Air BnB Superhost for a few months now, and I’ve been using the platform for almost a year. I’m here today to share with you my AirBnB host tips for first time hosts!
For me, becoming an AirBnB host really came about by circumstance — it wasn’t intentional! I have a house in Manchester that I invested in a long time ago when I was at university. It’s used as a Manchester base for when I’m not travelling or working elsewhere. It’s a spacious 3 bedroomed terrace on the Manchester Metrolink route. I figured that if managed well, it could be a good investment, and that it wasn’t worth selling to travel, but could actually fund my travel!
Why I prefer AirBnB hosting to long term Tennants
It’s really been a learning curve for me in the first year of being an AirBnB host — I will tell you all about that shortly…
You can make more money than letting the property out long term on an Assured Shorthold Tennacy agreement, but it takes more management. I’d like to add that I have had bad experience letting my property out in the past while I was working in London. Once a tenant just stopped paying rent…
