
Evan reveals proven Airbnb hosting strategies to turn unused space into income, sharing hacks, tips, and repeatable techniques for maximizing earnings and guest reviews.
Unlock financial benefits by home sharing on Airbnb—reducing rent or funding travel—while guiding guests with local, personalized city insights for authentic experiences.
Assess whether your space can work on Airbnb by evaluating city demand, demographics, and hotel competition, then analyze listings, reviews, and calendars to gauge viability.
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Determine if your space is good enough for home sharing by evaluating privacy, amenities, and setup. Decide whether to rent a room or the whole space and optimize pricing accordingly.
Identify your doppelganger property and set pricing by closely matching location and space, then undercut or add value to outperform similar listings.
Enhance your photos to resemble Airbnb listings by quick edits in Mac's iPhoto, adjusting exposure, levels, contrast, and saturation for a warmer, brighter look.
learn how to craft compelling Airbnb descriptions that convert guests by writing modular, enthusiastic paragraphs, highlighting nearby attractions, walk score, and space perks while avoiding negativity and typos.
Learn how to craft Airbnb titles by highlighting two to three selling points, test variations with real-time feedback, and decide between location or quality while photos guide bookings.
Craft a standout Airbnb thumbnail with a high-quality, well-lit photo that differentiates your property—showcase a backyard or front view, avoid cluttered interiors.
Set and calculate a cleaning fee within your listing’s total price, including occupancy and hotel taxes, decide between self-cleaning or hiring a cleaner, and use TaskRabbit to streamline turnover.
Discover affordable ways to produce Airbnb quality photos for free, without Airbnb photography, using a borrowed or purchased camera, wide-angle lens, and lighting to boost brightness and saturation.
Use a rambling text strategy to expand the listing description with features, amenities, and places of interest. The detail-rich description boosts guest comfort and signals top 10 percent host credibility.
Learn how to launch your Airbnb listing and secure strong early reviews by prioritizing the first guests, delivering standout experiences, and maximizing the guest experience.
Start with no minimum days or one day to boost reviews and search ranking, then raise minimums later as social proof grows.
Master the warm and fuzzy by communicating thoughtfully with guests, staying accessible, and delivering small touches like welcome gifts and personalized support to earn detailed, glowing reviews and more bookings.
Deliver a low-cost gift basket with a welcome card, guidebook, chocolates, and small items to smooth guest bumps, elevate the experience, and boost five-star reviews.
Provide guests with high-quality white towels and linens to project professionalism, support higher rates, and improve reviews. Plan for attrition with replacements and backups, and avoid cheap options.
Improve your airbnb listing by constantly experimenting, using guest feedback to upgrade amenities, adjust titles and descriptions, and offer thoughtful perks that boost reviews and bookings.
Identify and maximize Airbnb listing positives like parking and unique features, while minimizing weaknesses through strategic photos, wording, and presentation.
Focus on optimizing Airbnb first, then expand to VRBO and Roomorama as supplementary sources of inquiries. These platforms offer varied visibility and pricing, but Airbnb remains the dominant booking source.
Offer a 'cheap nothing gift' to guests by placing a personal, regionally linked wine and glasses with a handwritten note, purchased in bulk, to boost guest experience and reviews.
apply the preemptive review strategy to address negative guest experiences by messaging guests, offering apologies, requesting feedback, and privately sharing improvements to reduce negative reviews.
Use copy-and-paste responses for parking, extra person, dates, and price to save time and boost conversions on Airbnb.
Understand why Airbnb's response rate matters and how to keep it at 100 percent by promptly replying to every message and timing responses during high-volume inquiries, including scam attempts.
Learn how response timing affects bookings by replying within an hour using a template response, text messages, and constant phone access.
Let me know what topics you want to hear about and I'll make them. Anything you're struggling with? Anything that needs more clarity?
Based off a student question - I'm clarifying how exactly you can set your listing into autpilot so you can travel the world!
Learn how to align your B and B tax forms with income, determine Schedule C or Schedule E, and maximize deductions such as home office and mileage for Airbnb hosting.
Live webinar recorded for LearnAirbnb.com on May 28th.
Topics covered:
- 6 tips for launching new properties
- Evan's personal Airbnb story
- 5 tips for keeping your things safe
- 5 tips for turning your listing on autopilot and leaving the country
- Bad reviews
- Squatters and how to prevent them
My property was officially number one in San Francisco when you searched for 3+ guests. That was number one out of 5,000+ listings. Over 11,000 students have taken this course that contains 16+ hours of content and has over 300 five-star reviews. Join in!
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"Best course I've taken on Udemy. Solid course. I'm in the middle of starting a business and this is perfect. I had heard about how companies had funded their initial start through Airbnb and this course is a complete steal. There are so many ways you can use Airbnb to upgrade your situation. This course ROCKS." -- Jeff Tran
"Fantastic Investment. I signed up for this course when it first came out a little over a month ago. I was already a host but I was in what Evan called the "beginning blues" where I was getting bookings but not enough and for little money. I took his course and I'm happy to say already in a month, his techniques are making a really big difference. My bookings next month are already up 30% in price and I'm getting close to filling all my weekends I wanted. Next month I've already booked $2300, which is really exciting. I've gone back to this course so many times already because its been so valuable. Evan's even helped me out on several occasions. I just wanted to come back and write this review to encourage anyone reading this to take this course. Its already paid for itself many times over." -- Laura Greer
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I once made $7,579 while vacationing in Bali. How did I make that much? By doing nothing. Absolutely nothing. All I had to do was rent my apartment out on Airbnb and leave for the month.
I know it sounds ridiculous but it's true. I got paid $260 / day to simply not be in my apartment.
I bet that by now you've heard of Airbnb. If you don't use it, chances are someone you know does. Airbnb lets you rent out your spare room or entire space for money, and the company has been growing like wildfire. Airbnb now has over 350,000 hosts, who are just ordinary people, renting their spaces in over 192 countries. They have booked over 10 million rental nights in homes, apartments, rooms, and spaces just like yours.
You know what the best part is? A private room on Airbnb rents for an average of $120 / night. You could make that by renting out a spare room - or 3x that for your whole space.
I have personally made over $60,000 renting out my space on Airbnb. On average I spent about 4~ hours per week handling guests, maintaining the space, and everything else involved. On a typical month I would make $4,000 - $5,000. If I was traveling I would make between $7,000 - $10,000 a month.
Is this abnormal? Not at all. I have helped several of my friends list their places on Airbnb and they all make a minimum of $2,000 / month. Thousands of hosts on Airbnb make well over $100,000 a year from their rental income and with only one property.
When I first started hosting on AirBNB, I thought, "What the heck, its worth a shot." I had just moved to San Francisco and signed a big one-year lease for an apartment that was $3,000 a month. Not to mention being self employed with a business that ebbs and flows. What if I hit a bad month and couldn't make rent? A terrible feeling that most of us have probably had.
The first month I started Airbnb, I made $4,963. That blew my expectations away. It covered my rent, utilities, cleanings, and I pocketed an extra $1,500. Airbnb saved me like it's saved so many others.
Just so you know, the spaces on Airbnb are not hotel quality spaces. They're spare rooms, apartments, and homes that everyday, ordinary people live in. Spare bedrooms, living rooms, empty condos, spare family homes, and any other dwelling you can think of.
Do you have extra space where you're living? Do you ever leave for the weekend or go home for the holidays? Can you crash at a significant other's for the weekend? If you're like me, or really anyone else, I'm sure you can think of a time where you've had unused space. You could be missing out on a significant amount of money. Money that could make a big difference in your life.
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Some things you'll learn in the course:
- How to step-by-step get your spare room or space renting for up to $5,000 / month, or your entire space for up to $10,000 / month
- Everything you need to know before starting the process so you can hit the ground running
- How to scope out your competition, create a plan, and land on the first page of search
- How to perfect your listing: from photographs to thumbnails to listing descriptions
- Every tip and trick I used to triple my booking inquiries in jone month
- How to limit your rental related work to 3-4 hours a week
- How to virtually guarantee 5-star reviews from each guest
- How to become a SuperHost and join the top 5% of Airbnb hosts
- Plus so much more. There are over 100+ lectures and 13 hours of content included in this course.
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Some common questions:
Can anyone do this?
Yes, absolutely anyone can do this. Airbnb is in 192 countries and even in cities with fewer than 10,000 people. With my course I'll show you exactly how you can be successful in any environment.
What if my space isn't nice?
Every space has a price and if you follow my steps you can maximize that price. If you're not happy with the price you get, follow my advice and you can easily get more and more per night.
What if I don't own my space, I just rent it?
Even if you don't own your space, even if you don't think you have room, even if you think your city is too small, you can rent out your space.
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AirBNB was a life changer for me and I want it to be the same for you. I've studied the AirBNB market, have hosted over 200 guests, and collaborated with five other rockstar hosts to bring this course together. In this course you'll get everything you need to skip the painful learning process and start maximizing your profit quickly.