Looking at Hospitality Holistically by Carole VanSickle Ellis When Sean Breuner was a kid, some of the best times of the year involved his entire extended family going on vacation together. “We would travel and stay in nice three- or four-star hotels, and I remember all of us staying in different...
Prices & Inventory are Up in the “Brew City” by Carole VanSickle Ellis While much of the national housing market seems to be trending toward a buyers’ market after a long-running sellers’ market trend, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the real estate market appears delicately balanced on a fine line...
Securing the Path to Profitability by Andy Bates Short-term rentals first existed in the United States in the 1950s, when vacation-home owners began renting out their properties for the months the homes were not in personal use. The first formal, online services for the short-term rental came with...
Short-Term Rentals Should Not be Underwritten Like Passive Rental Homes by Karlii Jahn For most of the past decade, the short-term rental playbook was simple: buy in a popular market, list the home, and let demand do the work. That era is closing. Travel demand is still real, but the market has...
Minimizing Risk and Protecting Your Properties by National Real Estate Insurance Group Short-term rentals can offer strong cash flow potential and provide investors with another way to diversify their portfolios, but they also come with a unique set of insurance exposures. Unfortunately, it is not...
Rising Premiums & Tighter Underwriting are Reshaping How Investors Insure by Dan Huynn For multifamily investors across the United States, insurance has become one of the most unpredictable variables in the investment equation. Premiums have risen sharply, underwriting standards have...
Coverage Gaps That Remain Largely Invisible by Nick Massey The standard insurance marketplace was never built for short-term rentals, and the gaps in guest damage, liability, and loss of revenue are costing investors more than they realize. Millions of short-term rental owners and Airbnb hosts...
Adjusting Your Processes to Thrive in Any Market by Vanessa Anderson It’s a rough time to be a property manager: leads are down, there’s an oversupply of units, and workers are burning out — while somehow not replying fast enough to prospects. But not everyone is struggling. Property managers who...
The Roof Is the Risk Hiding in Plain Sight by Blake Adams, SeekNow Single-family rental operators track rent, occupancy, turn times, and maintenance costs closely. But one of the most expensive components on every home is often the hardest to see: the roof. Signal 1 // Roof replacement is a major...
