When thinking about short stay accommodation we often refer to motels, hotels and resorts. However, have you ever thought about your investment property being among one of these?

With technological developments of apps such as Airbnb, the hospitality and real estate industry has been disrupted and birthed a new opportunity for investors to have an uncapped measure of reward from their asset. Airbnb has become a popular choice for the smart investor to position themselves to gain higher revenue month per month verses the traditional rental market. However, buying and managing short stay accommodation property can be tricky but not impossible and this is where we step in. Let me walk you through some key points on how you as a home owner or investor can take advantage of the future sharing economy and by getting in early to hedge your investment property for years to come.

You’re probably wondering, so many questions we get asked on a daily basis and I’m going to try tackle a few of them below for you. If you haven’t already heard, the new economic trend is the sharing economy. Uber being one of them is a platform that allows strangers to take you to a chosen destination. Or amazon which allows users to make money off their system and yet hold no products to their name. Can you imagine giving your kid to a stranger to drive them to school every morning? This is common these days among many busy families who give their kids Uber passes to get anywhere they want. 10 years ago, this would have been ludicrous, but not anymore. Similar to this, Airbnb has changed people’s perspectives on the sharing economy and put to sleep the taboo of entrusting your highest asset (for some) to a complete stranger. There are some risks, don’t get me wrong, but you must learn how to manage those risks to protect your asset and that’s something very important to us here. Despite the risks however, the reward is worth it.