Interview with Jillian Schaffling OFC

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Delia

00:01

Welcome back to another episode of Into The Airbnb, where we talk with Airbnb hosts about their short-term rental experience. Our guest for today is Jillian Schaffling, based in Syracuse, New York, who manages remotely an Airbnb unit in Davenport, Florida. Today, she'll share with us about her story and Airbnb experience with some useful tips for hosts who are interested in remote hosting. This episode is sponsored by Airbtics, the only one analytics dashboard for short-term rental investors and managers, where you can find precise Airbnb data such as occupancy rate, revenue, average daily rate and so on. So, without further ado, let's get into it! So can you tell me how did you get started on Airbnb?

Jillian Schaffling

00:56

It was a few years in the making, we were rather new to it. We bought our first Airbnb in the fall of 2019 and started it in January 2020. Basically we wanted a vacation home that paid for itself. and we had been looking for actually about two, three years and with the rates they had dropped so drastically, we decided it was time to take the plunge. We purchased a single family home by near Disney World because that's something we enjoy a lot as a family. So it was going to be for us, but as well as an investment property.

Delia

01:43

Great! And did you come across that specific market just because you wanted to be near Disney or because of the market itself?

Jillian Schaffling

01:56

Yes, it's both. It was a smart investment because the theme parks drive a lot of traffic. It's one of the if not the most popular vacation destination by volume and also, we enjoyed ourselves. We are Disney people, we have two young boys and we would go several times a year. So not only would the home be an investment, it would also be a savings for us because we would no longer be having to stay at hotels and so forth.

Delia

02:35

Right? Yeah, I agree that was a smart investment. So I assume you're doing remote hosting, right? Since you told me you're based in New York.

Jillian Schaffling

02:46

Yes, we pretty much handle almost everything on our own. We do have a great property management company in the fact that they're just on call if we have any issues. They do our cleanings, they manage our pool and our lawn and again, anything that comes up, but we do manage everything ourselves, all the bookings, all the communication and so forth.

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