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Mastering Airbnb - Learn from SF’s top host, 100+ lectures

The comprehensive guide to meeting great people, getting paid to travel, and becoming a master of Airbnb.

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.


Have you heard of Airbnb?

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.

What am I going to get from this course?

  • Turn your spare room into a rental income of up to $250 / night
  • Turn your entire place into a rental income of up to $600 / night
  • Correctly price their listing in a way that can get bookings even without reviews
  • Scope out their competition and identify their listing's market potential
  • Identify areas and amenities that can be added to dramatically increase the value of their listing
  • How to take Airbnb quality photos without a professional photo team
  • Pick the thumbnail that creates the most interest and views of their property
  • How to use everyday free software to enhance their listing photos
  • How to get featured by Airbnb
  • Write listing descriptions that grab bookings
  • Write the perfect title for their space and get attention
  • How to show up on the first page of Airbnb search
  • Qualify their space and determine the potential income from renting it
  • How to correctly set cleaning fees and minimum night restrictions
  • Find the right long term cleaning arrangement
  • Use house rules and extra people fees to their advantage
  • How to maximize income with other sources like VRBO, Roomorama
  • Travel abroad without internet connection and have their Airbnb run itself
  • Prevent burnout by choosing and limiting guest interaction
  • Learn fun and cheap ways of guaranteeing 5 star reviews
  • Save $100s of dollars a year on towels & linens
  • Identify the moving parts of their listing and reduce incident rates by 80%
  • Integrate useful free Airbnb tools for extra help and automation
  • Correctly use your host review and prevent 90% of bad reviews before they even happen
  • Learn how to manage your property while you're away and remove the maintanence
  • Use the "augmentable amenities" strategy to grab bookings you otherwise would lose
  • Manage their homesharing taxes and comply with the 2015 IRS guidelines
  • Immediately apply changes to their listing and see the results overnight
  • Learn how to meet great people and have fun with your guests


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Who should take this course?

  • Anyone interested in the sharing economy.
  • Anyone who travels out of town frequently or even occasionally.
  • Anyone who wants an out-of-the-box way to fund their lifestyle, freelance career, or business venture.
  • Anyone who has an extra room in their apartment / home.
  • This course is not limited to students from big cities: Airbnb is all over the world in cities as small as 20,000 people.
  • Anyone not willing to put a couple hours of work into putting their listing up is not encouraged to take this course.

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.


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.

About the Instructor

Evan Kimbrell
Founder of Sprintkick | Ex-VC | Ex-startup founder

Course content

Total 8 hours 22 minutes
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1 Mastering Airbnb PDF text 1:00
Get Acquainted
2 Airbnb - Section 1 1:00
3 Meet Evan Preview 4:48
4 What is Airbnb? 5:14
5 Course Format Preview 2:56
6 The benefits of homesharing 6:02
7 Can it work in my city? (hint: yes) 15:35
8 How much can I make? I'll show you! Preview 3:01
9 Looking at my revenue 5:18
10 Cheat sheet: Can it work in my city? (hint: yes) 1:00
Laying the foundation
11 Airbnb - Section 2 1:00
12 Is my space good enough? What you need to know 20:27
13 How long will this take? It's surprisingly less than you think 8:15
14 Scoping out the competition and making a game plan 19:06
15 Pricing strategies guaranteed to work 19:37
16 Bonus: The hotel pricing strategy 3:10
17 Advanced skills: How to drill down on your host competition 12:12
18 Cheat sheet: Is my space good enough? What you need to know 1:00
19 Cheat section: How long is this going to take? 1:00
20 Cheat sheet: Scope your competition and make a game plan 1:00
21 Cheat sheet: Pricing strategies that work 1:00
22 Cheat sheet: The hotel pricing strategy 1:00
Getting your listing up
23 Airbnb- Section 3 1:00
24 4 easy rules for taking high quality photos 14:14
25 Add the magical touch 11:51
26 The amenities drill down 6:16
27 The amenities you always forget and guests expect 9:53
28 The key to writing great descriptions that book guests 19:27
29 Getting the perfect title - trickier than you would think 9:26
30 The secret to thumbnails 4:04
31 What to do with “Cleaning Fees” 7:57
32 Set your “House Rules” correctly 6:31
33 “Extra people fees” 4:48
34 Tip #1: How to get AirBNB quality photos for free 6:47
35 Tip #2: The secret number of photos to use 5:36
36 Tip #3: The rambling text strategy 3:00
37 Cheat sheet: 4 easy rules for taking photos that wow 1:00
38 Cheat sheet: The amenities drill down 1:00
39 Cheat sheet: The amenities you always forget and guests expect 1:00
40 Cheat sheet: The secret to thumbnails 1:00
41 Cheat sheet: What to do with "Cleaning Fees" 1:00
42 Cheat sheet: "Extra People Fees" 1:00
43 Cheat sheet: Getting the perfect title 1:00
44 Cheat sheet: Set your "House Rules" 1:00
45 Cheat sheet: The rambling text strategy 1:00
46 Cheat sheet: The secret number of photos to use 1:00
Starting Out
47 Airbnb - Section 4 1:00
48 The art of the start 3:04
49 The beginning pricing strategy crucial to your success 2:08
50 The cleaning is crucial -skip this at your AirBNB peril 6:58
51 Resources: Cleaning services 1:00
52 Your first guest - Let me walk you through it 5:31
53 Why so many hosts are using Instant Book wrong 6:48
54 When to use the “Minimum Days” setting 3:48
55 Do deposits matter? What actually matters 4:04
56 Tip #1: How to turbocharge your listing 3:56
57 Tip #2: Think like a hotel but don't act like one 3:19
58 Cheat sheet: The cleaning is crucial 1:00
59 Cheat sheet: When to use the "Minimum Days" setting 1:00
60 Cheat sheet: Your first guest - Let me walk you through it 1:00
61 Cheat sheet: Do deposits matter? What actually matters 1:00
62 Cheat sheet: Think like a hotel, don't act like one 1:00
63 Cheat sheet: Turbocharge your listing 1:00
Maximizing the guest experience
64 Airbnb - Section 5 1:00
65 Mastering the warm & fuzzy 5:31
66 Finding the happy amount of face to face time 4:00
67 The The $7 solution to all of your problems 4:52
68 Damage Control 11:50
69 Tip #1: The guidebook that makes hosting so much easier 4:23
70 Tip #2: Towels&Linens: Follow this advice 5:18
71 Tip #3: The wonderful thing about Uber 2:57
72 Tip #4: The VA trick that no one talks about 3:42
73 Cheat sheet: Mastering the warm and fuzzy 1:00
74 Cheat sheet: Damage Control 1:00
75 Cheat sheet: Finding the right amount of face time 1:00
76 Cheat sheet: The $7 solution to all of your problems 1:00
77 Cheat Sheet: Towels & Linens 1:00
Separating yourself from the pack
78 Airbnb - Section 6 1:00
79 The winning mentality for AirBNB hosts 5:52
80 Identifying your winners and your losers 3:54
81 Hawking your calendar 3:34
82 Removing the maintenance 6:50
83 Expanding your platforms 18:11
84 Resources: Popular Airbnb hosting tools 1:00
85 Tips #1: The “cheap nothing gift” 6:41
86 Tips #2: The pre-emptive review strategy 4:01
87 Tips #3: How I added an extra $1k 4:04
88 Tips #4: The copy paste trick that saves you a ton of time 3:48
89 Tips #5: Other hosts are awesome.Here's why 4:04
90 Tips #6: How to use your review correctly 5:36
91 Tips #7: Get 10% more bookings with the foreign languages tactic 2:25
92 Tips #8: Last second hosting and how to use it to your advantage 2:09
93 A word of warning about the response rate metric 3:55
94 Response timing: Live and die by this metric 8:23
95 Cheat Sheet: The winning mentality for Airbnb hosts 1:00
96 Cheat sheet: Hawking your calendar and how to increase earnings 1:00
97 Cheat sheet: The "cheap nothing gift" 1:00
98 Cheat sheet: How to use your review correctly 1:00
99 Cheat sheet: Picking your winners and losers 1:00
100 Cheat sheet: Removing the maintenance 1:00
The Extra Section
101 Airbnb - Section 7 1:00
102 What would you like to see here? 1:00
103 Setting up & getting out 15:02
104 Adding multiple spaces to your account 9:49
105 How to do your taxes and what to know - Part1 19:31
106 How to do your taxes and what to know - Part2 12:21