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

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