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Profitable Properties: Airbnb Insider Secrets to Find, Optimize, Price, & Book Direct any Short-Term Rental Investment for Year-Round Occupancy
Profitable Properties is your all-in-one guide to short-term rental success . Learn how to outearn your competition with tips from a former Airbnb employee and current Superhost, real estate investor, and Airbnb guest of 2,000+ nights.
Other books talk about basics, but not Profitable Properties. The author is intimately familiar with Airbnb and teaches you the details you need to optimize every aspect of your rental business to win in your market, year after year .
Profitable Properties, written by the author of best-seller "Optimize YOUR Bnb" , is a comprehensive guide for new and existing short-term rental owners and real-estate investors. You will learn how
Short-term rentals are here to stay. A single property can earn $100,000+ and Airbnb has allowed anyone to become a host overnight. There's just one problem. Information overload! Real estate investors, influencers, and hospitality professionals are all branding themselves as STR experts. None of them get as detailed and tactical as Daniel Rusteen to ensure vacation rental market dominance. After reading Profitable Properties your hosting difficulties will disappear and you will be a confident and profitable host. Just check the reviews from his prior book if you need more convincing.
Profitable Properties gives you an edge over your competition. You will also
Rusteen has been a thought leader since 2013 when he worked at Airbnb headquarters in San Francisco. His deep knowledge of how Airbnb works from the inside allows him to tip the scale in your favor. He's helped Airbnb hosts and vacation rental owners in 85+ countries and has been a guest for more than 7 years in Airbnbs around the world. There may be no one better to teach you how to optimize both your online listing and offline hospitality .
Profitable Properties comes with exclusive reader-only bonuses including discounts of up to 60% off totaling $850 in savings to the OptimizeMyBnb.com store, spreadsheets to analyze real estate investment deals, and partner discounts to dozens of common tools that the most successful hosts use.
Wondering about the difference between Rusteen's two books? "Optimize YOUR Bnb" was written for intermediate and advanced Airbnb hosts and only discussed strategies and tools available on that platform. If Airbnb.com is going to be a main focus of your rental, you may want to read the first book. "Profitable Properties" is an entirely new book written for the short-term rental industry.
Other books talk about basics, but not Profitable Properties. The author is intimately familiar with Airbnb and teaches you the details you need to optimize every aspect of your rental business to win in your market, year after year .
Profitable Properties, written by the author of best-seller "Optimize YOUR Bnb" , is a comprehensive guide for new and existing short-term rental owners and real-estate investors. You will learn how
Short-term rentals are here to stay. A single property can earn $100,000+ and Airbnb has allowed anyone to become a host overnight. There's just one problem. Information overload! Real estate investors, influencers, and hospitality professionals are all branding themselves as STR experts. None of them get as detailed and tactical as Daniel Rusteen to ensure vacation rental market dominance. After reading Profitable Properties your hosting difficulties will disappear and you will be a confident and profitable host. Just check the reviews from his prior book if you need more convincing.
Profitable Properties gives you an edge over your competition. You will also
Rusteen has been a thought leader since 2013 when he worked at Airbnb headquarters in San Francisco. His deep knowledge of how Airbnb works from the inside allows him to tip the scale in your favor. He's helped Airbnb hosts and vacation rental owners in 85+ countries and has been a guest for more than 7 years in Airbnbs around the world. There may be no one better to teach you how to optimize both your online listing and offline hospitality .
Profitable Properties comes with exclusive reader-only bonuses including discounts of up to 60% off totaling $850 in savings to the OptimizeMyBnb.com store, spreadsheets to analyze real estate investment deals, and partner discounts to dozens of common tools that the most successful hosts use.
Wondering about the difference between Rusteen's two books? "Optimize YOUR Bnb" was written for intermediate and advanced Airbnb hosts and only discussed strategies and tools available on that platform. If Airbnb.com is going to be a main focus of your rental, you may want to read the first book. "Profitable Properties" is an entirely new book written for the short-term rental industry.
378 pages, Hardcover
Published April 19, 2023
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October 3, 2023
SUMMARY:
Every STR owner should buy this book! If you implement the advice and get just ONE booking that you otherwise wouldn’t have, you’ll have already recouped your cost multiple times over. If you’re going back and forth on whether you should buy it, just spend the money. Buy it now. I promise you will be glad you did.
Danny is my favorite STR educator. I requested the library buy his first book, Optimize Your BNB, but I bought this second one for myself because I wanted to have it on hand. His stuff is so helpful. I’ve had my STR for a little over a year now and have 30+ 5 star reviews with people telling me all the time it’s the best Airbnb they’ve ever stayed at and that I “thought of everything", and Danny has had a big influence on how I think about guest experience. I recommend his books to my other STR owner friends all the time.
WHAT I LOVED:
• *Super* practical with specific steps and concrete examples for implementation, for example, optimizing a listing so that it actually converts. I got 3 new bookings in 5 days after making some small tweaks to my listing title/thumbnail/description.
• Suggestions to create an exceptional guest experience that get you 5-star reviews (which helps your search ranking) and repeat customers. I love his focus on the guest experience and how to surprise & delight over just optimizing for heads in beds.
• An entire pricing section - I swear I heard angels sing when I saw this. After doing this for a year, figuring out the right pricing has continued to be a struggle, to find that sweet spot between making money/increasing occupancy but not going so low you attract the wrong kind of guests. Most of the advice out there to figure out pricing is pretty vague and unhelpful like “just look at what others are charging” or “just use a dynamic pricing software.” Danny actually goes into the HOW of using dynamic pricing and the WHY. This whole section made so much sense and was exactly what I was looking for.
• Extra bonuses that value it far above the cost of the book itself, like wording you can copy/paste and use in your listing or guest messaging, or discounts on recommended software.
• A big section on choosing the right property. I just Airbnb out my own house, but if I were ever going to buy a second one, you bet this section would be my bible while I did this. Avoiding a “just okay” location could save you tens of thousands in the long run.
There’s so much more but what you need to know is this: if you’re an STR owner, this should be your new bible.
I recommend reading with a pen/paper/highlighter and as you go, take notes/make a checklist of things to update/change on your listing or in your STR. Then, go back and re-read sections as you implement changes one by one. There’s SO much information packed in here that it will take you ages if you try to change everything all at once as you go through the book. Ask me how I know 🤓
Thanks, Danny, for making such an incredible resource, and you actually did convince me to finally create a digital guidebook, so mission accomplished!
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Highly recommended
Every STR owner should buy this book! If you implement the advice and get just ONE booking that you otherwise wouldn’t have, you’ll have already recouped your cost multiple times over. If you’re going back and forth on whether you should buy it, just spend the money. Buy it now. I promise you will be glad you did.
Danny is my favorite STR educator. I requested the library buy his first book, Optimize Your BNB, but I bought this second one for myself because I wanted to have it on hand. His stuff is so helpful. I’ve had my STR for a little over a year now and have 30+ 5 star reviews with people telling me all the time it’s the best Airbnb they’ve ever stayed at and that I “thought of everything", and Danny has had a big influence on how I think about guest experience. I recommend his books to my other STR owner friends all the time.
WHAT I LOVED:
• *Super* practical with specific steps and concrete examples for implementation, for example, optimizing a listing so that it actually converts. I got 3 new bookings in 5 days after making some small tweaks to my listing title/thumbnail/description.
• Suggestions to create an exceptional guest experience that get you 5-star reviews (which helps your search ranking) and repeat customers. I love his focus on the guest experience and how to surprise & delight over just optimizing for heads in beds.
• An entire pricing section - I swear I heard angels sing when I saw this. After doing this for a year, figuring out the right pricing has continued to be a struggle, to find that sweet spot between making money/increasing occupancy but not going so low you attract the wrong kind of guests. Most of the advice out there to figure out pricing is pretty vague and unhelpful like “just look at what others are charging” or “just use a dynamic pricing software.” Danny actually goes into the HOW of using dynamic pricing and the WHY. This whole section made so much sense and was exactly what I was looking for.
• Extra bonuses that value it far above the cost of the book itself, like wording you can copy/paste and use in your listing or guest messaging, or discounts on recommended software.
• A big section on choosing the right property. I just Airbnb out my own house, but if I were ever going to buy a second one, you bet this section would be my bible while I did this. Avoiding a “just okay” location could save you tens of thousands in the long run.
There’s so much more but what you need to know is this: if you’re an STR owner, this should be your new bible.
I recommend reading with a pen/paper/highlighter and as you go, take notes/make a checklist of things to update/change on your listing or in your STR. Then, go back and re-read sections as you implement changes one by one. There’s SO much information packed in here that it will take you ages if you try to change everything all at once as you go through the book. Ask me how I know 🤓
Thanks, Danny, for making such an incredible resource, and you actually did convince me to finally create a digital guidebook, so mission accomplished!
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Highly recommended
January 5, 2025
Profitable Properties stands out as an invaluable resource for anyone navigating the complexities of property investments. The book is impressively well-researched, ensuring every piece of advice is backed by detailed market insights and thoughtful analysis. Daniel’s guidance is both practical and actionable, allowing clients to make informed decisions with confidence.
What truly sets him apart is his ability to communicate effectively and succinctly. He distills complex information into clear, concise points, making even the most intricate aspects of property investment accessible and easy to understand.Highly recommended!
What truly sets him apart is his ability to communicate effectively and succinctly. He distills complex information into clear, concise points, making even the most intricate aspects of property investment accessible and easy to understand.Highly recommended!
October 5, 2023
Straight to the points
The content of this book are valuable. Being a host for 5 years I still learnt a lot from the book! Recommended to all hosts.
The content of this book are valuable. Being a host for 5 years I still learnt a lot from the book! Recommended to all hosts.
July 20, 2025
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