18: Hosts vs. Hotels: Is There Still Room in The Short-Term Rental Market?

Short-term rental investing has been one of the most profitable , fastest-growing types of real estate investing strategies in decades. When the events of 2020 happened, most vacation rental owners thought that their passive income stream had been shut off, only for the exact opposite to happen in a big way. With low interest rates, investors were scooping up short-term rental s every second they could, and their occupancy rates just kept on increasing. But is all of that about to change? We’re back with another bonus episode of On The Market where Dave does a data-first deep dive into what’s happening with the short-term rental market. From occupancy rates to second home sell-offs , and hotels regaining their prestige—everything you wanted to know about vacation rental investing is packaged up for you in this short-term rental recap. Dave also gets into the recession data behind short-term rental investing and why some investors might be calling a quits too quickly. And even with interest rates rising, a buying opportunity may be on the horizon for investors who are fast enough! In This Episode We Cover Whether or not demand has stayed consistent as the economy enters into uncharted territory Hotels vs. hosts and which vacation stay is getting more popular over the next few months How inflation is affecting the average American’s vacation budget and what that means for investors Second-home demand and why so many owners are looking to sell The massive influx of new vacation rentals and the effect it's taking on occupancy And So Much More! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Agent Join BiggerPockets for FREE On The Market Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Connect with Other Investors in the “On The Market” Forums Subscribe to The “On The Market” YouTube Channel It’s Not Too Late to Join the Short-Term Rental Investing Game Sign Up For the BiggerPockets Short-Term Rental Bootcamp Access More Short-Term Rental Data with AirDNA Watch Tony Robinson’s Video on Short-Term Rental Investing in 2022 Dave’s BiggerPockets Profile Dave’s Instagram Check the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/on-the-market-18 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Check out our sponsor page ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices