r/ShortTermRentals
15k members
r/ShortTermRentals is a subreddit with 15k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses short term rentals, looking, rental, airbnb, and short term, and they frequently recommend/review tv, smart lock, and lock.
For discussion about short term rentals by owners, hosts and property managers. Getting started or growing your STR/vacation rental business.
Ask questions and learn to get more bookings, manage guests and ask our community.
Popular Themes in r/ShortTermRentals
#1
Advice Requests
: "Advice please"
15 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Best airbnb software for guidebooks?"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "the airbnb life is draining me"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Thoughts on Removing One Night Orphan Stays via PriceLabs?"
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "thinking about selling my airbnb and just being done"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "I got tired of calculating exact net payouts (Airbnb 15.5%, VRBO, Booking.com), so I built a free tool."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ShortTermRentals
#1
Short Term Rentals
: "Would you pay more than the appraised value for a STR?"
13 posts
#2
Looking
7 posts
#3
Rental
7 posts
#4
Airbnb
: "Can’t get Airbnb listing approved"
7 posts
#5
Short Term
5 posts
#6
Pms
: "Expensive Pms Software: Is it making things easier or harder?"
3 posts
#7
Property Manager
: "Material participation - hours tracking of Property Managers"
2 posts
#8
Guest Issues
: "Guest left a 4 star due to nearby store’s inconvenience"
2 posts
#9
Tools
1 post
#10
Price
1 post
Products Discussed in r/ShortTermRentals
Tv
2 reviews
#1
Samsung
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Roku
5.0★ from 1 review
Smart Lock
1 review
#1
Schlage Smart Lock
4.0★ from 1 review
Lock
1 review
#1
Schlage
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/ShortTermRentals
#1
Hosting
: "Guest left a 4 star due to nearby store’s inconvenience"
17 posts
#2
Investing & Buying STRs
: "How I Used the Short-Term Rental Tax Loophole to Shield Over $1.5M of Income From Taxes (and Generate $508K in First-Year Cash Flow Across Seven Properties)"
16 posts
#3
Tools & Software
: "A 30% increase in my Hostaway subscription"
10 posts
#4
Regulation
: "Small cities are writing STR ordinances faster than most hosts realize"
4 posts
#5
Cleaning & Property Ops
: "Problems with turnover cleaners?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/ShortTermRentals
Yearly
+9k members(166.3%)
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Last updated: July 21, 2026