I started doing my own rentals this year via airbnb. So far it is working out and is much more profitable than rental agency and I have more control over the rentals.
One tip is to consider whether to allow weekend or short rentals. If you have enough interest to book full weeks it may not matter but we have found there is a lot of demand for shorter stays in Lakes Region. So far all of our rentals this year have been for weekends which is fine by us since it leaves property open for use during week. This year we rented our our place for the two weekends of bike week for more than it rented for the entire period last year... plus we didn't have people using electricity for 5 of those days!
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