In the past few years, furnished rental owners have gone from feast to famine in New Orleans, and it’s happened so quietly, many are struggling to be seen in a market flooded with former Airbnb properties – and they’re not sure why.
“We are all in this together” is a phrase we got used to during Covid… and perhaps during the Airbnb purge in New Orleans over the past few years.
As property owners, we now find ourselves in competition across the city for the mid-term rental market as licenses are canceled and more owners pivot into a different style of hosting. Continue reading
New Orleans multi-family homes are very common for mid-term rentals; often with the owner on one side, the tenant in an adjacent unit with connecting walls. It’s an ideal solution, with an on-site landlord… but sounds can be, and are, a common problem.
We have been looking for a solution to this problem for years, trying stick-on squares, quilt hanging… every possible solution. One of our owners has an ongoing problem with a tenant who craves silence in the night, sharing a wall with another tenant who needs the sound of TV to sleep… what to do?
I think these are a beautiful and effective way to solve the problem, inexpensively.
Panels can be installed in sections, and create a gorgeous wall and atmosphere, while insulating one life from another in any double.
Anne
The famous Blue Dog posters of New Orleans are a local treasure. My dog? Maybe he’s just dyed for Halloween?
This scam is easy to spot, but inquiries from corporate and mid-term rental platforms are not always this obvious. Let’s dig into some red flags to watch for when renting a property OR leasing out your own property. Both sides have to be cautious…
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We’re a small crew of furnished property owners, fighting to be seen and heard, seeking to compete with the likes of Airbnb and Furnished Finder, but on limited budgets. How can sharing our resources make us most likely to succeed?
Continue readingIt may come as a surprise to hear that I have been looking forward to next year's "down time" in my condos. It's true. I have no choice, but I've realized recently that an empty property is a golden opportunity!
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Here we go again... it's the end of summer, nothing is renting, and the go-to move for landlords is... lowering prices. This is NOT going to fill your corporate rental.
If it's end of summer in New Orleans, your phone calls have slowed; perhaps even stopped. That's because no one is coming. Period. There's no demand because there's no demand, and the first thing I see landlords and agents doing is lowering the prices.
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It’s been a struggle to keep our AirBnB license… now I’m not sure we need it. Continue reading →
It’s so beautiful! You’ve put in the work and created a furnished rental you know visitors will love…now what? Continue reading →
We loved Airbnb… until it became a source of gentrification in New Orleans, disturbing the delicate balance of tourism and local life in neighborhoods throughout the city.