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☆ Airbnb vs. Vrbo: Why I use both to rent out my home
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Now I rent out other properties using Vrbo and Airbnb. AdvertisementAdvertisementI sold the Vrbo Fiji property because it was too much to maintain. AdvertisementAdvertisementI get more bookings on Airbnb, but the guests on Vrbo are betterI've noticed that the guests who book with us on Vrbo are a bit older, and they book for longer. My findings with being on Airbnb and Vrbo are that you get the most traction where you make the most bookings. I've personally never had a problem with Airbnb refunding guests without cause, though I've heard that Airbnb doesn't have a great reputation among owners.

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☆ I make $19,800 a month in revenue from 'Airbnb for boats' in Miami. Here's how I built my business.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Mylène Garot loved being on the water and wanted to start a boat-rental business in Miami. Garot used her savings to purchase a boat and started renting it on Boatsetter, an Airbnb for boats. I was Googling platforms similar to Airbnb and found Boatsetter, where boat owners can list their boats for people to rent. My husband was a boat captain and managed property — it seemed pretty perfect. The revenue was growing, but a private renter, renting outside Boatsetter, damaged one of the boats in September 2020.

☆ I make $3,000 a month renting out my backyard as a dog park. I spend 10 minutes a day on this easy side hustle that cost me nothing to set up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Rick Powell and his wife make $3,000 a month using Sniffspot to rent their yard out as a dog park. If someone has a fenced-in yard, they can list it on Sniffspot, and dog owners can rent it by the hour. The memberships start at $30 a month, and members get two hours each month. They can book four hours for $66 a month and eight hours for $120 a month. I spend two hours a month ensuring no yard waste is missed and mowing the lawn.

☆ I started an ice vending machine business that made $33,000 last year. This recession-proof side hustle takes 2 hours a week to run.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Steve Slagle, 42, bought two ice vending machines in 2021 after seeing a gap in his local market. I bought two ice vending machines and started selling ice and water in February 2022 as a second income stream. I no longer had a storefront in Panama Beach City, Florida, where I live, so I started researching ice vending machines. After four months of researching ice vending on Google, I found an ice machine I wanted to buy in October 2021. The ice machines are a side hustle I comfortably manage myselfWhen I create my weekly schedule, I plan time for managing the ice machines.

☆ I started my T-shirt-printing side hustle with a press I bought on Facebook for $45. Now the business is making $50,000 a month in sales on average.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ari Simpson, 39, bought a T-shirt press on Facebook Marketplace for $45 to start her side hustle. It gave me the confidence to start researching materials or machines I needed to start my own T-shirt business. I started my business with a $45 heat press from Facebook MarketplaceI got on Facebook Marketplace and found someone selling a used T-shirt heat press for $45. Using the heat transfers I'd been given and some old shirts, my husband and I started pressing T-shirts. The business now has three part-time employees who press T-shirts and fulfill orders, and our children still have their roles in the business.

☆ I make $60,000 a month from multiple revenue streams, including YouTube and Airbnb. Here's how I set them up so I only have to work 15 hours a week and can travel the world.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Gabby Wallace is a former teacher who now runs a YouTube channel and several rental properties. She says she only works 10 to 15 hours a week, and she makes on average $60,000 a month in revenue. My YouTube channel grew slowly at firstIt took a year after starting my channel to reach 1,000 subscribers. In 2013, I moved back to the US to teach at Boston University and ran my YouTube channel as a side hustle. By 2017, I had language-learning and online-tutoring companies buying sponsorships on my YouTube channel, and some language-learning apps paying for ads.

☆ I run an 8-figure biscuit business that started as a side gig. Here's how I caught the attention of major distributors like Whole Foods and Costco.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ayeshah Abuelhiga, 36, started selling biscuits in 2014 as a side hustle while consulting full time. A customer asked if she would consider selling frozen dough so they could bake the biscuits at home. The day after, I drove a big ice chest filled with frozen biscuits to the stall before work. Two hours later, I got a call from my chef asking whether we had more frozen biscuits at the off-site kitchen because we had sold out. The company turned over eight figures last year, and Target, Publix, Safeway, Costco, and Aldi all stock our frozen biscuits.

☆ Travelers are slamming Airbnb chore lists that tell guests to mow the lawn, do the laundry, and take out the trash — on top of paying $125 cleaning fees
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some Airbnb hosts are charging cleaning fees and asking guests to complete a list of chores. Frustrated travelers say they've been asked to mow the lawn, take out the trash, and wash the sheets. "If I'm paying $229 a night to stay somewhere plus a $125 cleaning fee, I'm not doing any laundry," the TikToker said. If so, consider charging a very minimal cleaning fee – or no fee at all," the Airbnb host resource page on cleaning fees says. "With a higher fee, guests may expect to just walk away from your space at checkout as they would a hotel room."

☆ I make $6,500 a month in rental income. After wanting to invest for 20 years, I used a HELOC to buy my first investment properties.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-26 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Amanda Hammett, 43, is a public speaker, consultant, and real-estate investor in Atlanta, Georgia. One idea that kept coming to my mind was real-estate investing. It never felt like we had the mental space or time to give real-estate investing a real thought. The goal is to replace my income as a speaker and consultant with real-estate income, and I'm on track to reach that goal this year. Are you a real-estate investor who wants to share your story?

☆ I made $4 million in revenue over the last 5 years from my multiple income streams. Here's how I reached financial freedom and now work 10 hours a week.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-16 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

At first, she worked 100-hour weeks to pay off her $40,000 student debt and reach financial freedom. This is how Schroeder-Gardner scaled her blog and income streams, as told to Kimanzi Constable. I worked 50 to 60 hours weekly to build the blog on top of working 40 hours a week at my job. The course sold well and my income streams of course sales, affiliate links, sponsored posts, and display advertising on my blog increased with my growing audience. I spend ten hours a week writing posts, making Pinterest graphics, and filtering affiliate and sponsorship offers.

☆ I made $1.4 million in revenue selling Canva templates. Here's how I scaled my business in less than 3 years.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-15 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here's how she started selling Canva templates for viral content, as told to Kimanzi Constable. I decided to presell my Canva templates to ensure it was a viable product. Before creating any templates, I asked my followers whether they'd buy a pack of 100 templates to help them create viral business content. I created the first iteration of the Viral Content Templates alongside Jamie. Since the templates launched in December 2019, my template business has brought in $1.4 million in revenue and continues to grow.

☆ I'm the cofounder of Crumbl Cookies. Here's how we captured Gen Z and became a cult favorite.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-14 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sawyer Hemsley founded Crumbl Cookies in 2017 with his cousin in while he was still at college. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sawyer Hemsley, the 30-year-old cofounder and chief operating officer of Crumbl Cookies. In May 2017, Jason said he'd invest $10,000 into the cookie business if we could find a good deal on a building. We talked about our chocolate-chip cookies on social media and paid for Instagram and Facebook ads. If a previous cookie's strength score was under 13%, we take it back into the research-and-development kitchen to improve it.

☆ I made $5,500 in 2 months renting my family's cars on Turo. The extra income helps us pay our bills and save for my kids' college fund.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-08 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Daniel Veiga, 41, rented out one of his family's five cars on the car-sharing app Turo. Within a month, Veiga began renting out four of the five family cars, generating $4,229 in bookings. The revenue he makes from the car-sharing app Turo has been verified by Insider. My friend said Turo was an app where you could rent people's cars and get the exact vehicle you wanted. We used Turo exclusively for the next three years to rent cars.

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