Revenue, listing placement when not renting all year?

[Shannon1139]

We are looking to purchase a condo in Florida and hope to use it for winter and part of the fall and rent it out when we are not there..

I'm curious to hear from other owners about two things:

1. If your rental has several months crossed out with AirBnB for due to owner occupancy does it affect the listing placement — and if so, is there is a "sweet spot" for how an owner can stay in their AirBnB and not affect this?

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3. I'm also looking at revenue projections and rental occupancy. I'm curious if there are larger ramifications to only being available for part of the year vs renting year round, eg would I rent at a higher occupancy if I rented year round vs just for, say, 5 months out of the year.

Thank you! 

[Helen3]

1. Yes you will fall in the rankings if you have long periods blocked out 

2. you would need to do your own market research /talk to local STR management companies . I know in Florida many are finding markets oversaturated 

[Shannon1139]

@Helen3 Thank you for this insight. This helps. I'm not sure what to do given we'd like to spend the winter in the home we buy — but appreciate knowing this before we finalize something.

[Elisa]

Hi @Shannon1139 😊

Thank you for asking this question here!

Have you found a solution?
Our host shared great advice with you. Did you get a chance to review it? 😍

I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Warm regards 🌻

[Shannon1139]

Thanks Elisa — Helen's answer helped. I'm not sure if there is to make AirBnBn work if we take 3 months (say) for the winter but rent it other times — like will our place get rented or will our rental rates be the lowest in the market because it's off market? 

[Elisa]

Hi @Shannon1139 😊, 

Thank you for letting me know! I’m glad @Helen3 helped you.

Let’s see what she thinks about this.

Warm regards 🌻,