Hi Tim. I'm not sure what you mean by co-hosting. Maybe that's a term I'm not familiar with. I just happen to be a licensed real estate agent in Arizona, but not active since I live overseas. You need a real estate license to "manage" more than one rental property if you are not the owner, but I think what you're talking about it more like "house sitting". As far as I know, you don't need a real estate license.
I will tell you what I need, but just know that my needs definitely don't fall under the umbrella of "property management." My home is a single family on a lot with no shared space with anyone else. I have a good size yard with minimal landscaping, and a small home. I use a lockbox for self check-in and check-out and that is working great. I don't need someone to handle keys and meet guests. I handle all bookings and all communication on Airbnb without a problem so far.
Since January, I've had a friend pop over a few times and restock TP, laundry soap, etc. She's also checked to make sure the cleaners are doing a good job, which they are. I'm very pleased. But there have been a couple of hiccups, mostly due to four guests who just left my house in a disasterous state during the gem show, so the next guest had some issues because the cleaners didn't do a great job. They did an okay job, but several really obvious things went undone. New gal on the job. 😞 But once we got that chain reaction stopped, everything seemed to go smoothly.
What I need is someone to occasionally go over and check the house, make sure the guest didn't damage or trash anything, and see that the cleaners did a good job. Also, I need someone to restock supplies. So far the cleaners have been throwing out any food and cleaning the fridge, even though that's not really on their to-do list. But they don't restock anything. I also occasionally need someone to come over and water my outdoor plants. Not sure the renters are doing this, but my aunt assured me my yard looks great. But the time they really need water is just now starting, in May.
My house sitter is moving overseas in August. So I'm looking for someone with good communication skills who will send me regular reports about what's going on and WHAT THEY DID TO FIX IT. My house sitter wasn't great at this. She would tell me the problem, fix it, but never tell me she fixed it, so I had to ask a lot of questions. If she wasn't able to do something, like fix the shower drain, she would tell me and I'd get someone over there to do it. I tried to give her as much advance notice as possible if I needed her to go to the house, and I tried to be very specific about what needed to be done according to my guests.
I think I'm covered till I arrive home in August. I am leaving my current job in Kuwait, and will be coming home in August for a few months. I'd like to meet with you to discuss the job when I get home in August. It's minimal work, but these are small things that are crucial to getting a good review and putting my mind at ease.
Thanks for reaching out.
Mary