Hi Sylvana
I see you are in Niagara Falls, do you live in the area? I have an upper and lower unit in Toronto and am considering my next Airbnb listing will likely be in the Falls but not sure how to manage the cleaning etc when the time comes.
Some questions for you? Do you live in the area? Do you have a cleaner? Hiring a property manager is a great way to take away all the stress of managing an Airbnb but also will take a significant portion of your profit margin, there is the option of Co-Hosting finding someone in the area who is willing to Co-Host, keep in mind they get anywhere from 10%-20% of your revenues is it really worth it?
I have been doing this now for roughly 10 weeks, I have the airbnb app on my phone, managing the listings, approving the guests, I can manage myself even with a demanding fulltime job. Regarding the collecting of money all you have to do is supply airbnb with your bank account deposit information and they send it to you 24 hours after your guest checks in. I find I usually get it within 48 hours of airbnb emailing me telling me what is being released to me.
Let me know if you have any other questions, I think we can certainly learn from one another and being in a close geograpfical area with similar business interests we can likely help one another. There is actually also a meetup group its called Toronto Airbnb Superhosts that meet monthly, not sure why it is called Toronto Airbnb because the meetings alternate between Niagara Falls and St. Catherines, here is the link
https://www.meetup.com/Airtoronto/
