Jamie Lane

@mrmarksimpson @Airbnb Optimizing for social engagement too! It's not always about just asking AI ;-)

@Jamie_Lane @Airbnb 1. Ask ai 2. Price it up 3. X 3 4. Make bank

I love questions like this from my @Airbnb guests! What could I do to go over the top here and really make it special? Her son is turning 15.

What stat surprises you most? - Nearly 2/3 of U.S. STRs don’t use a PMS - Nearly half are only listed on a single channel - 5% are managed by property managers still not using a PMS or multi-channel distribution (Data as of March 2026. Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking)

One of the biggest risks in STR investing isn’t volatility. It’s misreading demand durability. @AirDNA analyzed hundreds of millions of OTA reviews with AI to surface why guests come, what they love, and what signals risk. Revenue shows performance. Reviews reveal durability.

What’s more interesting than the list is dispersion. San Diego has 2 in the Top 10… and submarkets in the same county with materially lower scores. Same metro. Different guest perception. Higher reviews → stronger conversion → more pricing power → more resilient revenue.

Location, location, location. We analyzed hundreds of millions of Airbnb & Vrbo reviews to see where guests rate “location” highest. Top 5 U.S. submarkets by average review score: 1. Solvang, CA 2. North End, Boston 3. Pebble Beach, CA 4. Stinson Beach, CA 5. Del Mar, CA

@_contraryan @uplisting Pure luck... Got a ~$7k booking over New Years that saved the day.

@Jamie_Lane @uplisting Very impressive for estimates vs actual.

2025 was the first full year of operating our STR. No major issues. Automated using @uplisting + amazing cleaner. ~$96k revenue vs. ~$95k budgeted. 2026 focus: pricing, redoing landscaping, converting the garage into an amenity space, building a direct booking channel

New @airdna filters are 🔥

Hotels have officially landed on @Airbnb, piloting direct hotel listings in LA, NYC, and Madrid. Some Big differences: 1. Choose your room type 2. No host profile 3. Reviews tagged by room category Strategy seems clear: start in markets where Airbnb is supply-constrained.

@jonathanvolk @MrJonesSTRs On it.

@MrJonesSTRs lol “baby making opportunities per sq/ft metrics dashboard coming to a SAAS near you!”

The more places your Airbnb has for (Baby Making), the more money you can charge. This 1 bedroom cabin is a perfect example: "Baby Making" spots: -Bed -Couch -Outdoor Shower -Barstools -Star Gazing Hammock -Fire Pit Chairs -Hot Tub -Indoor Shower Despite only being a 1 bedroom cabin, the performance on this cabin is wild: Annual Revenue $191,800 Average Daily Rate $661 Occupancy 85% _____________________ Don't overcomplicate human nature More "Baby Making" spots = More Revenue

Leaf Peeping! Fun to see the changes in market occupancy as the fall colors move south.

@farango77 Yeah, occupancy pacing had been trending down for the U.S. heading into the summer, especially for lower-end properties. My house did okay. I slightly underperformed against projections in June/July, but outperformed in August. I'm trending 5% below my first-year expectation.

@Jamie_Lane I listened to your latest podcast 151 and you said you had been saying pacing was lower for summer but I don't remember any of that being mentioned in previous episodes. How did your property do compared to your projections so far?

Quick update on how my short-term rental is performing vs. my underwriting estimates: 1. For the first 5 months of the year, we have generated about 8% less revenue than we had projected when buying the property ($26.7k in gross revenue vs. $29.3k projected revenue). 2. The delta was primarily in March 2025, when we blocked two weekends for personal use, one weekend with the kids/friends and another for my wife to do a girls weekend. 3. Looking at June, July, August we are already pacing right near expectations for those months with two weekends blocked for personal use and still a couple weekends and a some mid-week periods still available. On the review side, we have 13 reviews so far on Airbnb (12 - 5⭐️'s reviews and one 4⭐️😠) and a couple good reviews so far on both Vrbo and Booking. This summer we have a much higher percent of bookings coming from Vrbo than we did in the winter/spring. So far, so good!

@Charaz111 That's terrible!

@Jamie_Lane White Sands National Park today.... i drove 1.5 hours and live 1500 miles away. I cant even enjoy my vacation 😭

The U.S. federal government shut down today. One area to watch closely: our National Parks. October is peak season for many destinations where vacation rentals are the backbone of lodging supply, and National Parks are the main draw for visitors.

If parks close, we could see real impacts in markets that serve Shenandoah, Zion, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, among others. These areas rely heavily on fall visitation, and a shutdown during peak season would impact not just hosts but also restaurants and shops.

About a year after launching our STR and it's time to get more pillow cases. We made the decision to invest in quality sheets and they have held up well. Guests have only had good things to say about the bedding! @brooklinen @HostGPO

50 years of board games... A surprisingly high number with enough pieces to actually play!

@mikesimonsen Awesome role. Congrats @mikesimonsen!

Well friends, I have a little personal announcement: Today I start a new role as the Chief Economist for Compass. Compass is the biggest real estate brokerage in the country, and it's a super exciting company. I get to resume my housing market data videos very soon!

We recently pulled some data that didn’t make sense....at first. Bad Bunny (Puerto Rican Singer/Rapper) is doing a 21-show residency in San Juan over 2.5 months, and naturally, we expected to see a big spike in short-term rental demand around the concert dates. But when we looked at the data, we were puzzled. The early shows in July showed almost no increase in demand, while the August and September dates showed a 200 - 400% surge. What's up with that? Turns out, all the July shows are for locals only, and tickets were sold in person. Pretty cool and a great reminder that data anomalies often have a story behind them!