For Property Owners

Hosts with professional photos earn 40% more and book 24% more often. Here’s what actually separates before-and-after cabin photos.

Slow payouts, vague statements, a listing that hasn’t changed in a year – here are the real warning signs your STR management isn’t earning its fee.

There’s a right order of operations for a new Smoky Mountain STR owner: permits before marketing, testing before launch. Here’s the sequence, plus a free checklist.

Hot tubs, fire pits, pet-friendly policies – some amenities deliver real ROI. Others are just baseline expectations. Here’s what the data says.

A 15% management fee sounds simple until you see what’s actually included and what gets billed separately. Here’s how to evaluate a quote properly.

Airbnb and VRBO charge owners very differently, and single-platform cabins are losing bookings they don’t even know about.

88% of Airbnb listings have at least one gap quietly costing them bookings. Here are the 10 most common ones, and how to fix them.

A plain-language look at short-term rental permitting across Sevier County, Gatlinburg, and Pigeon Forge — and where owners most often get caught off guard.

Before a guest reads your description or checks your reviews, they’re looking at your photos. Here are seven common Airbnb photo mistakes costing hosts bookings, and what to do instead.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is still the most visited national park in the country, and it isn’t close. In 2024, 12.2 million people came…