Your #1 Resource to Short Term Vacation Rentals!
Hi! I’m Chris Yuen— a professional short term vacation rental (STR) SuperHost, real estate investor, and entrepreneur here to teach you all about the short term vacation rental business
My journey into short term vacation homes began in Orlando, Florida as I first ventured into short term vacation homes purchasing my first vacation rental home in Davenport, which is near Disney World, a quaint vacation home community zoned for short term rentals near the top theme parks.
Little did I know, I would soon be in for a surprise of a lifetime as I would soon encounter the true realities of what it meant to own and operate my very own vacation rental home near Disney.
My first rental home was a massive 14 bedroom luxury vacation home to boot, which meant it was a sizable investment in addition to be a handful of work!
I hired a property manager from a recommendation of a local realtor, and I blindly moved forward with the deal and purchased the home from the former owner who was leaving the business.
Pretty soon, I got thrown into a bucket of cold ice, or perhaps a very cold swimming pool – as on my first month of owning the rental property, I had a massive bedbug infestation in the entire house which soon required me to shut the house down for over a month while losing a month’s worth of income. Followed by that, I soon had a child run straight into the sliding glass door outside to the pool balcony area.
I was extremely excited, but soon my excitement began to wane as I saw the deep harsh realities of what all was involved.
Shortly after that, I got a dreaded phone call on a Sunday afternoon while I was attempting to relax in the porch after a long 40 hour work week as a pharmacist
And that was my property manager calling me, in near frantic mode telling me there was a major guest complaint and the guests were demanding their 2 weeks worth of rental fees back, and a full refund for their stay because they were unhappy with the condition of the home, stating the house was in need of deep cleaning, repair and a whole new set of furniture!
I was flabbergasted, because at that point I had just purchased the home a month prior and invested a huge sum of money and drained my entire life savings at the time to purchase the home, and now I was being told that my home was in complete disrepair!
It would soon be a several year long period of trial and error, learning and making costly financial mistakes before I would learn the true in and out of the business.
Eventually, I accumulated a sizable portfolio of several 12-14 bedroom vacation homes near Disney for short term rentals.
And now, I want to help you out on your journey to learning how to start your own successful short term vacation rental business!
About Your Guide
My name is Chris, and I'm a real estate investor and entrepreneur that specializes in short term vacation rental properties.
I'm here to help you launch a successful & profitable short term vacation rental!
Whether your goal is to create some passive income or achieve financial freedom or simply supplement your job income, I'm here to help you!