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Episode 49: Richard Dixon teaches us extreme southern hospitality!
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Richard Dixon runs a 950-square-foot Tennessee farmhouse as an Airbnb that brings in $125 a night on average - after a $25,000 purchase, $35,000 renovation, and $3,500 in professional decorating sourced from TJ Maxx and Target. He serves fresh-baked cookies, researches guests' preferences for wine or chocolates, and books a 42-night stay at the end of May. His communication template, borrowed from a $10 Amazon book, nets him nothing but five-star reviews.
The episode covers small-market pricing versus Nashville's $200 nights, Tennessee's state legislature blocking Airbnb bans, igloo smart lockboxes synced to booking calendars, Ring doorbells catching extra guests, and the Airbnb Professional Hosts Facebook group as a 19,000-member research tool. One host operates as a full-time pastor; the other two trade war stories about city tax collection and town hall meetings in Arlington, Texas.
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