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The hidden costs, the clubhouse fee trap, the furniture package math, and the first-year cash flow reality. Everything we wish someone had told us before we started managing here. Mike Chen holds both a Florida real estate license and manages a portfolio of Magic Village vacation rentals through FunStay Florida. That dual perspective, buying side … Continued

Every fee, every neighborhood, every number you need before buying a vacation rental at Reunion Resort. From HOA dues and CDD assessments to Club membership and net-income math. We manage dozens of short-term rental properties across Central Florida’s resort communities, and Reunion Resort is one of the questions we field the most. Not about amenities … Continued

Not every Kissimmee resort community performs the same. We manage properties across ChampionsGate, Reunion, Storey Lake, Solterra, Windsor Hills, Windsor Cay, Windsor Island, Solara, Paradise Palms, and Magic Village. Some consistently outperform. Some look great on paper but create headaches in practice. Some are perfect for first-time investors. Others only make sense for buyers targeting … Continued

A vacation rental turnover cleaning in Kissimmee is not a regular house cleaning. It is a full property reset, completed under a deadline, in a home built for large groups near the world’s busiest theme park corridor. We manage over 100 properties across Kissimmee, Davenport, and Orlando. Our team runs turnovers daily in communities like … Continued

I run 10+ Orlando vacation rentals across ChampionsGate, Windsor Hills, Reunion, and Davenport. Every single one is governed by the same invisible system: the Airbnb algorithm. Most owners think it’s a black box. It isn’t. After 10 years of testing what moves rankings (and what doesn’t), here’s the operator-level breakdown of how the Airbnb algorithm … Continued

Most owners shopping for help with their Orlando vacation rental hear “full-service” thrown around without any clear definition of what that actually includes. Some managers handle just listings. Others add cleaning. A real full-service operator handles the whole business. Here’s the complete breakdown of what’s actually covered, what isn’t, and what to demand from any … Continued

Almost every owner I work with budgets $5,000 to furnish their Orlando vacation rental and ends up spending $25,000. Then they wonder where it all went. The vacation rental furniture cost question is the single most underestimated line item in this business. Here are the real numbers, what drives them, and where smart owners save … Continued

The fear of losing income, reviews, or guest momentum keeps most owners stuck with underperforming property managers for 6 to 12 months longer than they should be. It doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s the exact transition playbook we use to onboard new owners at FunStay Homes with zero booking loss, zero review loss, … Continued

If you own an Orlando vacation rental and you’re ready to list, the difference between a good sale and a great sale often comes down to one thing: how you position the property. Most owners treat their STR like a house when they sell. Investor buyers pay for a business. Here’s how to bridge that … Continued

The Orlando vacation rental market is shifting fast heading into summer 2026. Booking lead times are stretching, guests expect more flexibility, and quality signals matter more than ever. Here’s the data shaping the summer, plus the strategies we’re actively using across 100+ managed Orlando vacation rentals at FunStay Homes to stay ahead of it. Orlando … Continued