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Mike Chen, a licensed Florida real estate broker and vacation rental manager at FunStay Florida, tracks seasonal booking patterns across the Orlando corridor every year. One thing stays consistent: owners who price around the Orlando Airbnb peak season calendar outperform those who set a flat rate year-round. The gap between a property earning $55,000 and … Continued

FunStay Florida has managed vacation rentals at ChampionsGate and properties at Reunion Resort for years. Both communities sit within 15 minutes of Walt Disney World, both attract strong Airbnb demand, and both show up on every “best Orlando vacation rental resorts” list. But they serve very different buyers, very different guests, and very different investment … Continued

FunStay Florida manages vacation rental resorts across the Orlando corridor, including short-term rental properties at Paradise Palms, Solara, and Windsor Cay. Mike Chen, our licensed Realtor and property manager, oversees owner portfolios in all three communities. That means we see the booking data, owner statements, and guest reviews side by side every month. The question … Continued

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