Airbnb Course: Start and Run an Airbnb Business Australia

Yes. The usual route is Airbnb arbitrage: you lease a property long-term at a fixed rent, run it as a short-term rental with the landlord’s written permission, and keep the margin. Module 3 has 13 lessons on landlord proposals, the numbers and the protections. You can also buy a property for Airbnb with us and get the course free.

Rental arbitrage, also called rent to rent, means leasing a property from a landlord, getting written permission to run it as a short-term rental, and keeping the difference between the booking income and your costs. You carry the lease, so the numbers, the lease terms and your exit plan matter before you sign. Module 3 has 13 lessons on it, and some are free to watch.

It can be, but only when five layers all say yes: the lease and the landlord’s written consent, strata by-laws, council planning rules, state laws and insurance. A live listing on Airbnb or Booking.com doesn’t mean a property is approved. This is general information, not legal advice, so check every layer for your property.

Not without the landlord’s written consent. In NSW, section 74 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 allows a tenant to sublet only if the landlord gives written consent. The Queensland RTA says a tenant must get written permission before subletting. In Victoria, a head renter needs the landlord’s written consent or a VCAT order, and the landlord can’t withhold consent unreasonably. Those rules cover subletting. Short-term letting can face further limits from strata by-laws, council rules and insurance, so check every layer. This is general information, not legal advice.

Yes. Standard Australian residential leases usually restrict subletting and limit use to residential occupation, so short-term letting needs the landlord’s written consent in the lease or a signed addendum. Strata by-laws can still restrict short-term letting even when the landlord agrees, so check the building’s by-laws as well.

Landlords want to know what happens if the rent can’t be paid. Use conservative revenue, a break-even occupancy well below what’s realistic, a separate cash reserve (five months at launch, three months ongoing) and a written exit threshold. Don’t oversell the income. The arbitrage module walks through each step.

Part of ours is free. Some lessons are open to watch without signing up, including one on what Airbnb arbitrage is and why landlords resist it. The full course is $7,500 in one payment or from $375 a month, GST included, and every option includes Revenue Management for one property. Try the free lessons.

It depends on the suburb, the number of bedrooms and how well the home is priced and run, so no honest figure fits everyone. Use our Airbnb revenue estimator for a guide before you commit. The course shows how to check demand and run the numbers before you buy or lease.

It depends on whether you own the home or lease it. Expect furniture and setup, a bond and rent if you lease, a cash reserve for slow months, cleaning and linen, and software: about US$20 a month for PriceLabs and about US$55 a month for a channel manager. The arbitrage numbers lesson covers break-even and a reserve of five months at launch, then three. Run your own figures first with the Airbnb revenue estimator.

It can be, but it depends on the suburb, the bedrooms, the local rules and how well the home is priced and run. Averages hide a lot, because many listings are only open part of the year. Check what comparable homes earn before you commit and plan for slow months. The course teaches the demand, pricing and break-even checks first.

The course teaches the systems used to run short-term rentals: a channel manager, pricing, guest messaging, cleaners and reviews, as a repeatable framework for every property you run. Before you take on other people’s homes, check with your state’s fair trading or real estate regulator whether a licence is required, and agree fees and duties with each owner in writing.

A short-term rental course teaches you how to set up and run a holiday or Airbnb-style rental: the numbers, the rules, the listing, pricing, guest messaging, cleaning and reviews. Ours is a step-by-step online course for Australian hosts, with free lessons to try first. It teaches the systems; it is not a licence or a regulator’s compulsory training.

Rules differ by state and territory and they change, so check before you sign. In every state the starting point is the same: you need the owner’s written consent to sublet or run short stays, and your lease must allow it. If the home is in a strata or owners corporation building, also check the by-laws, and check council and state short-stay rules or registers. The arbitrage lessons in the course walk through lease consent, strata, council and state checks. This is general information, not legal advice.

It’s worth it if you’d otherwise learn by trial and error with live bookings. Try the free lessons first. The course covers setup, pricing, systems, guest messaging and reviews in order, and every option includes our Revenue Management for one property, so your pricing is handled while you learn.