As landlords across the world find themselves insolvent during the current viral crisis, they are looking to sell their properties to make mortgage payments or find good tenants immediately. On the other end of the spectrum, we have Airbnb hosts who have faced a lot of cancellations because of the pandemic and are also looking for solutions. 

Though business is slow, short-term rental hosts can use this time to expand their list of skill sets, back end systems as well as add additional properties to have a good number of short-term rentals to offer to guests who’d want to travel as soon as lockdown measures around the world are relaxed. And trust us, with so many people feeling sick of their homes during quarantine, you’re going to witness a deluge of bookings in the coming year! 

Most of the hosts out there know the two most common options they have when they enter into the Airbnb business — rental arbitrage (where hosts rent a property for the long term, and with the permissi...