Scooch & Steve

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Recent Posts

  • The Ultimate Tampa Bay Ice Cream Trail: Best Spots for a Sweet Treat
  • Best Family-Friendly Activities in Tampa Bay (With the Sweetest Ice Cream Stop!)
  • Where to Find the Best Non-Dairy Desserts in St. Pete
  • The Best Family-Friendly Hotel in Lisbon For Web Summit
  • How We Acquired 3 Rental Properties in 3 Years
  • Top 6 Organic Fair Trade Towels Under $50

    Steve / December 28, 2019

    We have already taken a look at the best towels and washcloths for your Airbnb here. We are now going to explore some organic and fair trade options that might interest the environmentally…

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  • The 6 Best Items For Closets In Short Term Rentals

    Steve / December 23, 2019

    Your guests might be traveling for short stay or long stays and they are going to need closet storage options to settle in during their stays. If you haven’t read our blog post…

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  • The 7 Best Toilet Paper Holders For Short Term Rentals

    Steve / December 20, 2019

    When you think of ways to upgrade your short term rental, your first thought is probably not normally a toilet paper holder. Visualize yourself walking through all the rooms and think of the…

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  • Top 5 Board Games To Have In An Airbnb Or VRBO

    Steve / December 20, 2019

    Your guests are coming over to your house to relax and board games are a great way to unwind. They are here for the bonding experience with their loved ones. After a long…

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  • Should You Install Blinds or Curtains?

    Steve / December 14, 2019

    A room can look pretty bare without some window dressings like blinds or curtains! Bare windows just don’t feel homely and inviting. They tend to have a sterile feeling and look. The best…

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  • The 7 Best Clocks And Alarms For Short Term Rentals

    Steve / December 12, 2019

    Your guests are traveling for either work or leisure and either way they don’t have any time to waste looking at confusing clocks. They have many things planned and they need to squeeze…

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  • The Top 5 Garment Racks For Short Term Rentals

    Steve / December 5, 2019

    Your guests are traveling from far away to a new place and garment racks aren’t something they are thinking actively about. They could be in town for a few days or might be…

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  • Best Power Strips For Short Term Rental Guests

    Steve / December 5, 2019

    There are some items in a short term rental that you can cheap out on and quality Power Strips are not one. Some others, if not bought with caution and verification can turn…

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  • Top 7 Full-Length Mirrors For Airbnb

    Steve / December 5, 2019

    You don’t always have to be a Disney princess to appreciate a good mirror. Mirrors are not only functionally useful for a lot of grooming tasks but they also give the room an…

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  • Top 10 Laundry Hampers For 2020

    Steve / December 2, 2019

    The thing about running an Airbnb that no one talks about is the dirty work that goes on in the background that calls for high-quality laundry hampers. Everyone glamorizes the decoration, the fun…

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  • 5 Best Coffee Mugs For Short Term Rentals

    Steve / November 27, 2019

    As coffee snobs ourselves, we are always on the lookout for great coffee accessories including coffee mugs. Browsing through the offerings, we realized that coffee mugs are not just great for, well, drinking…

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  • The Best Wall Decorations For Your Airbnb

    Steve / November 22, 2019

    When you book an Airbnb you expect the space to be unique and full of decorations and more than just a sterile cookie-cutter living space used by thousands of people before you. You…

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    The Best Internet Routers For Your Rental Property

    Steve / November 20, 2019

    If you have ever waited for a blog to load or a video to buffer, you know how infuriating it can get. For non-tech people, that’s the internet. Regardless of whether you live…

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  • The Top 5 Lamps For An Airbnb

    Steve / November 19, 2019

    We are always scouring the web and magazines for ideas about how to make our property stand out and lamps have been powerful. The rooms and spaces in the photographs that we find…

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  • The Top Coffee Tables For Short Term Rentals

    Steve / November 15, 2019

    You have done your best to give your guests the best of the best of all the essentials. The furniture and utilities are all on point. Yet guests might feel that your property…

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  • The Best Night Stands For Short Term Rentals

    Steve / November 13, 2019

    Once you have your Airbnb set up with the basics, it is time to wow your guests by spoiling them with amenities like fancy night stands. A wise man (or in this case,…

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  • How To Select Trash Cans For Short Term Rentals?

    Steve / November 9, 2019

    Nobody likes a messy room with overflowing trash cans. You can do your best by cleaning the room before the guests arrive but after that, it becomes their responsibility to take care of…

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    The Best Carpets For A Short Term Rental

    Steve / November 8, 2019

    A lot of Airbnb owners only do the bare minimum to furnish their property for their guests a leave out carpets. As a result, most Airbnb rooms feel like they were meant only…

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  • airbnb mattress pads

    The Best Mattress Pads For Short Term Rentals

    Steve / November 3, 2019

    What do you do when a guest complains about a mattress not being up to par? Perhaps you were on a budget and couldn’t afford the extra nice one so you had to…

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  • The Best Bed Skirts For Your Short Term Rental

    Steve / October 29, 2019

    Once you’ve picked a bed frame, one easy way to upgrade the whole look of the bed is to get a bed skirt. It doesn’t usually get a lot of attention because in…

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Sarah and Steve McGarry
We are Scooch and Steve! Both of us have always enjoyed working on design and DIY home improvement projects. Now we are venturing into real estate investing, parenting, and personal finance to put our learned skills to the test. As California transplants, new to Florida, we're restoring the charm of multiple historic bungalows in Tampa. To follow our real estate, parenting, and personal finance journey subscribe to the newsletter and YouTube channel. Contact us directly to work together via email scoochandsteve@gmail.com

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