Property Owners
Your property, done properly.
Get a free written estimate of what your Brisbane property should earn as a short stay. Our owners take home 25%+ more than a long-term lease on average, after all fees, without lifting a finger.
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- No set-up fee, no lock-in contracts
- Professional photography and listing creation, covered upfront
- Dynamic pricing reviewed daily
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Real properties, real numbers
What our properties actually do

$14,000
revenue in one month, on a $4,000/month lease
Brisbane CBD apartment
$12,461 net to the owner that month
$10,880
gross revenue in its first 30 days live
River Place, Brisbane City
30 of 30 nights booked25%+
Higher net profit vs long-term
Superhost
Airbnb Superhost status
90%+
Occupancy rate
24/7
Guest management
Hands-free hosting
We take the work out of owning a short stay.
From check-in to check-out and everything in between, we run it. Earn more, stay in your own property whenever you want to, and keep it professionally cleaned and looked after while you get on with your life.
Built by an operator.
We aren't learning on your property. Before Laurea managed a home for anyone else, we ran short-stay apartments on our own leases in the Brisbane CBD: pricing them daily, turning them over between guests and answering the 2am messages. We know exactly what drives a high yield and what quietly erodes one, and as a licensed Queensland real estate agency with an audited trust account, your money is handled properly too.
We cover the small stuff.
Small fixes shouldn't mean big bills. From replacing a toaster or hanging a blind to restocking glassware and spot cleaning, we absorb the minor costs that would otherwise land on your owner statement. Beyond the fees in your agreement, the only costs that reach you are genuine maintenance or specific replacement parts, itemised on your statement.
Boutique service. Corporate power.
You get the best of both worlds: a local team that knows your property by name, backed by the systems, training and industry membership of a serious operation, from specialist-trained staff to a hard cap on how many properties each manager carries. The specifics are set out below, because they are the things worth comparing us on.
Zero switching costs.
It shouldn't cost you money to upgrade your manager. We cover your professional photography and listing creation upfront, there is no set-up or onboarding fee, and there are no lock-in contracts. Nothing to pay to start, and nothing to lose. The one thing quoted separately is a furnishing package, if your property is unfurnished.
The Laurea Stays Uplift Guarantee
Earn 10%+ more than long-term leasing in your first 3 months — or you don't pay us
If your average weekly payout over your first three months isn't at least 10% higher than what your property would have paid you as a long-term rental, we'll refund every management fee we've collected — or keep managing your property for free until we get you there.
Available to the first 20 owners who claim it, on eligible properties.
See If You Qualify* Comparison baseline is your property's assessed market long-term weekly rent less standard agency management fees — a like-for-like owner-payout comparison. Applies to your first three months of management. Available to the first 20 owners who claim it, on eligible properties only.
What Sets Us Apart
Compare us on specifics, not slogans.
These are the five things we're happy to be measured on against any manager you're speaking to.
Specialist training per team member
Every member of our team completes a specialist short-term rental management course. Short stay is a different discipline to long-term letting — we train for it properly.
Properties per manager — hard cap
Attention doesn't scale. We cap every property manager at 50 listings so yours gets managed, not merely monitored.
Superhost standing from day one
Our Airbnb accounts hold Superhost status. Your listing inherits that standing the day it goes live instead of starting cold.
Airbnb's official host workshops
We attend Airbnb's official host workshops and hear from the platform's own team on how listings are ranked and surfaced — guidance from the source, not a blog post.
Accredited industry member
Member of the Australia and New Zealand Short Term Rental Association, attending its annual events so our compliance and best practice stay current.
The full story, in specifics
How each of these plays out for your property — including photos from inside Airbnb's official Queensland Host Workshop.
See why owners choose usTried, tested and trusted
Why our owners stay.
Owners who handed their property to Laurea Stays. In their own words.
He's made the whole process much easier than we expected and has delivered on what he initially promised.
At first, when Jake reached out to us about managing our three properties in Brisbane CBD, I was a little sceptical. However, he was extremely professional from the beginning and took the time to walk us through a clear plan for how everything would be managed. Fast forward four months and we've been extremely happy with how everything has been handled. Communication has been great, the process has been smooth and, if I'm being honest, I've barely had to do anything myself. Jake has helped get our properties to almost full occupancy and has also helped my wife and I work towards the financial goals we had set for the properties.
James Mak
Three apartments, Brisbane CBD
He keeps us posted without us having to chase him, and when something comes up he follows it through.
We own two properties, a holiday unit on North Stradbroke Island and a townhouse in Bulimba, and Jake at Laurea Stays looks after both for us. What stands out is the communication. He keeps us posted without us having to chase him, and when something comes up he follows it through.
John Warlow
North Stradbroke Island and Bulimba
It's booked out the first three weeks it's up.. what!?!
I could not rate Laurea Stays high enough. Thank you for being so on the ball. And also it's booked out the first three weeks it's up.. what!?!
Rochelle
Property owner, Brisbane
Jake helped me list my apartment on Airbnb and managed it very well.
My English isn't great, but Jake from Laurea Stays helped me list my apartment on Airbnb and managed it very well. Jake is an excellent agent.
Tin Nguyen
Property owner, Brisbane
How it works
Getting started is easier than you think.
Whether you are switching from another manager or listing for the first time, we handle the heavy lifting. Sign up and your job is done.
Get your free income estimate.
Send us your property details and we will be in contact within 24 hours. You then get a written income estimate: what your property should earn as a short stay, after our fee.
Simple digital onboarding.
Sign the management agreement online in minutes. There are no lock-in contracts and no set-up fee. We back our performance to keep you, and for the first 20 clients on eligible properties we put a guarantee behind it.
We handle the handover.
Dreading the break-up call with your current manager? We make it. We contact them, arrange the collection of keys and access, and either take over your existing listing or rebuild it under our Airbnb accounts, which hold Superhost status, so you don't even have to pick up the phone.
Sit back and earn.
We build the listing, coordinate the photoshoot and launch across Airbnb, Booking.com, Stayz and VRBO. You log in to your owner portal to track your calendar and bookings, and your statement arrives every month.
Every job, handled
We do the work. You keep the profit.
Running a short-term rental well is a long list of jobs. We take every one of them off your plate.
Premium listing creation.
First impressions pay dividends. Professional photography, styling and persuasive listing copy make your property command attention, and higher nightly rates, across Airbnb, Booking.com, Stayz, VRBO and direct bookings through our own booking site. Unfurnished? Our designer builds a furniture package you approve before anything is ordered, quoted separately.
Dynamic revenue management.
Set-and-forget pricing leaves money on the table. Software sets the baseline, then a person reviews and adjusts your rates every day against local events, seasonality and what comparable listings are actually doing, which is the part set-and-forget software always misses.
24/7 guest communication.
Fast replies, around the clock. Enquiries, guest screening, check-in instructions and the 2am problem all come to us, not to you, so your guests stay happy and your property stays safe.
Hotel-quality housekeeping and linen.
Consistency is everything. Professional cleaning and fresh hotel-quality linen for every stay, with an inspection after every single clean, so your property is restocked and showroom-ready for each check-in.
Proactive maintenance.
Stop worrying about the small stuff. We absorb everyday upkeep like batteries, lightbulbs and spot cleaning, inspect your property every month, and coordinate larger repairs with trusted trades so your asset stays in prime condition.
Transparent financial reporting.
Clear numbers, every month. Your income sits in a licensed, audited trust account, you get owner portal access to track your calendar and bookings, and a detailed end-of-month statement makes tax time easy.
Wondering what separates us from the other managers you are speaking to? See why owners choose Laurea Stays.
Questions
Straight answers to the questions owners ask.
Short-stay management has a lot of moving parts. These are the answers to the questions most owners ask before getting started. The rest are on our full FAQ.
I'm with another manager. Is it hard to switch?
Not at all. We handle the whole handover for you. We contact your current manager, arrange the collection of keys and access, and either take over your existing listing or rebuild it under our Airbnb accounts, which hold Superhost status. There is no set-up fee, no onboarding fee and no lock-in contract, so switching costs you nothing but the decision. You do not have to have a single awkward conversation.
How the handover worksHow do you handle difficult guests or bad reviews?
We stop most issues before they start with guest screening and booking rules that remove the single-night stays party guests almost always make. If a problem does arise, our team steps in around the clock to resolve it directly with the guest, not through you. If a guest leaves an unfair or retaliatory review, we take it up with the booking platform to protect your property's rating, because in short stay the rating is the asset that keeps the calendar full.
Am I locked into a long contract?
No. We do not use lock-in management contracts. You can leave whenever you want with 30 days' notice, and there is no exit fee. We would rather keep a property because the returns justify it than because an owner cannot leave. Our Uplift Guarantee, for the first 20 clients on eligible properties, points the same way: if your average weekly payout over the first three months is not at least 10% above what the property would pay you as a long-term rental after agency fees, we refund the management fees or keep managing free until it is.
Do you just use an algorithm to set prices?
Algorithms are the baseline, not the strategy. We use dynamic pricing software to set the starting point, then a person reviews and adjusts your nightly rates every day against local events, seasonal shifts and what comparable listings are actually doing. That daily human review is the part a set-and-forget algorithm always misses.
Will I be charged for every lightbulb change?
No. We do not bill you for every little thing. Minor tasks such as swapping lightbulbs or batteries, hanging a blind, replacing a toaster or kettle, restocking glassware and spot cleaning are covered by us. Beyond the fee structure set out in your agreement, the only property costs that reach you are genuine maintenance or specific replacement parts, and every one is itemised on your monthly statement.
How do you prevent parties and damage?
Prevention starts before a booking is confirmed: guest screening, a minimum-night rule that removes the single-night bookings party guests almost always make, and nightly rates held to a benchmark rather than discounted into the market that attracts that guest. We inspect after every clean, so small issues are caught before they become expensive ones. Across our entire time managing short-term rentals in Brisbane we have not had any major guest damage beyond normal wear and tear. Where damage does occur it is claimed back from the guest through the platform first, and Airbnb stays carry AirCover host protection of up to US$3 million, major damage included.
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