Arizona short-term rental market breakdown — what hosts need to know about seasonality, growth, and design in 2025
Welcome to Life Well Booked — the vacation rental podcast built for Airbnb hosts, STR investors, and anyone who wants to turn a property into a high-performing, guest-loved stay. In this first episode, your hosts Britt Baltazar and Stefanie Gould introduce themselves, share their backgrounds as licensed Arizona realtors with 20+ years of combined short-term rental experience, and give you a real look at what's happening in the Arizona STR market right now.
If you're thinking about getting into vacation rental investing, already managing a property, or just wondering whether short-term rentals are still worth it in Arizona — this episode is your starting point.
Here's what we cover:
Why Arizona remains one of the strongest STR markets in the country
How seasonality actually works for Phoenix, Tucson, and surrounding markets
What furnished rental design has to do with your occupancy rate (more than you think)
Why two licensed realtors decided to launch a vacation rental podcast — and what that means for you!