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Notes from running homestays in Johor Bahru and Desaru.
For homestay owners · October 1, 2026 · 5 min read
What a Johor Bahru condo actually earns under homestay management (real month: 10 units, RM67,081 gross, RM50,311 to the owner)
One Antlerzone owner's real monthly statement, opened up: 10 Johor Bahru units made RM67,081 gross in December 2025 and the owner received RM50,311. What the low season looks like, and what each of our three plans would pay.
Read →Guest stories · October 1, 2026 · 6 min read
Problem guests in a Johor Bahru homestay: the deposit rules, guest score and eKYC we built after each one
Running 100-plus units in Johor Bahru and Desaru, we have met every kind of guest - the "2 adults" who arrive as twelve, the checkout that leaves the aircon at 16°C, the mattress found ruined after the deposit was refunded. This is the three-layer defence that came out of it, and what each layer stops.
Read →For homestay owners · October 1, 2026 · 5 min read
Self-managing an Airbnb in Johor Bahru vs handing it to a manager: hours per month, and where the income gap really is
Self-hosting saves the 10-30% management fee and costs about 30-40 hours a month per unit in messages, cleaning and problems. Johor Bahru's market average occupancy is about 43%; some of our managed units ran 100% for five months straight. Both sides of the ledger, side by side.
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