InstaBidsWhat happens when short term rental cleaning services find a repair?
When short term rental cleaning services find a repair, post it as one job from your cleaner's photos. Contractors bid in writing on that scope, with no promise that the work fits between stays. For Washington's short-term rental safety requirements, see RCW 64.37.030 quoted below.
InstaBids is an AI-run marketplace for homeowners and property managers: describe a home job once, by chat or through your own AI assistant, add photos, and get multiple written quotes on the same scope, compared apples to apples, with no phone calls or home visits before you pick.
- Describe it onceBy chat, or through your own AI assistant, and add photos.
- Post it and send itContractors bid in writing on that scope.
- Compare line by lineEvery quote is written against the same scope.
- You chooseContact details stay hidden until you pick and they confirm.
For your AI assistant
MCP connector · REST API · plain HTMLHand any of these to your assistant and it can help you write this job's request; you send the request yourself. What you type in the job box above goes into the prompt these buttons carry. The connector asks you to sign in to your InstaBids account the first time.
- MCP connector URL
https://instabids.ai/api/agent/mcp - Agent API (OpenAPI)
https://instabids.ai/openapi.json - Start-request link
https://instabids.ai/intake?from=property-managers-short-term-rentals&utm_source=us&utm_medium=page&utm_campaign=property-managers&page_type=property-managers&job=short+term+rentals+maintenance - Prompt for any AI, with your job
- ChatGPTOpens with the prompt
- ClaudeOpens with the prompt
- GrokOpens with the prompt
- GeminiCopies the prompt, then opens
Every page is plain HTML. Steps for every assistant: add to your assistant.
What safety items belong on a short-term rental turnover checklist in Washington?
Washington's short-term rental law, as one example, says:
(1) All short-term rental operators who offer dwelling units, or portions thereof, for short-term rental use in the state of Washington must: (a) Provide contact information to all short-term rental guests during a guest's stay. The contact must be available to respond to inquiries at the short-term rental during the length of stay; (b) Provide that their short-term rental is in compliance with RCW 19.27.530 and any rules adopted by the state building code council regarding the installation of carbon monoxide alarms; and (c) Post the following information in a conspicuous place within each dwelling unit used as a short-term rental: (i) The short-term rental street address; (ii) The emergency contact information for summoning police, fire, or emergency medical services; (iii) The floor plan indicating fire exits and escape routes; (iv) The maximum occupancy limits; and (v) The contact information for the operator or designated contact.
What if the cleaner finds a repair on an Airbnb turnover?
Post the repair as one job from the photos your cleaner or co-host sent. If you manage units for several owners, post each owner's repair as its own job and forward the written bids to that owner in your own message. InstaBids does not handle keys or access, and it makes no promise that the work fits between stays.
What should a short-term rental repair request include?
What is broken or being replaced, where, since when, three photos (wide, close, and the label or model plate) and any measurement you have.
Say who meets the contractor, and leave gate and lock codes out.
Which guides answer short-term rental repair questions?
- Does the federal lead paint disclosure rule cover a short-term or vacation rental?
- Does the state inspect Florida vacation rentals, and which lodging safety rules reach them?
- How many contractor quotes should you get?
- What can an Arizona city or town require of a vacation rental owner?
- What does Portland check in rented bedrooms before it issues a short-term rental permit?
- What does the District of Columbia require of a short-term rental host before licensing?
- What is on Vermont's short-term rental safety and health checklist?
- What safety rules must a Washington State short-term rental operator follow?
- What should a written contractor estimate include?
- Which alarms and fire extinguishers does St. Louis require in a short-term rental unit?
- Which safety equipment photos does Alexandria, Virginia want for a short-term rental permit?
- Why do my contractor quotes describe three different jobs?
Sources
How we know: each law on this page is quoted word for word from the official source linked under it, with the date the text was read. What InstaBids does is written from the request form's code, read 2026-10-24. This page is information, not legal advice.
- Revised Code of Washington section 64.37.030, read 2026-10-22
How does a property manager post a repair job?
Property managers can post a rental job on InstaBids today.