Short-stay & mid-term management
Short-stay and mid-term management for Australian property owners.
MetaWise BnB manages short-stay, mid-term and corporate stays for owners across Australia. We are a licensed real-estate business with 17 years in property. Our fee is published on this site, and every month you get a statement that shows what your property earned and what was deducted. We do not promise a guaranteed return.
Licensed
A licensed real-estate business in NSW and Queensland, not a listing service
Since 2009
17 years of experience in property
Australia-wide
Based in Sydney, where we manage the most properties. We also take on properties in other parts of Australia
Distribution
Your property, live on 50+ booking sites
Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia and more — plus our own direct booking site. One calendar, no double bookings.
Airbnb
Expedia
- Google Vacation Rentals
- Airbnb
- Expedia
- Google Vacation Rentals
Also Hotelbeds, BookingPal, Rentals United, Glamping Hub, Smiling House, StayLonger, Reconline. Channel list verified against the MetaWise booking system on 6 September 2026.
How it works
Four steps to get started
You can stop after step one. The estimate is free and there is nothing to sign.
Step 1
Assess
We look at your property, the building, its by-laws and what comparable properties nearby are earning, then tell you what yours should earn. If a long-term lease would pay you more, we say so.
Step 2
Prepare
Furnishing advice, photography, safety equipment, STRA registration and the listing itself. We set the property up once, and we furnish it to last rather than to photograph well.
Step 3
Launch
Your property goes live on Airbnb, Booking.com, our own direct booking site and the corporate and mid-term channels, with nightly rates and minimum stays set for your market.
Step 4
Optimise
We review rates, minimum stays and channels continuously. Cleaning and maintenance run off the same calendar as the bookings. You get a statement every month.
Where we operate
Where we manage
These are the parts of Sydney where we currently manage properties. If yours is somewhere else, ask us — we take on properties across Australia.
Sydney CBD, Haymarket & Darling Harbour
The largest part of our portfolio is here. In the CBD, operational detail decides the return more than the listing photograph does: lifts, loading docks, building access and the city event calendar.
Cronulla & the Sutherland Shire
Cronulla is the most seasonal market we operate in. That makes disciplined pricing and a second source of demand more important here than anywhere else.
Castle Hill & the Hills District
The Hills is not a tourist market and should not be run as one. Its guests are families, relocations and project workers, and properties set up for them earn more than properties styled for a weekend away.
Inner West — Camperdown, Petersham & Earlwood
The Inner West is not a tourist market and does not need to be. Its demand comes from two hospitals, a university, and the people who need to stay near them for weeks at a time. That makes it the best part of Sydney for a mid-term strategy.
Eastern Suburbs — Bondi Junction, Darlinghurst & Rushcutters Bay
Guests pay for location here all year round: the beach, the harbour and the city are all close. The hard work is in the buildings. Which ones permit short-term letting, which have the lift and parking that make a turnover easy, and which will resist you.
Northern Beaches — Seaforth, Balgowlah & Manly surrounds
The Northern Beaches is a house market rather than an apartment market, and many of those houses belong to owners who are away for months at a time. Managed well, a home that sits empty half the year can pay for itself.
Pricing
Two fee tiers, plus custom pricing for buildings
Our management fees are published here. You should not have to sit through a meeting to find out what a manager charges.
20% + GST
Full management
We run the whole operation, including cleaning and maintenance.
15% + GST
Essentials
You arrange cleaning and maintenance; we do everything else.
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Buildings and portfolios
A whole building, a developer's unsold stock or a large portfolio is priced individually. Contact us directly.
- Listing creation and channel distribution, including Airbnb and Booking.com
- Dynamic nightly pricing reviewed against live Sydney demand
- Guest screening, communication and 7-day response
- Turnover cleaning, linen and consumables coordination
- Maintenance triage and trade coordination
- Compliance with the NSW STRA register and the Code of Conduct
Owner reporting
A statement you can check line by line
Every month you get your gross accommodation revenue, then each deduction listed separately in dollars, then your payout. The payout is the revenue minus those lines, so you can add it up yourself. The statement also shows the bookings behind the revenue, your occupancy and the average nightly rate. Costs we do not pay — strata, council rates, insurance and land tax — are listed so you know they sit outside the payout.
Corporate and mid-term
Bookings that fill your mid-week nights
Holiday demand is seasonal. Corporate and relocation guests book around project cycles, and they fill the mid-week nights that holiday bookings leave empty. In NSW, stays of 21 nights or more do not count toward the 180-day cap, so a capped property is better planned across both markets than run until it runs out of days. Day caps and registration rules differ by state and council, and we check the ones that apply to your property before it goes live.
Who you are dealing with
You deal directly with the founder
MetaWise BnB is the short-stay and mid-term arm of MetaWise Property, a licensed real-estate business in Sydney led by Leo Wei. The person who quotes you is the person responsible for the result: whether a guest gets an answer at 11pm, and whether your statement adds up. The same team also manages long-term leases, so if a lease suits your property better, we will tell you.
Questions
Common questions
What does MetaWise charge to manage a property?
There are two tiers. Full management is 20% plus GST and covers everything, including turnover cleaning and maintenance coordination. Essentials is 15% plus GST and includes the same pricing, listings, guest handling and reporting, but you arrange your own cleaner and trades. Turnover cleaning is normally charged to the guest on both. Onboarding starts at AUD 1,000 + GST and is quoted in writing before anything is signed.
How many days a year can I let my property short-term?
It depends where the property is — day caps and registration are set state by state, and sometimes council by council. In Greater Sydney a non-hosted property, with nobody living there during the stay, is capped at 180 days a year; hosted stays have no day cap. Bookings of 21 consecutive days or more do not count toward the 180 days, which is why we plan mid-term stays into the calendar. For a property outside NSW, we check the rules that apply before anything is listed.
Will I earn more than on a long-term lease?
Often, but not always. Most comparisons are done wrongly: a gross booking total is compared against a net rent. We reduce the short-stay figure to what actually lands in your account before comparing, and we will tell you when a lease is the better option.
How long am I locked in?
Management agreements run on a rolling basis with a 60-day notice period. There is no lock-in beyond that notice.
Do you speak Chinese?
Yes. MetaWise operates in English and Simplified Chinese, including owner reporting and guest handling. 我们提供中英文双语服务，包括业主报表与客人沟通。
Find out what your property should earn
Three questions to start. We reply within one business day with an estimated range and the assumptions behind it. If short-stay is not the right choice for your property, we will tell you that too.