Getting started as an operator: onboarding and your dashboard

Zi-Find helps short-term and mid-term rental operators find properties where the landlord has already agreed, in writing, to a sublease. After you sign up you answer a few setup questions, see a snapshot of your market, and land on your Dashboard, which is your home base for everything else.

Step 1: The setup questions

When you first sign in, a short setup flow walks you through five quick steps (about three minutes):

1. Welcome. An overview of the three things you will do: set your criteria, submit properties, and track everything.
2. What are you looking for? Add the markets you are targeting (cities or metros), your monthly rent range, bedrooms, and the kind of rental you run: STR / Airbnb, mid-term rentals (30+ day stays), or corporate housing. You can change all of this later.
3. How submissions work. A walkthrough of what happens after you paste a Zillow link: we identify the owner, reach out, and every update shows up in your dashboard.
4. Your first property (optional). Paste a Zillow URL to start right away, or choose Skip this step.
5. Where to find everything. A tour of your dashboard, Messages, and account and billing. Click Go to dashboard to finish.

Step 2: Your market snapshot

Right after you subscribe, you may see a "You're in" screen showing what is already happening in your market: realtors active on Zi-Find, owner-direct listings, total active listings, and a few realtors you can reach out to. These counts come from the live database. Click Go to your dashboard when you are ready.

Step 3: Learn your dashboard

The operator Dashboard pulls the important things into one page. From top to bottom you will typically see:

• Getting started checklist. Watch the welcome video, submit your first property, connect with your first owner, and save your first market.
• What you're looking for. Tell us a market and your criteria so the finder network can go after it. See Tell us what you're looking for.
• Discover. Shortcuts to browse approved properties and to compare markets.
• Your next actions. Submissions that need something from you, labelled Next step, Recommended, or Suggested.
• What we're working on and What's happening on your properties. The latest update on each property you submitted.
• Recent submissions. Your five most recent properties with their status.

Your sidebar

The operator menu has: Dashboard, Marketplace, Submissions, Market Insights, Messages, More on Zi-Find, Account, and Labs. Elite Host members also see Check an address. A separate Services group holds Find a co-host, Find a vendor, and Find a finder. On a phone, the bottom bar shows Dashboard, Find, Submit, and Messages, and everything else is under More.

Good to know

• Zi-Find is a marketplace, not a brokerage. You pay a flat subscription for access. We take no cut of your lease or your rent, and any deal is between you and the landlord.
• Nothing on Zi-Find is legal advice. Before you run a short-term rental anywhere, check the lease, the HOA rules, and the city's own rules, and talk to a licensed professional if you are unsure.
• Add your mobile number in Account so we can text you when a property you submitted is confirmed. Deals on approved properties move fast.

Can I change my markets later?

Yes. Your criteria are not locked in. Update them under Account then My criteria, or post a new request under What you're looking for on the dashboard.

Where do I get help?

Sign in and open Help, or use the chat bubble in the bottom corner of the app.