Starting an Airbnb? Seminar on Profitable Airbnb and the Right Way to Begin. Airbnb M&A Expands to Individuals with BATONZ IPO. Experts Including Former Banker, Airbnb Investment Specialist, and Popular Airbnb YouTuber (4600 Subscribers) Share Insights.

Is starting an Airbnb obsolete!? Buying an already profitable Airbnb is the right way to start. Airbnb M&A is now accessible to individuals with the BATONZ IPO. Insights from a former banker, an Airbnb M&A expert, and a popular Airbnb YouTuber with 4600 subscribers.

Finance Eye Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka, Representative Director: Takuro Tanaka) will hold a "Practical Airbnb M&A Seminar" on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 1:30 PM. The seminar targets company employees, individual investors, real estate investors, and those considering business investment through M&A platforms, utilizing M&A platforms such as BATONZ and Tranbi.

On April 21, 2026, BATONZ Co., Ltd., which operates the M&A and business succession support platform "BATONZ," was newly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market. This is expected to further increase social attention on small M&A and individual M&A.

However, just because cases can be found on M&A platforms does not mean that all cases are suitable as investment targets.

Especially in Airbnb M&A, looking only at superficial sales and yields can be dangerous. Unless you check sales, profits, occupancy rates, reviews, cleaning systems, operational outsourcing, permits, fire safety, neighborhood relations, reproducibility after transfer, loan evaluation, and exit strategy, there is a risk that "the expected profit will not be achieved," "too much of your time will be taken," or "it cannot be resold" after purchase.

Based on its track record in small M&A support and Airbnb investment support, Finance Eye has been providing accompanying support to help company employees and inexperienced individuals challenge themselves to build income-generating assets by identifying profitable Airbnb properties as "investment targets."

In this seminar, Takuro Tanaka, representative of Finance Eye, a former banker involved in small M&A and Airbnb M&A support, will practically explain how to distinguish "good Airbnb properties to buy" from "bad Airbnb properties to buy," which is necessary in the era of BATONZ and Tranbi.

With the BATONZ IPO, small M&A is expanding to individual investors.

With the BATONZ IPO, small M&A is expanding to individual investors.

Until now, M&A has had a strong image of being conducted by large corporations or small and medium-sized business owners.

However, with the spread of M&A matching platforms, it is now an era where company employees and individual investors can search for M&A cases of small businesses, stores, web services, accommodation businesses, and more.

BATONZ's listing is a major turning point that will make small M&A more widely recognized. In the future, it is expected that not only corporations but also individuals will accelerate the movement of "buying small businesses to earn profits." However, seeing cases on M&A platforms and choosing cases that can succeed as investments are separate issues.

Especially when individual investors or company employees engage in M&A, the following three points are important:

Money Can you start with a manageable investment amount, including self-funding and loans?

Time Can it be operated through outsourcing and systematization, even while holding a main job?

Reproducibility Is there a basis for maintaining sales, profits, and operational systems even after the seller leaves?

Finance Eye focuses on profitable Airbnb properties and Airbnb M&A that become income-generating assets as investment targets that easily satisfy these three points.

Airbnb is shifting from "starting a business" to "buying an already profitable business."

Airbnb is shifting from "starting a business" to "buying an already profitable business."

When people interested in Airbnb search online, they often find information such as "starting an Airbnb," "how to start Airbnb," "hotel business license," and "notification of residential accommodation business."

However, the Airbnb investment proposed by Finance Eye is not just about starting an Airbnb business.

It is an investment in already profitable Airbnb properties, acquired through M&A, that have existing sales, reviews, operational track records, and systems for cleaning, guest support, and OTA operations.

When starting an Airbnb from scratch, there are many challenges: choosing a location, selecting a property, permits, fire safety, interior design, furniture and appliances, cleaning systems, guest support, pricing, acquiring reviews, and selecting an operational outsourcing company.

On the other hand, with profitable Airbnb M&A, investment decisions can be made after checking past sales, profits, occupancy rates, reviews, and operational systems.

In other words, Airbnb M&A is a way to think of Airbnb not as a "side business to start from now," but as an investment to acquire a small, already operating accommodation business.

However, there are also dangerous Airbnb M&A deals.

However, there are also dangerous Airbnb M&A deals.

Airbnb M&A has great potential. However, not all deals are safe.

Just like real estate investment and M&A, there are dangerous Airbnb M&A deals that should never be bought.

For example, the following types of deals:

・Sales may seem high, but little profit remains. ・Annual profits are overstated based only on peak season figures. ・Depends on the seller's operational ability.