The short-term rental market has experienced a significant growth in the past years, by increasing its market share in the accommodation sector. Professional hosts are playing an increasingly dominant role, by perfecting skills to successfully outperform the market. The thesis revolves around the study of the differences between professional and non-professional hosts, with a particular focus on neighborhood location, seasonal market fluctuations, seasonal trends and economic segment of the listings. By employing a dataset of Airbnb listings from the city of Turin spanning across 7 years, we examine whether professional hosts are able to achieve higher RevPAN (Revenue per Available Night) and how this benefit differs across the factors previously mentioned.