Episodes
Ray Licardo is an STR operator based in the San Jose area. Ray has 10 total properties under management. He shares how he pivoted his business to cater to corporate rentals, and create a business netting $700-$1000 per property by only doing monthly rentals. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str76 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/ki
Published 09/03/20
Today I had the honor of speaking with Jennifer Frankenstein-Harris, CEO and founder of Great Ocean Condos, a vacation rental management company located in New Smyrna Beach, FL. Jennifer's company has grown to 265 rentals since 2008 and is grossing $6 million a year. In this episode, Jennifer shares her experience of falling into vacation rental management, what it was like to scale, the obstacles along the way, and her unique approach to growing her management company. 📝Show Notes ...
Published 08/27/20
TJ is a BRRRR investor and a STR manager based out of Houston area who has 14 units total. He shares his journey of BRRRR investing to master lease investing, how to stand out in a crowded market, and the costs associated with buy and hold investing vs master lease. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str74 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb
Published 08/21/20
Andrew LeBaron is the founder of Buymoretime.com, a management service that charges as low as $99 a month for STRs. He shares how he is able to keep costs so low for his services, and how he has been able to outsource everything to virtual assistants. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str73 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit
Published 08/13/20
We are with Tom & Sofia Sharkey, owners of Lemon Tree BnB, an STR management company in Kansas City. They share their journey on starting and then scaling to 12 units in six months and their unique strategy to finding true value add rental arbitrage properties. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str72 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com
Published 08/06/20
We are with Rich Munroe, founder of Diamond Edge Properties, He shares how tax lien investing works, why the switch to focus on STR management, and why Rich's strategy involves acquiring the largest properties in the area to master lease. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str71 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit
Published 07/30/20
Today, I had the honor of speaking with Anurag Verma, the Co-founder of Pricelabs. Anurag shares his backstory on starting Pricelabs, how dynamic pricing works, different markets and how they are responding, and how to analyze a market to see how it is recovering. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str70 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage
Published 07/23/20
Today, I had the honor of speaking with Mark Simpson, founder of Boostly.co.uk, the 'one-stop-shop' to helping you get direct bookings through website building and education. In this episode, Mark shares the most important aspects of increasing direct bookings and how to drive more traffic to your business. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str69 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb
Published 07/16/20
We are with James Burrows, one of the co-founders of Rentals United. James explains the difference between channel management and PMS, how Rentals United was formed, and the importance of channel diversification. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str68 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit
Published 07/09/20
I had the honor of speaking with Peter Plourde, owner of North Conway Property Management. Peter has 2 properties that he owns and 8 properties that he cohosts all in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Peter started his property management business and in one month scaled from 2 properties that he owned/managed to now cohosting 8 properties.  📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str67 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation
Published 07/02/20
Today we have Brian Tibbs, the owner and CEO of “My Short Term Home,” located in Meridian and Boise, Idaho. Brian shares how he has acquired 19 rentals through buy and holding investing, how he manages properties while living in South America, and how he has been able to survive the covid-19 pandemic. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str66 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb
Published 06/25/20
We have Anthony Keen who started his str property management business 7 months ago, and scaled up to 21 properties. He talks about how important it is to be thorough during the listing stage so you won't have hassles at the reservation stage. 📝Show Notes ⠀ https://shorttermsage.com/str65 ⠀ ⠀ 🌎Join the Host Nation community! ⠀ https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation ⠀ ⠀ 💲 Become a host today. ⠀ https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb ⠀ ⠀ 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. ⠀ htt
Published 06/18/20
We are with Julie George, author of the Million Dollar Host and the founder of Host My Home. She talks about how other people can build their str business to be able to sell it to the right buyers and how to achieve what she calls the "ultimate payday." 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str64 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com
Published 06/11/20
I am with Scott Shatford, founder and CEO of AirDNA.co. Scott talks about what rental arbitrage looked like in 2012, and how AirDNA started. He also talked about how people can utilize the data to successfully run a short term rental business. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str63 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit
Published 06/04/20
We have the special honor of speaking with Matt Landau, Founder of VRMB and the Inner Circle which is an online training resource, Matt shares with us how owners and managers can take advantage of this time to be able to sustain their businesses. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str62 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/ki
Published 05/28/20
I had the honor of speaking with Tim Touchette, President, and Owner of Stay Attache, a corporate housing company that has over 290 units in the DC area. He talks about what corporate housing is and how their business is affected during this time. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str61 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit
Published 05/21/20
We are with Travers Xanthos. He has a portfolio of 24 rental arbitrage properties all located in Nashville, TN. Travers talks about how he was able to be completely hands-off while living in Bali, the secrets he used to get news reporters to promote your properties, and how to find good deals even during uncertain times. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str60 🌎Join the community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 🛒Visit our store https://ShortTermSage.com/store
Published 05/14/20
We are with Jack Forbes, co-founder of Kopa.co, a direct booking site that allows guests to find short and medium-term furnished apartments. He talks about finding businesses that provide corporate clients and getting hosts and renters to their platform. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str59 🌎Join the community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Ready to become a host? https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🛒Visit our store https://ShortTermSage.com/store
Published 05/07/20
In this episode, David Krauss, founder of Rent Responsibly, talks about the importance of getting involved, telling your story, and making sure those stories are captured. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str58 🌎Join the community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Ready to become a host? https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🛒Visit our store https://ShortTermSage.com/store
Published 04/28/20
In this episode, we have the special honors of speaking with Karen and Scott Chenaille who have been in our Success Stories Podcast Ep 44. Karen and Scott inspire us with some of the lessons that they've learned during these difficult times. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str57 🌎Join the community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Ready to become a host? https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🛒Visit our store https://ShortTermSage.com/store
Published 04/23/20
In this episode, Anthony Gantt and Greg Rollins talk about how they went from 2 to 19 properties in 7 months. They share how they come up with creative ways to build their company and help military people invest and make money passively through short term rentals. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str56 🌎Join the community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Ready to become a host? https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🛒Visit our store https://ShortTermSage.com/store
Published 04/16/20
In this episode, we have the honors of speaking with Rick Carlson, who's been in our Success Stories Ep. 26. Rick talks about how crucial it is to diversify your revenue streams to get through whatever hiccup comes along such as this coronavirus pandemic. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str55 🌎Join the community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Ready to become a host? https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🛒Visit our store https://ShortTermSage.com/store
Published 04/09/20
In this episode, we have the special honors of speaking with Jeremy Schmitt. Jeremy shares the 7 steps that short term rental hosts can take to survive this Coronavirus crisis when most are struggling and others have already given up. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str54 🌎Join the community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Ready to become a host? https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🛒Visit our store https://ShortTermSage.com/store
Published 04/03/20
In this episode, Ray and Vanessa Vargas talk about the unusual activities and challenges that their business is encountering and how they are able to get their properties booked for several weeks and months. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str53 🌎Join the community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Ready to become a host? https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🛒Visit our store https://ShortTermSage.com/store
Published 03/25/20
In this episode, John, owner of Jaunt Stays, talks about his entrepreneurial journey where he was hitting obstacles but still able to overcome those, and how to avoid the risks involved in doing short term renting. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str52 🌎Join the community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Ready to become a host? https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🛒Visit our store https://ShortTermSage.com/store
Published 03/12/20