This episode's guest is Paul Kromidas the founder of Summer. Paul and his team have created a "try it before you buy it" vacation home business where they provide multiple ways to acquire a short-term vacation rental.  Paul is an Airbnb alumni, with deep experience growing and scaling venture-backed hospitality businesses. Summer has raised over $13 million in seed financing from leading venture capital firms and investors such as QED, Lightspeed, 1Sharpe Capital, Firstminute Capital, and the founding team of Casper. This episode we discuss the Summer model and talk about the different ways to buy and own a vacation home with the company. We talk about how the short-term rental market is evolving and why it is important to have an expert on your side when looking at short-term rental investments. Lastly, we dive into the tech summer uses, why they are a hospitality focused business and what they are doing to stand out with their property management. Hope you enjoy the show! Paul's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulKromidas My Energy company's website: www.ancova.com Our Broken Bow Development Website: www.MountainForkResort.com  Max's Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_gagliardi Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/Always_Building tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@max.gagliardi YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@max_gagliardi