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Episode 142: New President, New Rental Rules? Arbigrage VS Owning, STR Management
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Steve picks up his second Dallas arbitrage - a studio he calls the Bluebird - and it books solid from day one. The hosts compare arbitrage speed (furniture in, cash flowing in a week) against the three-month slog of buying, then dive into acquisition strategies: Myka's planning five arbitrages per quarter across Dallas, Houston and Nashville in 2025, all with ten-door minimums to force landlord concessions. A consulting client asks which is better, arb or ownership; Myka says he runs three models now - arbitrage for fast cash, owned properties for long-term wealth, and timeshares (outsourced to Federico). His latest BRRRR came in low on the appraisal but still pulls 64k of the 72k he put in, plus the property already cash-flowed two grand while he waited.
Steve vents about his property manager, Local, who lost a 12-month tenant with zero deposit collected and botched a cleaning handoff that earned a brand-new host a one-star review. The Trump yard sign debate surfaces - a host in the Facebook group got torn apart by a guest over politics - and both agree mixing politics and business costs you half your customers. They close on systems over speed: Myka's holding off on growth until every process is airtight, while Steve shares internet and a Ring subscription with a neighbor's unit and tries to coach the guy through Local's mistakes. Federico gets high praise for running Myka's timeshare operation like a chairman's-award-winning exec, and Sarah's design work lands her gigs in Florida, New York and more.
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