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Steve and Myka bring their wives on the show to talk about the reality of running short-term rentals as a couple. Steve's wife Lupita has taken over cleaning in exchange for the $50 fee and handles turnovers solo while he's at work; Myka's wife Mahogany juggles cleaning between her full-time job and their nanny backup. They discuss occupancy pricing strategy - keeping rates low enough to fill the calendar but high enough to avoid leaving money on the table - and the mechanics of hosting: lock codes texted to plumbers, duplicate-listing features rolling out to court big property managers, and wine bottles left on tables that guests never touch.

The couples also cover what gets left behind (a bottle of Jack Daniels, ranch dressing, six Dos Equis), dealing with fabricated damage claims through three-way calls with resorts, the logistics of renting a whole house for ten hours on Thanksgiving, and Steve's experiment turning his Hurst house into a rotating art gallery with consignment pieces from local artists. Both hosts are working toward buying duplexes by year-end and navigating the tension between corporate housing, nightly Airbnb rates, and the risk of pricing too low when occupancy hits 90 percent.

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