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Episode 14: Special Guest James Carlson, Prime Res/Airbnb Hybrids, and High Times in Denver!
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James Carlson, Denver's self-described 'Airbnb guy', breaks down how hosts navigate the city's owner-occupancy law - some fly under the radar, others install a tenant in a basement unit and have that tenant rent out the top floor as their own primary residence. He shares how pot tourism drives bookings, why he price-tests on VRBO at $50 to $100 more per night than Airbnb, and how he turned condos with restrictive HOAs into corporate rentals earning 50% more than traditional leases by marketing to traveling nurses on Craigslist.
The conversation covers Denver's restrictive short-term rental laws, workarounds through tenant house-hacking, furnished corporate rentals versus Airbnb cash flow, the difference between VRBO and Airbnb pricing and clientele, furnishing on a budget via Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, the debate over dynamic pricing apps, pot-friendly listings and the clientele they draw, and James's transition from investigative journalism to real estate and teaching Airbnb workshops at Denver bars.
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