Podcast Episodes

The Long Short: Renting Short & Long Term- with Julie Gates

Episode 103

Should you be focused on short-term or long-term rentals?

Julie Gates is a real estate investor, and while she enjoys the complex world of short-term rentals, she specializes in stays of 30 days or mo…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

How STRs Can Get a Leg Up on the Hotel Industry- with Wil Slickers

Episode 102

We’ve talked about what the short-term rental industry can learn from the hotel industry… but what can Airbnb and other short-term rentals do even better than big chain hotels?

Wil Slickers is the cre…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Creating a Stronger STR Industry Together- with Merilee Karr

Episode 101

Merilee Karr is the founder and CEO of UnderTheDoormat and chairperson of the UK Short Term Accommodation Association. She went all-in on the short-term rental world when she saw an opportunity to st…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Hospitality Tips from an Airbnb Legend- with Chip Conley

Episode 100

What would you do if you could pick the brain of one of the people responsible for Airbnb’s success? Well, you just might have that chance!

New York Times best-selling author Chip Conley is the boutiq…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Leveraging Passive Income for Financial & Time Freedom- with Amanda Williams

Episode 99

Amanda Williams is known as “The Traveling Realtor” because she runs all of her businesses remotely, including a 15-property Airbnb portfolio, and is currently living in Cabo. She helps other real es…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

You Can Become a Million Dollar Host- with Julie George

Episode 98

Julie George is a celebrity in the Airbnb world. She’s the author of “Million Dollar Host” and now a consultant in the STR industry. She listed her first property on Airbnb in 2016 and, less than thr…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Short-Term Rentals are Not Just About Heads in Beds

Episode 97

Excuse us while we get on our soapbox: We are so anti heads-in-beds. We are not about getting as many people into a space as possible to make as much money as possible.

We’ve consulted on properties b…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Create a Space Where Everyone Belongs- with Amy Corbett of All Belong Co

Episode 96

Why are you interested in short-term rental hosting? Like everything in life, hosting is not always easy, and when the hard times inevitably come, you’ll want to be able to look back and remember the…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

SEO Optimization Tips for Your Airbnb- with Kelvin Mah

Episode 95

Do you have a great property with beautiful photos and a fair price that you just KNOW would get more bookings… if you could just get it in front of more eyes?

Kelvin Mah is the founder of RankBreeze,…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago

How to Make Your Short-Term Rental Safe: Top 5 Preventable STR Accidents from 2020- with Justin Ford

Episode 94

When people stay at a rental property, they have an expectation that the property is safe and secure. This is something that we, as hosts, need to make our top priority.

But in 2020, there were severa…

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago