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A $44,000 Insurance Claim and Two Creative Deals That Died
Episode 345
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Myka's $44,000 insurance claim from a water leak rewrote the rules on what property damage coverage can actually do - one call to USA…
4 months, 1 week ago
5 of 6 Rooms Full in a Week: My $25K PadSplit Build
Episode 344
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Steve furnishes a six-bedroom PadSplit for $3,000 using recycled Airbnb furniture, builds out two extra bedrooms and a loft for $12,0…
5 months, 1 week ago
A Burst Pipe, a Denied Claim, and a Spare Key in the Cloud
Episode 343
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Steve faces a burst pipe at his Grand Prairie arbitrage that could cost thousands - and his tenant's Proper Insurance denies the clai…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Vending Machines on a 9–5: “No Card Reader, You Lose 70%”
Episode 342
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Matthew Thompson runs 42 vending machines across Dallas-Fort Worth and shares the hard numbers behind the business. Without a card re…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Health Insurance Is the Only Reason I Haven’t Quit My Job
Episode 341
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$600 a month through the job. About $1,600 a month buying it himself. That $1,000 difference is the entire reason Steve is still cloc…
6 months ago
I Fired My $200 PMS and Run Everything on $40 of AI
Episode 340
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Myka replaced his $200-a-month property management software with $40 in AI subscriptions - Claude and ChatGPT - that now handle prici…
6 months, 1 week ago
"Dalaska" Cold, Pungent PadSplits, & the Austin Real Estate Crash
Episode 338
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Myka details evicting a tenant who left behind a 'pungent' body-odour smell requiring Lysol, Febreze plugins, and an ozone machine to…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Vending Machines in Your PadSplit - and the $550K Crash Pad Near DFW
Episode 337
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Steve returns from a two-week Mexico trip with a business idea sparked by a third-world barbershop upselling drinks, chips, and exten…
9 months ago
Pivoting for 2026: Why I’m Stepping Back From STRs and Refocusing on Long-Term Wealth
Episode 335
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Myka announces a major pivot away from short-term and midterm rentals for 2026, driven by slow holiday bookings, rising overhead cost…
9 months, 1 week ago
Stevie Stacks 2025 Recap: From Airbnb Arbitrage to PadSplit Pro
Episode 336
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Stevie Stacks bought three houses in 2025 - one with a DSCR loan requiring 20% down, and two seller-financed deals with just 6% and 1…
9 months, 1 week ago