Short Term Rental Secrets Podcast
227 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsThe Short Term Rental Secrets Podcast is dedicated to providing actionable content to help new and seasoned real estate investors launch, automate and scale their Airbnb business and fast track their journey to financial freedom. You can enjoy the podcast and other free resources at www.STRsecrets.com
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Ep 27 - From CPA to doing over 1000 Flips and STR's with Mathew Owens
November 23, 2020 14:17 - 1 hourGUESTS BIO Mathew Owens - is a CPA and owner of OCG Properties, LLC BA in Economics w/ Emphasis in Accounting from UC Santa Barbara Certified Public Accountant, 2002 Bought, renovated and sold or held over 700+ single-family properties Currently buying 5+ single-family rental properties per month Acquire and operate value add multifamily properties Private Lender with over $10M+ lent in multiple markets across the U.S. Raised over $75 million in private investors capital Currently own over 1...
Ep 26 - How to Create a Memorable Guest Experience with Hospitality Experts Antonio Pibia & Dominique de Groot
November 16, 2020 14:00 - 54 minutesGUESTS BIO Antonio & Dominique is involved in hospitality on various fronts. Together they own Guestxinside, a company that focuses on the psychological aspects of the customer/guest journey. They inspire brands to be memorable, creating profitable customer journeys, and train staff accordingly. Antonio also owns an Italian restaurant with his brother in the Netherlands. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 06:56 Antonio & Dominique’s introduction 07:58 How they started their company. 16:34 Why ...
Ep 25 - Buying 130 apartments at 26 and maximizing cash flow with short term rentals with Adrian Salazar
November 09, 2020 12:45 - 45 minutesGUESTS BIO Adrian Salazar - has a portfolio of 6 short-term rentals and they are all in the apartment complexes that he owns. He has created processes and systems to automate the operations so that he can continue focusing on growing his portfolio and maximizing his returns. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 03:32 Adrian’s introduction 05:06 How Adrian got into real estate in general. 10:11 Folks that are growing, scaling and doing big things all invest in personal development. 12:34 What A...
Ep 24 - Short Term Rental Horror Stories & The Lessons Learned (Halloween Special)
November 02, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutesHOSTS BIO Michael Sjogren - Michael is a short-term rental expert and coach. He has a portfolio of STR properties across 5 states as well as an oceanfront boutique hotel. Michael brings a wealth of finance, business, and real estate experience. He is passionate about helping others create financial independence through real estate so they can pursue their passions and leave their mark on the world. Emanuele Pani - Commercial and Residential Real Estate Consultant at Signature International ...
Ep 23 - How to 10X Your Rental Income; From $600 to $6,000/Month with Addison Ricci
October 26, 2020 13:00 - 38 minutesGUESTS BIO Addison Ricci - is a new real estate investor with huge aspirations. After spending nearly a decade in video production he decided to try his hand at real estate investing to build passive income. He currently owns 2 short-term rental properties in Knoxville, TN (while living in Florida), and plans to expand and acquire more over the next couple of years. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 04:30 Addison’s background 07:52 What Addison learned ever since they started the business in ...
Ep 22 - Financially Free at 9 STR Units Using Creative Financing with Scott & Heidi Huggins
October 19, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutesGUESTS BIO Scott Huggins - Buy’s apartment communities in strong economic markets in the Southeast. We have over 21 years of experience in real estate investing. We are experts in short term rentals (STR) and 4 time Airbnb Superhost and recently earned Airbnb's highest status as AirPlus designated host. Heidi Huggins - Heidi Huggins is a successful Realtor working with one of the top real estate firms in the nation. She also is working toward partnering with investors for commercial and mul...
Ep 21 - 5 Things to Consider When Buying a Short Term Rental Property
October 12, 2020 13:04 - 36 minutesHOSTS BIO Mike Sjogren - Michael is a short-term rental expert and coach. He has a portfolio of STR properties across 5 states as well as an oceanfront boutique hotel. Michael brings a wealth of finance, business, and real estate experience. He is passionate about helping others create financial independence through the real estate so they can pursue their passions and leave their mark on the world. Emanuele Pani - Commercial and Residential Real Estate Consultant at Signature International...
Ep 20 - Maximizing Your Profits Through Dynamic Pricing with PriceLabs Co-Founder Anurag Verma
October 05, 2020 13:00 - 48 minutesGUEST BIO Anurag Verma - co-founded PriceLabs five years ago to bring revenue management automation prevalent in airlines and hotels into the vacation and short-term rental industry. He has spent six years designing and improving revenue management algorithms and systems at United Airlines in Chicago while working closely with revenue managers and data scientists within the company. He has a Ph.D. in Operations Research and loves all things numbers. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 03:44 Anurag’...
Ep 19 - Treating your properties like a business with Alon Eitan
September 28, 2020 14:23 - 36 minutesGUEST BIO Alon Eitan is the Director of Strategy and Business Development at Guesty, a short-term property management platform. In this role, Alon is responsible for designing Guesty's strategy and generating new business opportunities within Guesty's marketplace. Prior to this role, Alon was the Senior Business Analyst at Claltech, responsible for >$500m in transaction value. Earlier in his career, Alon served as Manager at PwC / Strategy& leading cross sector strategy, consulting prospects...
Ep 18 - Building Your Financial Freedom Plan With Financial Advisor & STR Host Alan Franks
September 21, 2020 13:56 - 52 minutesGUEST BIO Alan Franks is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and is the owner of The Mill Financial Partners. With each of our clients we discuss building wealth through real estate, and share my experience being hesitant about being an Airbnb host until he joined Mike's Short Term Rental Secrets Mastermind. Now Alan's helped clients purchase their dream mountain homes and beach homes all while building their net worth and increasing their cash flow. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 04:55 Alan’s...
Ep 17 - STR Secrets - Automation & Optimizing Your Guest Experience with Hostfully Co-Founders Margot Schmorak & David Jacoby
September 14, 2020 13:00 - 57 minutesGUEST BIO "MARGOT SCHMORAK, CO-FOUNDER + CEO Margot is CEO and Co-Founder of Hostfully. She has spent her career working on community-driven products that help businesses and entrepreneurs get closer to their customers. Prior to Hostfully, Margot worked at Apple, leading marketing initiatives for the first iPhone Developer Program before taking the reins at ServiceSource (NASDAQ: SREV) as VP of Marketing and Strategy. In her free time, Margot is an avid traveler, having visted Yunnan (Chin...
Ep 16 - STR Secrets - Why Owning a Real Estate [Business] Will Get You Rich
September 07, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutesHOSTS BIO Mike Sjogren - Michael is a short-term rental expert and coach. He has a portfolio of STR properties across 5 states as well as an oceanfront boutique hotel. Michael brings a wealth of finance, business and real estate experience. He is passionate about helping others create financial independence through real estate so they can pursue their passions and leave their mark on the world. Emanuele Pani - Commercial and Residential Real Estate Consultant at Signature International Real...
Ep 15 - STR Secrets - 0 - 23 STR Listings in 6 Months with Austin Linney
August 31, 2020 12:59 - 52 minutesGUEST BIO Austin Linney is a former service industry veteran of 20+ years, turned serial entrepreneur, real estate investor, mindset and business coach. He is the host of the weekly podcast, Construct Your Life With Austin Linney. When he’s not building businesses, growing his expansive network of who’s who in the leading industries, providing massive value each week with his podcast or helping his coaching clients achieve a breakthrough, he can be found training for and competing in Ironman...
Ep 14 - STR Secrets - Using Data to Find the Perfect Short Term Rental with Rory Cummins
August 24, 2020 13:54 - 50 minutesGUEST BIO Rory Cummins grew up in Charlotte NC & studied business at ASU. He spent the next 8 yrs as a project manager in new home construction though I later moved into sales. After a few years, he decided to leave the US to fulfill a dream of world travel which took me through 5 continents over 1-1/2 years. The experience was life changing, and he met my wife while traveling & ended up back in Charlotte. In the past few years he's flipped 21 homes, grown a Realtor business, managed Airbnbs...
Ep 13 - STR Secrets - Thinking Biggest & Building Multiple Streams of Income with Len Giancola
August 17, 2020 13:00 - 42 minutesGUEST BIO Len Giancola - has over 25 years of experience in Executive Management and Business Ownership. Formerly a Managing Director of Global Securities Finance in New York, responsible for a $16 billion trading portfolio, he is now an Officer/Board Member of over 30 corporations. With well over $100 million in sales over the last decade, including a successful residential development company, vacation rental property management company and diversified investment and online technology por...
Ep 12 - STR Secrets - Millionaire Insights in Hospitality & Real Estate with Matty Aitchison
August 10, 2020 13:33 - 45 minutesGUEST BIO Matt Aitchison is a real estate investor, business coach, speaker and philanthropist. He’s flipped hundreds of houses, built a Top 1000 real estate team in the U.S, and now focuses solely on scaling his passive income portfolio made up of commercial strip centers, a hotel, and single family rentals. Matt is extremely passionate about helping others create more wealth, freedom, and fulfillment in their life and business through real estate investment opportunities and is also the ho...
Ep 11 - STR Secrets - The Pros and Cons of a Blended Portfolio of Short, Mid & Long Term Rentals with Jay Perry
August 03, 2020 13:00 - 48 minutesGUEST BIO Jay (Jaronda) Perry has been active in residential real estate for over 15 years. She bought her first house at 23, and worked for a boutique firm before starting her own property management and brokerage firm called Prosperity Homes in 2011. Prosperity Homes has a unique business model. The company signs a lease with the property owner that gives the company the right to sublet while the owner gets guaranteed rent for up to three years. Ms. Perry deeply enjoys turning houses into ...
Ep 10 - STR Secrets - Scaling to 200 Units & Launching a Guest Screening Software with Anton Zilberberg
July 27, 2020 13:00 - 51 minutesGUEST BIO Anton Zilberberg - Started his professional hosting career when he was traveling around the world and renting his apartment on airbnb. He brings a tech background so he started building tools to optimize his listings which turned into a property management with over 200 properties at its peak. Realizing the need for trust and safety within his space, he’s now helping the largest companies in the world, to protect their assets, validate their guests and reduce fraud through a compan...
Ep 9 - STR Secrets - From 0 to 130 Properties and $8M in Bookings in 3 Years With Julie George
July 20, 2020 13:00 - 44 minutesGUEST BIO Julie George is the author of the “Million Dollar Host” and is now a consultant in the short term rental industry. She listed her first property on Airbnb in 2016 and in less than 3 years she was managing 130 properties on Airbnb for property owners and had amassed an excess of 8 million dollars in bookings. In late 2019 she sold her property management business to a larger company. She is now considered one of the world's leading experts in Short term rentals and consults other en...
Ep 8 - 4 Steps to Building Your Dream Short Term Rental Business
July 13, 2020 13:51 - 36 minutesHOSTS BIO Mike Sjogren - Michael is a short-term rental expert and coach. He has a portfolio of STR properties across 5 states as well as an oceanfront boutique hotel. Michael brings a wealth of finance, business and real estate experience. He is passionate about helping others create financial independence through real estate so they can pursue their passions and leave their mark on the world. Emanuele Pani - Commercial and Residential Real Estate Consultant at Signature International Real...
Ep 7 - STR Secrets - Converting an 1800s Jail Into An Airbnb With Nicholas Spohn
July 06, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutesGUEST BIO Nicholas Spohn has devoted his life to all things personal development. Through studying health, spirituality, psychology, hypnosis, NLP, reiki and various other modalities he has created a comprehensive system to understand what drives human behavior. Nicholas is also an Airbnb super-host and creative financing expert. Most recently, he recently purchased an 1800’s jail which was converted into a bed and breakfast called Elkader JailHouse Inn. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 02:58 Ni...
Ep 6 - STR Secrets - How to Let Go of Control And Hire A Team To Run Your Short Term Rental With Kristin Saxton
June 29, 2020 17:00 - 40 minutesGUEST BIO Kristin Saxton - A seasoned short-term rental host living in Texas while running her “Secret Garden” property in South Florida. She’s a free-spirited, detail-oriented person who loves hospitality and providing her guests with a 5 star experience all while living out of state. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 03:58 Kristin’s background and how she got into the business 10:56 How she found her co-host 13:57 Her plans on getting more units and how she maintains her customer service 1...
Ep 5 - STR Secrets - The State of the STR Industry & Renting Responsibly with David Krauss
June 24, 2020 17:00 - 48 minutesGUEST BIO David Krauss has been in the real estate space since 2012 and started flipping houses and condos in Boston and realised the potential of putting them on airbnb early on. Everything was going great until some people threw a massive party on his property and got a letter from the City which triggered him to go out and co-found the company NoiseAware. And just over a year or so he again found Rent Responsibly. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 06:01 What triggered him to think about short ...
Ep 4- STR Secrets Podcast - How to Triple Your Rental Income With Short Term Rentals with Bernie Cesareo. Hosted by Michael Sjogren & Emanuele Pani
June 22, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutesGUEST BIO Bernie Cesareo A.K.A. the “Airbnbguy” of Ohio. A Host and a co host and has a bunch of Short term rental properties. He was a traditional real estate investor, buying and holding, long term leases. He then converted one of his long term rentals into short term rentals. He also has 5 more opportunities that he’s currently looking at. He’s been in real estate for about 30 years with 4 long term rentals as well as ownership interest in 79 apartment doors. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 0...
Ep 3 - STR Secrets - Building Wealth With Short Term Rentals While Working a Full Time Job
June 17, 2020 17:00 - 1 hourGUEST BIO Christina Robinson - Has a full time job in finance. Works as a senior analyst inc. She got into Vacation rentals for about 6 - 7 years now. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 03:55 Christina’s background and how she got into the business 09:18 2 different styles of short term rental operators 14:20 Christina’s ultimate goal in the STR business 19:25 You don’t need to quit your job if you don’t have to 23:05 Is your 401-K enough after retirement? 25:17 Be around people that ...
Ep 2 - STR Secrets - Building a Luxury Vacation Rental Management Empire with Dani Fattizzi
June 15, 2020 17:00 - 51 minutesGUEST BIO Dani Fattizzi - A lady boss in the vacation rental management industry. She is grown in many ways, her business is booming right now. She has a wealth of knowledge in short term rentals and has built her business from the ground up to 32 units in 2 years. She has a wealth of knowledge in short term rentals and has built her business from the ground up to 32 units in 2 years. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 03:55 Dani’s background and how she got into the business 09:50 Her current s...
Ep 1 STR Secrets - Welcome to Short Term Rental Secrets with Michael Sjogren and Emanuele Pani
June 08, 2020 17:00 - 17 minutesHOSTS BIO Mike Sjogren - Michael is a short-term rental expert and coach. He has a portfolio of STR properties across 5 states as well as an oceanfront boutique hotel. Michael brings a wealth of finance, business and real estate experience. He is passionate about helping others create financial independence through real estate so they can pursue their passions and leave their mark on the world. Emanuele Pani - Commercial and Residential Real Estate Consultant at Signature International Real...