On today’s episode of Blue Gems, we’re talking to Jeff Iloulian who is the co-founder of HostGPO. Jeff was intentional in his real estate strategies, and went from arbitraging and vacation rentals, to being the CEO of HostGPO. Listen in to find out how HostGPO helps short term rental managers and how Jeff chose his markets.

Find out more about HostGPO on their website at hostgpo.com

[00:00] Episode intro

[00:41] Show intro

[01:33] Jeff’s real estate journey

[02:55] The current portfolio

[03:30] What’s a group purchasing organization?

[05:09] When to sign up for HostGPO

[06:04] Reasons to go for quality

[08:58] Highest ROI furniture pieces

[11:51] Criteria for partners of HostGPO

[14:04] Advice for hosts: functionality tips

[18:16] Automation tools on HostGPO

[19:31] HostGPO’s journey

[22:06] The size of the HostGPO team

[23:24] Biggest challenges in scaling Host GPO

[25:14] Is Jeff’s portfolio growing?

[26:16] Markets Jeff would be interested in

[29:19] How many markets Jeff is currently in

[30:55] What is a day in Jeff’s life?

[33:42] Where is the short term rental market heading?

[36:38] The last blue gem

[38:56] How to find out more about HostGPO

[39:40] Outro

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