Last September 14th, in our BNB FB Live we had a chat with Jason to discuss his short term rental portfolio in Florida. Jason is a seasoned real estate executive with over 28 years of real estate experience. Most notably in leadership/project management, repositioning projects, development, real estate finance, asset management, and build-out of a short-term rental portfolio in Florida. Jason has a proven track record of achieving revenue, profit, and business growth. He has been successful in driving results in both the operational and financial spectrums of real estate.

As the owner of a Real Estate Project Management firm, Jason has serviced clients from small non-profits to Fortune 500 corporations in Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Texas, and Florida markets. The firm focuses on real estate consulting, project discovery, and investment analysis.

Since 1995 he has worked on major projects that include: sports stadiums/pro sports practice facilities, convention centers, hotels, theatres, hospitals, airport cargo facilities, office buildings, student housing, grocery-anchored strip malls, grocery cold storage facilities, residential development, multifamily housing, land development, condo conversions, Billion Dollar Oil & Gas projects, landman and engineering services. Add in 12 years of corporate procurement experience that includes writing and managing Corporate Supplier Inclusion Plans. This spectrum of experience culminates in Jason’s savvy vision of recognizing opportunities, commitment to risk mitigation, and adaptability to changing markets and economies.

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Join Rich Munroe last Thursday on BNB Investing Live to review the Short Term Regulations across the country. Rich Munroe is an Air BNB Ambassador and Community Leader with over twenty years of experience acquiring and improving distressed real estate of over four hundred properties. Mr. Munroe is the managing member of Diamond Edge Properties, an Atlanta-based real estate investment firm that specializes in the acquisition, management, and hosting of short-term rental properties in Georgia and Florida growing a portfolio of up to seventy-five properties. Rich provides coaching and consulting services on short-term rentals with BNB Investing Group.

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We have discuss his experience and journey of starting his short term rental business and growing with the rental arbitrage model in Atlanta. Tim has a decade of experience in the dynamic world of ecommerce, he has honed his skills and expertise in the online marketplace. When he is not immersed in the world of online business, you can find him indulging in my favorite hobby – conquering virtual realms through video games. Tim’s journey has also led him to the realm of real estate, where he has spent over two years navigating the intricate landscape and dedicating five years to studying its nuances. While he briefly embarked on an engineering education at Georgia State University with aspirations to transfer to GA Tech, his unyielding passion and dreams led him to drop out and embark on an exciting journey of pursuing his aspirations with real estate.

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John Stokinger, Director of Sales at Direct Software to talk about Property Management Systems and Channel Management. Previous to Direct, John has worn many hats in the Vacation Rental industry including Distribution, Payment Processing, Visual Marketing, and Enterprise Property Management Software consultation. John is also co-host of the No BS short-term rental podcast.

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Shani Franklin is the National Growth & Partnership Manager for PadSplit, the country's largest co-living marketplace designed specifically for the workforce. Passionate about homelessness prevention and real estate investing, she works with investors to provide profitable and affordable housing across the country.

Prior to PadSplit, she spent seven years in tech working for CoStar Group, the world's leading provider of information and marketing solutions for the commercial Real Estate industry. During her time as a Client Relationship Manager and Advertising Executive, she consulted with local municipalities, developers, owners, investors as well as national brokerage firms on acquisitions, dispositions, lease-up strategies, and multi-million dollar investments. Before that, she worked as a Lending Operations Officer with Trust Bank for nine years building and executing strategic initiatives, and assisting clients with their lending needs. 

Shani earned a bachelor's degree from Georgia State University, where she studied Public Policy & Management with a concentration in Urban Planning & Economic Development. She is dedicated to giving back to the community: she sits on the Advisory Board of the Gateway Center homeless shelter, sits on the Board of Directors for African American Real Estate Professionals (AAREP of Atlanta, is a Center for Leadership alum at the Urdan Land Institute and an active member of CREW Commercial Real Estate Women. Shani lives in Atlanta, CA with her husband and two children and enjoys traveling, cycling, and yoga in her spare time.

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Last July 27th on this week's FB Live we have a chat about the current state of the short-term rental market with Jamie Lane from AirDNA. Jamie Lane is the Chief Economist and SVP of Analytics at AirDNA, the go-to source for short-term rental data and insights. With 10+ years of experience as an economist in the hospitality industry, Jamie’s research leadership has helped the whole STR industry understand the drivers of success.

Jamie is a leading voice of authority on the health and outlook for the STR industry: on top of co-hosting AirDNA’s own podcast, the STR Data Lab, he is a regular contributor to international media outlets such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Bloomberg, providing exclusive analysis and forecasts of the industry to global audiences. His groundbreaking contributions to the STR space and dedication to promoting data-driven decision-making to the forefront of the industry were recognized in 2023 with the Innovator/Disruptor award at the highly regarded Shortyz Awards.

Before joining AirDNA, Jamie spent 10 years at CBRE, ultimately as Sr. Director of Economics and Forecasting, leading a team of economists and data scientists to support industry analysis. Jamie holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Georgia and a Master of Science in Business Economics from Georgia State University.

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Andrew Bate, CEO and co-founder, saw sophisticated homeowners leaving their secondary homes empty for up to 48 weeks each year because they were worried about letting internet strangers sleep in their beds. Andrew set out to build a team of travel, insurance, technology, and data science experts to create a product that improved the chance of a safe stay and protected homeowners and property managers in case things went wrong.

Today, we’ve partnered with the best insurance carriers, background check, and short-term rental technology providers to create an ecosystem of trust, care, and data to make the sharing economy safer than ever.

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Brandon Thompson is the founder and Managing Member of The Live Oak Capital LLC. Brandon oversees the company’s acquisitions and business-development activities. He also directs Live Oak’s overall investment strategy. He brings over 20 years of experience in real estate development, general management, and scale to the company.

Before The Live Oak Capital, LLC, Brandon was the founder and CEO of 3 enterprising real estate businesses; Investor Network, Swift Change Real Estate, and Heritage Oaks Realty, where he originated the concepts, developed the operating plan, bought and sold over 1,500 parcels of real property, and raised over $25MM in private capital from investors from all over the world. Brandon currently holds an active qualifying broker’s license in the state of Ga.
Brandon is also currently, the managing member in his STR property management company Southern Charm Vacay which he owns 20 homes privately and 5 homes that the company manages. He also owns the short term rental specialized brokerage STR Wealth Brokers which specializes in short term rentals and helping buyers purchase and sellers list houses in the North Ga mountains and in Coastal Ga.

This interaction with people, real estate, and finances has led Brandon to host many meetings that have opened the doors with new clients and many of his existing peers…When not working on his current businesses, Brandon mentors and coaches in the real estate space through his counsel, and many of his clients have created 6 figure businesses of their own…

Brandon loves to hike, listen to jazz, indulge in fine red wine, and has a love for independent films… Brandon has two daughters and married his high school sweetheart, and has been married for 20 years.

Brandon’s mission is to inspire, educate, and give people hope!

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Kate (Barnett) Kirschner is a revenue management product strategy specialist with a passion for helping property managers and owners grow their businesses. Prior to joining Beyond she worked at Vrbo consulting on OTA optimization strategies and at Vintory supporting property managers in their acquisition efforts. Kate quite literally lives and breathes this industry. In fact, she and her husband gave up their home at the height of the pandemic and had been living exclusively in vacation rentals across the country until just two weeks ago. 

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Tarrian M. Grant, a member of the BNB Investing Program Community talks about her short-term rental business. Tarrian M. Grant affectionately known as “Tarri” is a Professional Bridal Consultant and Certified Travel Agent. Her love for planning special events started back in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland over 25 years ago. When Tarri moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 2006 she made a conscious decision that she wanted to become a specialist in planning luxury weddings. Tarri enrolled in a consulting program at Ashworth University receiving her Professional Bridal Consultant certification in March 2009, and she finished the program at the top of her class and received recognition by the Georgia Alpha Chapter of the Delta Epsilon Tau National Honor Society.  Tarri also holds a master’s degree in social work which increases her ability to not only be an exceptional Bridal Consultant but a compassionate and trustworthy friend and confidant to her clients. 

In 2013 Tarri added travel to her expertise so that she could confidently plan her couple’s honeymoon vacations and continue those relationships with a lifetime of family trips. In October 2019, Tarri was given a vision that she would serve her clients with a higher level of hospitality. While now being an expert in her craft of planning destination weddings across the Caribbean islands, Tarri is in the beginning stages of launching vacation rental homes with plans to own properties across the United States and internationally.

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