This week Luke is joined by another Luke! Lucas Piper joins STRM to discuss his experience owning Five Star Vacation Home Rentals and managing 25 vacation rental units. They discuss new STR legislation in Austin, Texas, what it's like managing STRs in residential neighborhoods, Luke's 10 year goals for property management and more.

How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

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This week Luke is joined by Kelsey, an agent with the short-term shop, to talk about her experience in short-term rental management. She shares how she and her husband bought a cabin in the Smokies and a property in Crystal Beach. Kelsey discusses the challenges they faced in finding the right property and the bidding process. They also discuss the benefits of setting up personalized real estate searches and negotiating seller contributions.

How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

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 This week Luke is joined by a Short Term Shopper, Calvin Hawke! Calvin shares his story of how he ended up in real estate and shares a horror story about the time that his FIRST guest ever had bedbugs! Tune in to see how it worked out for him!

How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

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This week Luke is joined by Chuck Kramer to discuss the different pillars of a great STR listing. They discuss the importance of crafting your headline, updating your description and more. Tune in to hear a breakdown of each of the 5 pillars. 

How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

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This week Luke is joined by Bill Faeth for a laidback conversation about their experiences in short term rentals, cohosting, and more. They talk about some recent challenges Bill has faced when purchasing a new property, the growing struggle for middle ground properties, the success of drive-in vacation markets and more. 

After leaving UCLA, Bill pursued a career playing professional golf internationally before venturing into entrepreneurship. He successfully established a multi-million dollar glow-in-the-dark golf business, restaurants, real estate development, and as an investor. However, Bill’s interest in real estate investing was piqued when he visited Gulf Shores, AL, to search for a family beach house, prompting a shift in his investment focus from LTR to STR. 

He started in 2015 with the purchase of his first STR in Gulf Shores for $629,000 and quickly increased rental income by 93% in year one while self-hosting for the first time and implementing off-platform marketing strategies from running over $15M in digital ads.

After this success, Bill quickly started growing his STR portfolio and has accumulated luxury single-family homes in five states, generating over $2.5M in annual revenue. He is a founding partner in Rivan Capital Group, a Cohost of 13 luxury properties, and operates four additional businesses.

How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

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This week Luke is joined by Dale Smith, a successful short-term rental management professional in the United Kingdom. With over 900 properties under management, Dale's company, Host and Stay, has experienced rapid growth since its founding in 2018. They discuss Dale's goal of reaching 5,000 properties by 2025. They also talk about management processes and tech stacks for a large company as well as what day to day operations look like when running a company of that size.

How to connect with Dale:

https://hostandstay.co.uk/who-we-are/

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How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

 - https://amzn.to/3Adg6PA

This week we are coming at you with a little bonus episode where we're going to do some math and figure out what it takes to quit your W2! We'll be using what Luke has coined as the "Freedom Formula". 

How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

 - https://amzn.to/3Adg6PA

On this week's episode Luke is joined once again by Pavan Mediratta. They discuss the evolution of short-term rental management over the years. They talk about the changes and advancements in technology, such as pricing software, and the importance of caring for guests and providing a memorable vacation experience. They also touch on the topic of saturation and finish off by reading some listener mail!

How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

 - https://amzn.to/3Adg6PA

This week Luke is joined by another long time friend and Godfather of 1031 exchange, Dave Foster. Dave shares his story on how he ended up living on and raising his children on a boat for over a decade. They discuss the power of the 1031 exchange, tax advantages of owning multiple properties, how to maximize your retirement strategy asnd more.

Dave's book: Lifetime Tax-Free Wealth: The Real Estate Investor's Guide to The 1031 Exchange

How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

 - https://amzn.to/3Adg6PA

This week Luke is joined by a short term rental OG and long time friend, Pavan Mediratta! Luke and Pavan discuss the challenges and misconceptions surrounding Vrbo bookings and share strategies to get more exposure on the platform. They also chat about the history or VRBO, why you need to be listing your properties on multiple platforms, getting kicked off of AirBNB and more!

How to connect with Luke:

The Short Term Shop - https://theshorttermshop.com/

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For more information on how to get into short term rentals, read Avery Carl's Book, Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties

 - https://amzn.to/3Adg6PA