In this episode, we have the special honor of speaking with Travers Xanthos. Travers has a portfolio of 24 properties, 22 of them are rental arbitrage and 2 he owns, all located in Nashville, TN.

Travers had a high paying sales job for 6 years and in 8 months after finding out about Airbnb he already was ready to quit his job with the income he was making from his properties.

In this episode, Travers talks about how he was able to grow his short term rental business in such a fast time period, how he was able to be completely hands-off while living in Bali, the secrets he used to get news reporters to promote your properties, and how to find good deals even during uncertain times.

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In this episode, we have the special honor of speaking with Jack Forbes. Jack is co-founder of Kopa.co, a direct booking site that allows guests to find short and medium-term furnished apartments and hosts with business professionals.

Jack talks about how Kopa started, how they find businesses that provide corporate clients, the challenges of scaling a direct booking site, and how they get hosts and renters to their platform.

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In this episode, we have the special honors of speaking with David Krauss who had been in our Success Stories Ep 31.

David founded Rent Responsibly which focuses on empowering local short-term rental advocates to build a sustainable future for short-term rentals in their community. They help us, people from the short term rental industry make our stories heard which is an opportunity for us to advocate for ourselves.

In this episode, David talks about the importance of getting involved, telling your story, and making sure those stories are captured.

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In this episode, we have the special honors of speaking with Karen and Scott Chenaille who have been in our Success Stories Podcast Ep 44.

Karen and Scott inspire us with some of the lessons that they've learned during these difficult times.

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In this episode, I have the honors of speaking with Anthony Gantt and Greg Rollins. Anthony is based on Texas and an active duty marine who founded At Ease, a booking site for the military, and Greg Rollins, located in California and a marine veteran who founded Righteous Rentals, a property management company for At Ease. They have 19 properties across 3 states.

Greg got into short term rentals while he was still on active duty and ran his properties while he was deployed in Japan. Shortly after he got out of the Marine Corps, he met Anthony, and when they got on their first phone call, they knew they had to team up.

In this episode, Anthony and Greg talk about how they went from 2 to 19 properties in 7 months just through word of mouth. Also, they share how they take their experience military experience to come up with creative ways to build their company and help military people invest and make money passively through short term rentals.

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In this episode, we have the honors of speaking with Rick Carlson, who's been in our Success Stories Ep. 26. Rick talks about how crucial it is to diversify your revenue streams to get through whatever hiccup comes along such as this coronavirus pandemic.

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In this episode, we have the special honors of speaking with Jeremy Schmitt. Jeremy shares the 7 steps that short term rental hosts can take to survive this Coronavirus crisis when most are struggling and others have already given up.

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With everything that has been happening around the globe caused by Coronavirus, we decided to stop doing the Success Stories. Instead, we will be speaking with hosts where they will share their experiences on how they manage their short term rental businesses during these trying times.

In this episode, Ray and Vanessa Vargas talk about the unusual activities and challenges that their business is encountering and how they are able to get their properties booked for several weeks and months.

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In this episode, we have the special honors of speaking with John Bianchi. John is the owner of Jaunt Stays where he manages 10 properties, 7 are rental arbitrage and 3 are co-host units located in Chicago and Scottsdale. John talks about his entrepreneurial journey where he was hitting obstacles but still able to overcome those. He also talks about the risks involved in doing short term renting and shares some tips on how to avoid those.

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In this episode, we have the special honors of speaking with Tom Lewis. Tom is a full-time professional tennis coach. Five years ago, he was looking for a way to get extra money for his pension, and that's how he got into short term rentals. Now, Tom manages 9 properties, three of which he owns, 4 rental arbitrage and 2 co-host units.

Tom talks about how he was able to get 49% of his bookings with direct bookings, and how his job as a tennis coach has helped him in building a reliable team of cleaning and maintenance staff. ⌛Want early bird access to our upcoming Rental Arbitrage & Cohosting training program? Join the waitlist at http://shorttermsage.com/earlybird

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