Today I had the honor of speaking with Farhan Abbasi. Farhan is based out of Boston Massachusetts and runs a coworking space called Coalition Downtown while also managing a portfolio of 15 properties also located in the Boston area.

Farhan has been in the rental arbitrage subleasing space since 2012 and throughout his short term rental ventures managed 40 properties but has had to scale back to due to tightening regulations.

In this success story, Farhan shares transitioning from climbing the corporate ladder in Accounting and Finance to leaving the rat race and taking up self-employment and hospitality, the steps to building systems that allow him to manage his properties part-time, and the challenges of tightening city regulations and having to dissolve properties.

Podcast show notes available here: https://shorttermsage.com/str20

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Today I had the honor of speaking with Erica Mattia. Erica is a full-time vacation rental property manager in the Ontario Canada area who has over 24 listings.

Erica, having had a background in Network Marketing, was able to utilize her experience and sphere of influence to find clients and build a successful cohosting business model.

What I love so much about this conversation is just how humble and personable Erica is. Erica is successfully managing a very good sized portfolio of properties but she is a constant learner and even shares that she listens to the other hosts in the show to glean success habits and tips.

Erica shares the journey she has been on and how it's impacted her life today, the importance of networking and how to build your sphere of influence, how to price your time and services you offer, and the secret to managing multiple properties successfully.

Podcast show notes available here: https://shorttermsage.com/str19

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Today I had the honor of speaking with Dawn Parr. Dawn and her husband were tired of working the 8-5 in nursing administration and sought a way out of the corporate rat race.

In 2015 they began building a tiny home on some property they owned in Lubbock Texas, and in 2016 sold their big home, downsized their life, and quit their jobs to begin building their new lives from scratch.

Dawn, her husband, and their daughter Tesla, now own and operate 6 tiny homes on their 2 acres of land and are continuing to build more homes for their guests to expand their tiny village.

Dawn's story shares so much such as breaking the fear of comfort to design their own lives, the struggle of uncertainty and a lack of a primary source of income, and what it takes to run and scale a tiny village.

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Today I had the honor of speaking with Jon Bell. Jon is a full time IT consultant who operates 24 short term rental units part-time. Jon has been able to scale up his business in a year and a half through rental arbitrage and is able to bring in over 50k a month on top of his regular salary.

Jon, being an IT guy who loves automation, decided to create systems that would make his business as passive as possible without losing control of how his business operates by giving it to a management company.

Jon shares how he is able to spend as little as 10 hours a week managing his business, how he's been able to scale up so quickly, and how to operate a business that doesn't require you to go "full-time" in case you already are working a busy schedule.

If you haven't already done so, go on over to our Facebook group The Host Nation to connect with the community and the professional hosts featured in this show.

If you'd like my show notes for this episode go to www.shorttermsage.com/str17 or if you'd like my show notes sent directly to your inbox every week then go to www.shorttermsage.com/shownotes

Today I had the honor of speaking with Tricia Moore, founder of Citizens 4 STR, a nonprofit that fights for short term rental rights and helps teach others how to form their own coalitions.

Tricia decided to start C4STR after regulations changed preventing her from being able to rent her home short term in Fairfax county. Fairfax counties regulations were made tactfully deceitful and made STR illegal while some of it's neighboring counties did not have such vague or unsupportive regulations.

Tricia is now the spokesperson for STR rights and is actively battling lawsuits against members in the community, hoping to bring about change allowing members to be able to rent their homes under better terms.

If you are interested in starting a C4STR group and learn to make changes for your county, then please reach out to Tricia in our show notes and facebook group "The Host Nation".

If you'd like my show notes for this episode go to www.shorttermsage.com/str16 or if you'd like my show notes sent directly to your inbox every week then go to www.shorttermsage.com/shownotes

Today I had the honor of speaking with Toby Doré. Toby manages over 33 listings ranging from rental arbitrage, owning, and co-hosting. Toby is quite possibly the coolest university professor as he is a world traveling nomadic backpacker who also runs a hostel which he lists on Airbnb.

Toby having started in 2011 after reading "The Joy of Less" decided to take a minimalistic approach to his units and allow likeminded travelers on a budget stay. After traveling and experiencing life at hostels, he took his newfound experiences to create his very own Cajun Hostel, located 2.5 hours outside of New Orleans.

Toby shares a lot of useful information about running a budget-friendly property, how to manage people's expectations with shared sleeping spaces, and how to structure your team so you don't have to manage everything yourself.

If you haven't already done so, go on over to our Facebook group Short Term Rental Success Secrets to talk with Toby and other successful hosts.  

If you'd like my show notes for this episode go to shorttermsage.com/ep15

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Today I had the honor of speaking with Erica Muller. Erica has been real estate agent for 18 years, 12 of those years focusing primarily on the sales of VR in the Orlando area.

Erica took her expertise of VR acquisition to create a "pro forma" specifically for analyzing the financial numbers of an investment property. Erica shares this financial tool for free on her technology startup Vrolio which is for VR investors who are looking to buy and sell their next property. Erica has set herself apart in the VR space for her ability to analyze investment properties and work with investors to make those purchases possible.

Even though Erica doesn't manage any VR properties she shares so much golden information in this episode from an entirely new perspective.

If you haven't already done so, go on over to our Facebook group Short Term Rental Success Secrets to talk with Erica and other successful hosts.  

If you'd like my show notes for this episode go to https://shorttermsage.com/ep14

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Today I had the honor of speaking with Lindsey and Judah Michael. Lindsey and Judah are a power couple based in San Diego California who are full-time real estate investors. They had humble beginnings renting out a single room but quickly realized that STR was something they should start to scale and since then have had over 20 listings. Lindsey and Judah now follow the STR BRRRR method and have found a lot of success.

Lindsey and Judah share so much golden information such as their secrets to making properties look like a magazine for $2500, their approach to analyzing and finding properties, and how they have been able to capitalize during slow months and renting out room by room.

If you haven't already done so, go on over to our Facebook group Short Term Rental Success Secrets to talk with Lindsey, Judah, and other successful hosts.  

If you'd like my show notes for this episode go to https://www.shorttermsage.com/ep13 or if you'd like my show notes sent directly to your inbox every week then go to https://www.shorttermsage.com/shownotes

Today I had the honor of speaking with MiLo Chan. MiLo and his wife Chandra were able to quit their full-time jobs after stumbling upon Airbnb and realizing how well it was in their market. MiLo and Chandra decided to move into their parent's basement temporarily to rent their home and during this time they were able to save enough money to purchase another property.

From there they have been able to scale up to rental arbitraging 3 properties while owning 2 while also giving them the freedom to quit their jobs and focus on their vacation rental business.

In this episode, MiLo shares his journey in becoming a full-time host, how he uses dynamic pricing, and his strategy to succeeding in a market that undervalues their properties.

If you haven't already done so, go on over to our Facebook group Short Term Rental Success Secrets to talk with MiLo and other successful hosts.  

If you'd like my show notes for this episode go to shorttermsage.com/ep12 or if you'd like my show notes sent directly to your inbox every week then go to shorttermsage.com/shownotes

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Today I had the honor of speaking with Amlan Mitra. Amlan currently resides and hosts in Hattiesburg Mississipi which has a population of about 50k. Amlan has only been hosting for about 6 months but has impressively scaled up to over 7 properties all of which he has been able to Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, and Repeat.

Even though Amlan is in a small town, he has been able to maintain 81-88% occupancy.

Amlan shares his BRRRR Method strategy and how it has been able to help him expand as quick as he did.

If you haven't already done so, go on over to our Facebook group Short Term Rental Success Secrets to talk with Amlan and other successful hosts who are killing it.

If you'd like my show notes for this episode go to shorttermsage.com/ep11 or if you'd like my show notes sent directly to your inbox every week then go to shorttermsage.com/shownotes

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