Episode Summary

Welcome back to the Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast! 🎧

In this must-hear episode of The Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast, Dr. Rachel sits down with Tim Stanton, co-founder of Reclamation Design Studio, to explore how narrative-driven design can take your short-term rental from forgettable to fully booked. Tim blends creativity, storytelling, and intentional branding to elevate STR spaces — all without adding a pool or hot tub.

If you’re feeling stuck in a saturated market, this is the design edge you didn’t know you needed.

💡 Key Takeaways:

- Design Is Not Décor: Learn the difference and why it matters

- Narrative-Driven Spaces: Why Gen Z & Millennial guests crave a vibe, not just a bed

- Top 3 Booking Killers: Design mistakes that cost you revenue

- Lighting = Emotion: How color temperature impacts guest experience

- STR as a Boutique Brand: From scent to signage — it’s all branding

- Case Study: ""Jack & Jackie"" — The story-first STR that beat the market by 40%

- Small Budget Wins: High-impact design tips for new hosts

- Burnout Awareness: How Tim uses his fuse as a burnout indicator

🗂️ Topics Covered:

- [00:01:00] Tim's Creative Pivot: From NYC to STRs

- [00:04:00] Excellence Under Pressure & NYC’s Influence

- [00:06:00] Booking Killers: Narrative, Lighting, Clutter

- [00:10:00] STR vs Boutique Hotel Branding

- [00:13:00] Bringing Brand Elements Into a Property

- [00:18:00] Case Study: ""Jack & Jackie"" Duplex

- [00:21:00] Big Impact Design Tips on a Budget

- [00:24:00] Burnout & Boundary Setting

- [00:27:00] Book Recommendation: The Last Arrow

- [00:29:00] Wild Real Estate Story: A Nail, An Infection & A Wake-Up Call

🎨 Featured Guest:

Tim Stanton

Co-Founder of Reclamation Design Studio

📸 IG: @tailoredtim

Tim’s work blends storytelling, emotion, and interior design to transform STRs into unforgettable guest experiences. From concept to completion, he helps hosts build properties that perform — and look stunning doing it.

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Welcome back to the Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast! 🎧

Bookkeeping may not be sexy… but losing $26,000 because of bad books? That’s painful. 😬

In this honest and action-packed episode, Dr. Rachel talks with Jonathan Farber, real estate investor and founder of a finance team consultancy, who shares the real-life consequences of poor bookkeeping and how he recovered. From avoiding audits to delegating without losing control, this conversation is a must-listen for high-earning professionals juggling business, family, and financial goals.

You’ll learn how to simplify your finances, clean up neglected books, and manage it all in just 30 minutes a month.

💡 Key Takeaways:

Don’t Wait ‘Til Tax Time: Bookkeeping should be a year-round process

Bookkeeper vs Accountant vs Tax Strategist — Know who does what

The $26K Mistake: Why guessing your numbers is never a good idea

Clean-Up Process: How to get your books back on track if you’ve ignored them

Delegation Without Fear: Maintain oversight while freeing up your time

Jonathan’s Hiring Framework: “Purple Hippo” filtering, paid trials, and test projects

📌 Topics Covered:

[00:00:00] Jonathan’s $26K Loss and Why It Happened

[00:02:45] Bookkeeping vs. Tax Filing vs. Strategy

[00:06:10] Why Most People Are Scared of Their Numbers

[00:10:45] Outsourcing Without Losing Control

[00:13:20] Calculating Cost Per Hour and Delegating Accordingly

[00:17:30] How to Structure Your Real Estate Bank Accounts

[00:20:15] Step-by-Step: Fixing a Year of Messy Books

[00:25:30] Hiring the Right Bookkeeper with “Purple Hippo” Vetting

[00:29:00] Team Delegation, Ownership, and Scaling Your Time

👤 Featured Guest:

Jonathan Farber

Investor, podcaster, and founder of a bookkeeping team that supports busy real estate investors. With 16 doors and counting, Jonathan shares how to avoid common mistakes and simplify your business finances—without losing your mind.

📍 Based between New York and Medellín, Colombia.

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Welcome back to the Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast! 🎧

In this inspirational episode of the Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast, Dr. Rachel Gainsbrugh interviews real estate investor Nick Stageberg, who turned a modest $35K deal into a growing empire with more than 500 doors.

Nick’s story is a refreshing look at how faith, family, and a mission-driven mindset can align with building massive wealth—without burnout or selling your soul. He shares tactical steps on how vertical integration helped him keep cashflow healthy, how to avoid common investor mistakes, and what true service in business really looks like.

💡 Key Takeaways:

Start Small, Grow Smart: A $35k deal was all it took to set everything in motion.

Mission First: Why Nick chooses service over scale—and how it leads to more profitability.

Vertical Integration: Managing every part of the real estate process helps protect margins.

Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly: Lessons in leadership that matter when scaling.

Systemizing for Sanity: Why SOPs and team culture are key for long-term success.

Align Your Vision with Action: Build wealth in a way that reflects your purpose and priorities.

📌 Topics Covered:

[00:02:40] First Property Purchase: The $35K Game-Changer

[00:07:10] Lessons on Scaling to 500+ Doors

[00:12:00] Building a Business with Kingdom Values

[00:18:30] Why Vertical Integration Matters

[00:23:50] Advice to New Investors Starting with Limited Capital

[00:30:45] Biggest Lessons from Early Mistakes

[00:37:15] Managing Teams, Contractors, and Real Estate with Purpose

👤 Featured Guest:

Nick Stageberg

Founder of Black Swan Real Estate, Nick is a seasoned real estate investor with a background in tech and a passion for helping others build wealth the right way. He leads a vertically integrated team that manages over 500 properties while maintaining a mission to serve people and communities with integrity.

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Welcome back to the Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast! 🎧

In this episode of the Luxury Rental Doctor podcast, Dr. Rachel Gainsbrugh chats with bookkeeping and tax expert Sara Brather to demystify one of the most powerful—yet often ignored—wealth-building strategies: consistent monthly bookkeeping. Sara shares how a simple check-in each month could help prevent major financial mistakes, reduce tax burdens, and build the foundation for a healthy real estate business.

Whether you're managing one rental or building an empire, this conversation will help you stop procrastinating on your numbers and start making data-driven decisions with confidence.

💡 Key Takeaways:

- Bookkeeping is a tax strategy. You can’t plan if you don’t know your numbers.

- Start with simplicity. Most new investors overcomplicate their Chart of Accounts—don’t!

- AI isn’t ready to replace real bookkeepers—yet. Know when to automate and when to lean on experts.

- Prevent expensive mistakes. Sara shares a real $20,000 error that was caught thanks to a basic monthly review.

- DIYers: Know when to hand it off. If bookkeeping feels like pulling teeth, there’s a better way!

🗂 Topics Covered:

- [00:03:00] What to ask before hiring a real estate bookkeeper

- [00:06:00] Where AI helps (and hurts) in financial automation

- [00:11:00] How monthly bookkeeping protects your cashflow

- [00:18:20] Top tax strategies for beginners: STR loophole & more

- [00:23:00] The $20K insurance lapse caught with a simple review

- [00:28:40] When to stop DIY-ing and hire help

- [00:33:00] Simplifying your chart of accounts

- [00:36:00] The 10-minute monthly habit that builds financial confidence

🎙️ Featured Guest: Sara Brather

Sara is the founder of REI Accounting Solutions, where she helps real estate investors maintain clean books, avoid tax pitfalls, and take control of their financial data. Her services include bookkeeping, diagnostics, courses, and coaching tailored specifically for rental property owners.

📸 Instagram: @reisolutionswithsara

▶️ YouTube: REI Accounting Solutions

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Welcome back to the Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast! 🎧

 In Episode 150 of The Luxury Rental Doctor Show, Dr. Rachel sits down with Tamar Hermes, a seasoned real estate coach who isn’t afraid to share the hard stuff. Tamar reveals the painful (but powerful) lessons she learned from a deal that didn’t go as planned—and how that “failure” ultimately helped her become the investor and coach she is today.

💡 Key Takeaways:

The emotional side of losing money in real estate

Why failing isn’t the opposite of success—it’s part of it

The importance of learning AND applying what you learn

How to rebuild your confidence after a misstep

Why investing is a long game—and you can’t “get rich quick”

🗂 Topics Covered:

[00:03:50] The bad deal breakdown

[00:09:15] Tamar’s honest account of what went wrong

[00:13:30] Making peace with mistakes in business

[00:18:15] How women can take calculated risks

[00:24:00] Tamar’s top advice for first-time investors

🎙️ Guest Info:

 Tamar Hermes

 📍 IG: @tamarhermes

 📚 Website: www.tamarhermes.com

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Welcome back to the Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast! 🎧 

In Episode 149 of The Luxury Rental Doctor Show, Dr. Rachel interviews Jay Ulrich, co-founder of HostBuddy AI, a tech platform revolutionizing the STR industry with automation. If you’re exhausted by guest messaging, onboarding, or last-minute requests—this episode is your lifeline.

💡 Key Takeaways:

Why automation isn’t “cold”—it’s efficient and personal

How Jay's platform helps hosts respond faster without being glued to their phone

Systems that scale with your portfolio

Why delegating communication is a must for busy women in medicine

Tools to integrate AI with your hosting workflow

🗂 Topics Covered:

[00:04:15] Avoiding burnout through automation

[00:09:30] How HostBuddy AI replaces repetitive guest tasks

[00:14:00] Making automation feel human

[00:25:15] Why women in medicine must stop DIY’ing everything

🎙️ Guest Info:

 Jay Ulrich, Co-Founder @ HostBuddy AI

 📍 Learn more at: https://www.hostbuddy.ai/

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Welcome back to the Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast! 🎧

In this empowering episode of The Luxury Rental Doctor Show, Dr. Rachel Gainsbrugh sits down with Dr. Mary Leung, a board-certified medical oncologist, to talk about reclaiming time, setting healthy boundaries, and building passive income without burning out.

Mary shares how making her day-to-day clinical work more efficient allowed her to finally step away from after-hours charting—and create the space she needed to start investing in Mid-Term Rentals. If you’ve ever said, “I just don’t have time,” this episode is your wake-up call. 🙌🏾

• How burnout shows up in high-performing professionals
• Why setting boundaries is crucial for time freedom
• The truth about starting in real estate while working full-time
• How to shift from a scarcity mindset to one of intention
• The path to peace, purpose, and passive income

• [00:00:00] Welcome + Mary’s backstory as a medical oncologist
• [00:04:10] Redefining priorities after personal loss
• [00:08:45] Buying her first MTR: how it started
• [00:12:30] Scarcity mindset vs. intentional investing
• [00:16:45] How she eliminated after-hours charting
• [00:21:30] Advice for busy women in medicine
• [00:28:00] Why your peace should come before profit

🌐 Website: www.shiningwithgratitudemd.com

📧 Email: [email protected]

👥 Facebook: Mary Leung

💼 LinkedIn: Mary Leung, MD

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Welcome back to the Luxury Rental Doctor Podcast! 🎧 In this 🔥 episode, I’m joined by Dr. Erica Jordan-Thomas—a former principal turned 7-figure entrepreneur and real estate investor. She shares how her first rental property unintentionally turned into her wealth-building blueprint… and how YOU can do the same even with a packed W2 schedule.

💡 What You’ll Learn

- How to use disruption as a launchpad for your next career move

- The power of leveraging one long-term rental to grow your real estate portfolio

- How a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) opened the door to multiple investments

- The 3 legal tax strategies high-earning doctors can use to reduce income tax

- Why owning one short-term rental could change your entire tax profile

- How to delegate management without losing control

- Systems Dr. EJT uses to plan, protect her peace, and still grow

- Why trying to control everything keeps your business small

⏱ Timestamps

- 0:00–5:00 | From math teacher to real estate mogul

- 5:00–10:00 | The first house that changed everything

- 10:00–14:00 | Understanding appreciation, debt paydown & leverage

- 14:00–20:00 | The real tax-saving playbook for doctors

- 20:00–27:00 | Managing five properties (and how to delegate like a CEO)

- 27:00–34:00 | Letting go of control = growing your empire

- 34:00–39:00 | Scorecards, planning, and scaling systems

- 39:00–45:00 | Working with family: the good, bad, and boundaries

- 45:00–48:00 | A credit score fail that turned into a million-dollar win

- 48:00–52:00 | Burnout prevention: daily naps, massages & rest planning

- 52:00–54:00 | Squatter horror stories, hoodie merch & final gems

🔧 Tools & Resources

- Weekly KPI Scorecard: Simple system for team accountability

- Hatch Sleep Clock: Build intentional nighttime wind-down routines

- HELOC Explained: Turn equity into your next down payment

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 If you’ve ever wondered why your Airbnb listing isn’t getting the traction it deserves—or how small changes can make a big difference—this episode is a must-listen. Kelvin Mah shares the exact amenities that are moving the needle in search rankings and occupancy, plus insider tips on Airbnb’s evolving photo algorithm.

⏱️ Timestamps:

0:00 Welcome back, Kelvin Mah!

1:30 How free street parking boosts impressions & bookings

3:30 The 2025 “baseline” must-haves: fast Wi-Fi, keyless entry, and dedicated workspaces

5:30 Luxury amenity trends: EV chargers, cold plunges & pickleball courts 🧖🏾‍♀️🚗🏓

7:00 The “forgotten” amenities: irons, hair dryers, and private entries

9:00 Captions matter! How to use descriptive language for Airbnb SEO

11:00 The problem with the Airbnb photo tour (and a surprising twist…)

13:00 Seasonal photo planning based on booking lead times

16:30 The best way to organize your first 5 photos

19:00 Why you need to move your best features UP FRONT in your photo carousel

23:00 New RankBreeze tools coming soon for smarter amenity & review analysis

🎯 Take Action:

Use RankBreeze’s Amenities Analyzer to ensure you’re checking the right boxes. Then revisit your photo lineup and apply Kelvin’s tips to make your listing pop from the first click.

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Can a mother of FIVE really build a $400M real estate empire… and leave medicine behind for good? Yes, she can — and yes, she did.

In this power-packed episode, Dr. Rachel sits down with Dr. Elaine Stageberg, a psychiatrist turned full-time investor, to talk about how she and her husband built Black Swan Real Estate from one duplex to hundreds of units — all while raising five children, managing a business, and doing it her way.

This episode goes deep into building cash flow freedom, vertical integration, embracing multiple identities as a physician-entrepreneur, and how to create harmony when it feels like you're fighting for your life in these internet streets 😂

💡 Key Takeaways

- Why vertical integration can 20x your returns

- How Dr. Elaine's burnout during COVID pushed her to walk away

- The biggest mindset trap keeping physicians stuck

- How she spun up 50 short-term rentals in one year

- Medical tourism explained (and why it’s a niche worth knowing)

- Why you NEED help at home to thrive professionally

- How to use your clinical training to dominate in business

🧠 Timestamps

00:00 Welcome + Dr. Elaine intro

02:00 The Subway meltdown + quitting medicine during COVID

04:30 “Why am I inflicting this pain on myself?”

06:00 Married + one spouse leaving first: the bigger leap

08:00 The ONE mindset shift doctors MUST adopt

10:00 You can be both: doctor AND entrepreneur

13:00 From $1M cash-out refi to $10M multifamily deal

16:30 Growing into 400M+ assets under management

20:00 How pain pushed them into short-term rentals

22:00 Spinning up 50 STRs in under a year

24:00 Breaking down vertical integration

28:00 Medical tourism: a forgotten STR niche

32:00 Furnishing every unit the same: The Guesty hack

36:00 Hiring help at home (and how it made her richer)

40:00 The CRAZIEST real estate story — you won’t believe this 😳

47:00 Final word on burnout & infinite thinking

📚 Resources & Mentions

- MeetBlackSwan.com

- Book: The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

- Software: Guesty Multi-Unit for STR auto-booking logic

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