Short Term Rental Secrets Podcast

Airbnb has recently rolled out a new policy about Rebooking and Refund Policy and it has been a hot topic in the short term rental community. Let's deep dive into this new policy in today's episode. Click the link below to know more about Airbnb's Rebooking and Refund Policy. https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/2868/rebooking-and-refund-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

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Positive reviews are important to one's success in vacation rentals. These reviews will help the guests decide where to stay and also it is an important factor to climb up the ladder to get that Superhost status. But how are you going to get more 5-star reviews from your guests? Find out on this week's episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pam Knudsen is an executive at Avalara, leading multi-tax teams including Lodging, Beverage Alcohol, Telecommunications, and Sales & Use Tax. She serves as a leading voice in vacation rental tax compliance and regulation, in addition to bringing in-depth experience across software/SaaS technology as well as ERP systems. Pam joined Avalara in 2012. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamknudsen/ https:...

Tracking progress is a dynamic tool, it keeps you consumed and productive. As a business, it is important to know where your numbers at to see if you are on the right track or if you need to make some adjustments to make your business better. In this week's episode, we will talk about the top 5 KPIs that you need for your Airbnb business. Our friends at PriceLabs are offering a free trial, just go...

Avery Carl is the author of “Short Term Rental, Long Term Wealth,” host of “The Short Term Show” podcast, CEO of The Short Term Shop, and real estate investor with 189 doors. https://theshorttermshop.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/averycarl/ https://www.instagram.com/theshorttermshop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Instant Book allows the guest to book immediately without a need to send a request to the host for approval. There are a lot of pros and cons for the hosts and guests when this feature is turned on. So the question still stands, should you turn on Instant Book on Airbnb? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cale Delaney, who self-titles himself as the Accidental Intentional Millionaire, is a Christian, real estate investor, husband, and father of 3. After graduating cum laude with an engineering degree, he began his real estate career back in 2006 working as a Commercial Real Estate Investment Broker for a large Investment Brokerage in Miami, FL where he was awarded the Pace Setter award his first ye...

Parties are definitely a no-no, Airbnb even announced a global ban on all parties and events at Airbnb listings. Not only it can potentially destroy the property but also creates a nuisance that disturbs the surrounding neighborhood. It's rare that you will get guests partying on your property but when you do, here are the things that you need to do as a host on how to handle a party.  Learn more...

In this interview Yonah Weiss discusses how cost segregation studies can help Airbnb / short term rental property owners offset their income using accelerated depreciation strategies. - What is a cost segregation study? - How cost segregation studies work with short term rentals and Airbnb properties. - Can short term rental owners use depreciation to offset their W2 income - Bonus recapture taxes...

Hosting comes with a commitment of responsibility to the neighbors and the community. You will encounter different kinds of neighbors even those who hate short term rentals and the last thing you want as a host is a nasty neighbor to be dreadful about! In this week's episode, we will talk about the things that you need to do to deal with a difficult neighbor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

GUEST'S BIO Bill Faeth has been involved in real estate for almost 25 years with both commercial and residential investing. He currently has a multi-million dollar portfolio of short-term rental properties primarily located in vacation rental markets with a focus on beach, lake, and mountain properties. He has leveraged years of successful business growth strategies to specialize in maximizing vac...

OTAs have played a huge role in the short term rental industry. It allows people to search for places that they want to stay in and compare one property to another from the comfort of their own home or on the go. The most popular OTAs are Airbnb and VRBO. But when should you list your vacation rental on other OTAs? Find out on this episode of From The Host! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

GUEST'S BIO Rod Khleif is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who is passionate about business, high performance, real estate, and giving back. As one of the country's top business, real estate, and peak performance luminaries, Rod has built over 24 businesses in his 40-year business career several of which have been worth tens of millions of dollars. He has also owned over 2000 propertie...

We are excited to introduce a new series of the Short Term Rental Secrets podcast called From The Host! From The Host is all about the behind-the-scenes and actionable items coming from the Mastermind group. We will take you on a journey to see some of the opportunities and questions asked while scaling. In this episode, Mike Reilly, one of the STR Secrets Mastermind coaches shares his experience...

GUEST'S BIO Sam Wegert is the Founder and CEO of UpLevel Martial Arts. He is also a coach, investor, and entrepreneur. Sam is the co-owner of Life Door Rentals. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 03:53 Sam Wegert's introduction and background 05:52 What is UpLevel Martial Arts 09:14 How Sam got into the STR industry 10:58 How Sam and his wife manage their STRs 16:07 Should you be near your STRs 16:54 Sam t...

GUEST'S BIO Jim Netska is Director of Sales at PointCentral and leads the short term rental markets division. He is an experienced sales leader, who has led large and small teams for Verizon, Cablevision, and most recently as VP Sales for Charter Communications, where he led various teams in the MDU and Smart Home space. Jim has an MBA from Dowling College and recently moved from New York to Flori...

GUEST'S BIO Chris Petzy is the co-owner of Seacoast Vacation Rentals, a short term rental company focused on modernizing the vacation rental experience and helping investors earn more while stressing less. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 04:00 Get a copy of Mark Simpson's The Book Direct Playbook on www.boostly.co.uk/book 04:55 Chris Petzy's introduction and background 06:00 How Chris got into the STR i...

GUEST'S BIO Emmanuel Lavoie is CEO of Jetstream Hospitality Solutions, an all-in-one technology platform, and services solution that provides a powerful way for owners, managers, and developers of multi-unit, short-term rental properties to maximize revenues and realize opportunities in the short-term and flexible rental market. Jetstream combines the best-in-class marketing expertise and distribu...

HOSTS' BIO Mike Sjogren is a short-term rental expert and coach. He has a portfolio of STR properties across 5 states as well as an oceanfront boutique hotel. Mike brings a wealth of finance, business, and real estate experience. He is passionate about helping others create financial independence through real estate so they can pursue their passions and leave their mark on the world. Emanuele Pani...

GUEST'S BIO Jeff started his career at Target corporate headquarters as an analyst and gradually worked his way into smaller and smaller e-commerce companies like Overstock and 1800 Contacts until he was approached by a startup called One Click Retail. There he quickly became the Director of Operations and helped the company grow to over 100+ employees, achieve 70% profit margins, and complete a s...

GUEST'S BIO Koryn Okey is dedicated to creating long-lasting relationships with her clients and driving awareness to the vacation rental industry. Since 2017, she has held a number of roles within Breezeway and currently serves as the VP of Client Experience. Koryn got her start in vacation rentals in 2008 at FlipKey, as part of the team that brought Guest Reviews to the industry. While Koryn call...

GUEST'S BIO Bryndee Barton started her first real estate company in 2013 along with her husband, Kyle. What started as a side gig of duplexes turned into a full-time business flipping houses, creating vacation rentals, and developing larger multifamily deals. Her specialty is managing large re-construction projects remotely, as she has successfully managed and completed projects across 7 different...

GUEST'S BIO Marcus Rader has been in tech startups since 2006. Six years ago, he saw an opportunity to get involved in an industry he is passionate about - vacation rentals. Existing solutions in this space were built by real estate and travel professionals, rather than technology professionals. In co-founding Hostaway, the all-in-one vacation rental management software, Marcus' team had an immedi...

GUEST'S BIO Zach Busekrus and his wife are the founders of Sponstayneous, a weekly newsletter that brings subscribers the best last-minute deals and upcoming steals on Airbnb. They are full-time digital nomads and have stayed in 50 Airbnbs since last October and have learned a thing (or ten) about what separates the best stays from the rest of the pack. Zach can riff on any of the following topics...