Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast

You have so many podcasts and episodes to choose from every week and so we want to make it easy for you to enjoy Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast. In our Monthly Slick Talk Highlight Episodes, you will hear my producer, Kelsey Tran, and myself share our favorite moments from the months weekly episodes and hear those moments all in this one episode. If you enjoy what you hear, let us know and we...

Avery Carl. A name I think we're all familiar with as she's made a name for herself in the industry and is one of the top brokers for short-term rental deals. She was also someone I listened to in my early podcast days and so this episode was a lot of fun for me. Tune in to hear how she has set up her life and business to be as productive as possible while never missing a soccer game and more! Thi...

Dale Smith is a successful property entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in residential, commercial, and holiday home property investment, property development, and property management. Dale is the CEO of The SDDE Smith Group, which he founded in March 2017 with just one holiday home. Four years later he has grown the business to include 12 customer-facing brands with over 300 employees a...

Travers is a friend, Destinationaire Award winner, and a great operator who has overcome so much after traveling the world and coming back to the USA in order to build his Short-Term Rental business, Stay Como! In this episode, Travers shares how his drive and excitement for adventure and travel have played a role in his life as a single man to now husband and father while still focusing and growi...

This episode is a special one as I have been watch Jesse's content and businesses grow over the years and finally getting to dive into his story was just really special because I think Jesse left a ton of nuggets around more than just business but more into life as a whole! Based in Central Valley, California, Jesse Vasquez found his niche in operating unique STR/Mid-Term Rental homes specifically...

Jason has grown his STR business in a short period of time and his main force of growth is leveraging tech and AI in order to really continue to invest in real estate and grow a hospitality business. Connect with Jason: linktr.ee/jwreece instagram.com/jwreece This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occ...

You have so many podcasts and episodes to choose from every week and so we want to make it easy for you to enjoy Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast. In our Monthly Slick Talk Highlight Episodes, you will hear my producer, Kelsey Tran, and myself share our favorite moments from the months weekly episodes and hear those moments all in this one episode. If you enjoy what you hear, let us know and we...

Jonathan Wicks is the founder of Well & Good Property Services. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Well & Good is the largest independent all inclusive turnover services provider in the short term rental industry. By combining professional cleaning, offsite laundering and supplying all guest essentials, Well & Good allows hosts to focus on the guest experience without having to stress about the...

Caleb Hannon could be considered a newcomer to the vacation rental industry but in the short 2.5 years he has jumped all in and dedicated his life to this industry. Starting as an employee in StayLakeNorman and growing to COO and co-owner he has experienced it all and uses that to continue to better the company's operations as well as the industry as a whole. In this episode, Caleb shares moments...

We all stumble into this business it seems like these days or from what we hear on this podcast. With Rena, yes she may have stumbled into building an incredible short-term rental brand (Boutiq) but she definitely didn't stumble into entrepreneurship. You will hear her story, how they've built the portfolio as it is today, and the struggles that most entrepreneurs don't like to share on a public p...

Starting a business is no joke and a big venture for anyone at any age but Allison really took that to a new level by starting her hospitality business at 21 years old and went all-in on her hospitality business, Bayley Vacation Rentals. In this episode, you will hear the ups and downs of a young entrepreneur, what a very seasonal vacation rental market is like to operate in, and how tech truly ca...

Building company culture (remotely or in-person) is crucial for any business. How can you align yourself as a business leader with your teams personal and professional goals while maintaining your businesses mission and direction? How do you build a culture that's so strong that your team starts to take charge when a new member isn't the right fit? These are all things we dive into in this episode...

Bill Faeth truly needs no formal intro but for those who don't know Bill, he's a entrepreneur with an extensive background in starting, building, and exiting companies. In this episode, I asked Bill if we could go "behind the scenes" and learn more about his personal story, the people and things that impacted him the most and everything else leading up to where he is today. Connect with Bill: Bill...

Zach is the Co-Founder of Sponstayneous, a newsletter that brings subscribers the best last-minute deals and upcoming steals on Airbnb twice a week, and the host of the Behind the Stays podcast. In this episode, I sit down with Zach to hear his personal story as a young entrepreneur in our industry but I would even go as far as saying that Zach has become one of the most impressive rising stars of...

Is AI ready to take over tasks for humans? Is it ready to take over tasks for vacation rental managers?  In this interview, I am joined with Luca Zambello, a repeat guest on the show and CEO of Jurny, to dive into their recent Jurny updates with a big implementation of their AI named Nia which is powered by GPT4. Mentioned in this episode: Check out Luca's First Episode - Link Luca's Panel Episode...

This episode is a special one because it really takes us back to 2018 when I first met Adam Knight, my first industry podcast guest and now business partner with our vacation rental management company, Recreation Rentals. In this episode, Adam and I reflect on some of our hotel operation days, the differences in tech, how we're learning as we build our inventory and brand, and what we're excited a...

Have you heard of work-life balance? We're sure you have and we're sure you're thinking the phrase is a bit... overused? In this special episode, we're playing back the special replay of the opening fireside chat with Dave Krauss & Wil Slickers. This fireside chat was for the Rent Responsibly virtual summit that had a key focus on People, Place, and Planet. Dave and Wil go into work-life harmony,...

Brian Hatcher aka The Real Estate Hacker is a serial entrepreneur & investor with a background in accounting, finance, & data consulting. While serving an array of multi-billion dollar companies he was able to learn from, and assist, some of the top fortune 100 businesses in developing transformative analytics, processes, and initiatives to achieve their strategic goals. He now uses those same ski...

Do you like passionate discussions about different opinions in our industry? Well, do we have an episode for you! In this BONUS episode, Wil Slickers moderates a live discussion between industry names like Amy Hinote, Steve Milo, Matt Landau, Mike Sjogren, and Eric Moeller. This discussion was inspired by a LinkedIn thread/post from Jessica Singer who was reflecting on the two segments of our indu...

We've had Jesse DePinto on the podcast before but this episode is a special one for you as we take a deep dive into current (and future) applications of AI and ChatGPT into todays landscape of vacation and short-term rentals. Check out Jesse's first episode on Slick Talk here! This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise,...

Before starting Otium, Juan Miguel developed and oversaw Pricing and Revenue Management operations at real estate, travel, and tech startups such as Domio and FlightCar.  Taking his past experiences, he now approaches Otium with a mindset of intentionality and simplicity. Too often, property managers try to over complicate their operations and tech stack. In this episode with Juan Miguel, we discu...

Josiah Mackenzie joined me in Denver to record this episode in person and I couldn't have walked away from a more refreshing conversation. This episode is dedicated to the heart and spirt of hospitality for all type of brands, businesses, and operators out there. Josiah's career in hospitality started working the front desk at a small property on the California coast. From there, he built a hotel...

Joining me on the podcast this week is one of the industries rising stars, Rose Tipka, Co-Founder of Your Family's Place. Rose and her husband define hospitality as a family affair and after an intense life event, discussed in the episode, Rose decided it was time to take control of their families legacy and created Your Family's Place as an example for many other women and moms in the industry th...

Alex Shapiro, CEO/Co-Founder of CanMonkey, joins me to share his journey of buying into a business that he didn't initially start but was able to see beyond the trash and has been able to turn a big problem into a massive opportunity for vacation rental owners and managers by taking out the trash... literally! This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just secu...

Tyler Coon is the founder of Savvy Realty where they only work with investors on purchasing a home to be a professional vacation rental that generates great cash flows but also great experiences! And not only does Tyler and his team know the best properties to buy for investors to get a good return but him and his team own and operate their own vacation rental management company of over 50 homes!...