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Thanks For Visiting
Get actionable advice and the essential fundamentals of running a profitable 5-star Airbnb side-hustle or full on business. Annette’s extensive background in business operations and Sarah’s experience in high-end hospitality management and interior design make them a powerhouse duo that will deliver high impact content. With almost a decade of combined hosting experience they will not only share their own stories welcoming thousands of guests from around the world but also those of other…
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- Thanks For Visiting
337. Broken Motel Dreams: Behind the Scenes of a Failed Real Estate Deal
Today’s export guest is Tanya Rooney, a creative real estate seeker, life guide and owner of BAFS Real Estate + Yay You’re Here Properties. We’re thrilled that…
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336. Hosting Hotline: Beginner Steps to Host a Parent-Child STR Listing
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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335. Tips for Effectively Welcoming Dogs to Your Short-Term Rental
Today’s expert guest is Sara Sokol. Sarah is the creator of the Dogs Welcome Facebook group and vacation rental listing website as well as owner/operator of…
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334. Hosting Hotline: What’s the Secret to Scaling a Short-Term Rental Business?
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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333. How To Make Facebook & Instagram Ads That Drive Bookings for Your Short-Term Rental
Today’s expert guest is Tara Zirker. Tara is the owner and founder of Successful Ads Club, a high-touch support training platform where she teaches thousands…
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332. Hosting Hotline: Hosting Short-Term Rental Guests vs. Mid-Term Rental Tenants
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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331. Use Data to Increase Profits in Your Short-Term Rental Business
Today’s expert guest is Kenny Bedwell, in a session recorded at TFVCON2023 in Columbus, Ohio. Kenny founded STR Insights in 2021 as a tool to help investors…
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330. Hosting Hotline: Tips for Starting a Co-Hosting Business
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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329. How to Identify Warning Signs of Human Trafficking in the STR Industry
Today’s expert guest is Catherine Ratcliffe. A vacation rental owner and host since 2018, she’s pivoted from a successful HR career to run a consulting…
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328. Hosting Hotline: Tips for Prioritizing Your Vacation Rental Offseason
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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327. How To “Ask for Money” and Access Financing with Bill Allen
Today’s expert guest is Bill Allen in an interview conducted during TFVCON2023. Bill’s informative presentation inspired and empowered attendees to seek out…
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326. Hosting Hotline: Where to Find Unique & Affordable Decor Upgrades for Your STR
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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325. Is Airbnb Banned in New York City? How to Host in the Big City in 2024
Today’s expert guests, James and Laureta, are Superhosts with nine years of multimarket hosting experience. They started their short-term rental journey by…
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324. Hosting Hotline: 7 Tips for First-Time Airbnb Hosts
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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323. Pro Tips for Remote Hosting a Mid-Term Rental Portfolio with Sarah Weaver
Today’s expert guest is Sarah Weaver, co-author of the new MTR management book, 30 Day Stay. She joins the show to detail her amazing journey – around the…
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322. Hosting Hotline: Our Favorite Coffee Cups (Amazon Link in Notes!)
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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321. PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing vs. Airbnb Cleaning Fees
Today’s expert guest is Monique DeLorenzo, a host who was eager to dive deeper into the financials of our great industry. In addition to hosting her cute…
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Co-Hosting Confidential 005. Pro Tips for Remote Co-Hosting (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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320. Hosting Hotline: Use Targeted Marketing to Reach Your Ideal Guests
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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319. Top 10 Episodes of 2023: Hard Lessons, Updated Listings & Valuable Learnings
Sarah and Annette celebrate ten of the most impactful, educational, and memorable episodes of the year. Seven fantastic (female-led) guest episodes, three…
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Systems Shakedown 005. Unlock More 5-Star Reviews Through Proactive Hospitality (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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318. Hosting Hotline: How Early (or Late) Should You Share Your Rental’s Address?
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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317. Free Org Chart Download: Follow These Steps to Structure Your STR Business
Sarah and Annette drop in for a holiday season solo to reinforce the importance of establishing a well-organized structure to run your short-term rental…
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Vacation Ventures 005. Pro Tips for Scouting STR Land Purchases (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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316. Hosting Hotline: Using StayFi To Build Your Email List & Invite STR Guests Back
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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315. Diversify Your STR Business Through Direct Bookings with Mark Simpson of Boostly
Today’s expert guest, Mark Simpson, helps hosts get the tools, tactics, training – and most importantly – the confidence to boost their direct bookings. After…
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Co-Hosting Confidential 004. Tips for Sensible Vacation Rental Scaling with Be Still Getaways (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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314. Hosting Hotline: Should You Decorate Your Vacation Rental for the Holidays?
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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313. BRRRR Method 101: Tips for Success in Long-Term Rentals with Jessie Lang
Today’s expert guest is Jessie Lang, a buy-and-hold investor with over 70 (!) rentals in Columbus Ohio – most of which she’s acquired since 2021. She has used…
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Systems Shakedown 004. How to Hack the Airbnb Algorithm with Effective Copy & Photography (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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312. Hosting Hotline: Tips for Strategizing Special Moments & Gifts in Your Vacation Rental
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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311. Pet-Friendly or Not? Weighing the Many Benefits of a Pet-Friendly STR
Don’t forget Fido for today’s special pet-themed episode of Thanks For Visiting as we unpack the immense power of the pet-friendly designation on Airbnb…
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Vacation Ventures 004. Becoming Unreasonably Hospitable with Charlie Eich (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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310. Hosting Hotline: Setting, Tracking & Reaching STR Goals for 2024
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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309. Guest Favorite vs. Super Host: Unpacking Airbnb’s Latest Platform Update
Today, we unpack Airbnb’s 2023 winter platform update, featuring: Guest Favorites, revamped reviews, a New Listings tab, enhanced pricing and payouts, expanded…
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Co-Hosting Confidential 003. Sarah Karakaian Dishes on Optimizing Your Short-Term Rental Operations (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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308. Hosting Hotline: What Supplies Do Your Guests Need Most?
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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307. Airbnbust: Is It All Over? Secrets to Sustained Rental Success with Marilynn Taylor
Today’s expert guest is Marilynn Taylor. Marilynn feels like an old friend but we met this year, as she flew all the way from California to grace that stage at…
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Systems Shakedown 003. Best Practices for Hosting Wedding Groups in Your Short-Term Rental (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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306. Hosting Hotline: 3 Experts to Help You Launch Your First International STR Listing
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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305. Holiday Safety Tips for Your STR
Breezeway’s Justin Ford is back sharing his top holiday safety tips and tricks for rental properties. He covers the most likely accidents that occur during the…
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Vacation Ventures 003. Designing Treehouses & Building the Unbuildable (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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304. Hosting Hotline: Tips on Timely Tax Preparation for Your STR Hosting Business
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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303. Tips for Finding Success in the Mid-Term Rental Niche
Today’s expert guests are Jonathan and Heidi Love, superhosts, realtors, and mid-term rental specialists focused in San Diego and Scottsdale, Arizona. Jonathan…
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Co-Hosting Confidential 002. SEO Tips to Boost Search Engine Visibility for Your STR Website (Success Unlocked S1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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302. Hosting Hotline: Tips To Create Two Seasonal Listings for One STR Property
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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301. True or False? Short-Term Rental Hosting As Passive Income
Today’s expert guest is Joelle Pittman Elliott – super host, premier host, and our very good friend. She has invested in real estate in Memphis, Tennessee…
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Systems Shakedown 002. Tips for Healthy Business Deals With Family (Success Unlocked S1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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300. Hosting Hotline: Should Your Direct Booking Website Reveal Your Address?
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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299. InvestHER: Building a Community to Empower Women to Thrive in Real Estate
Today’s expert guests, Andresa and Liz, are the co-founders of The Real Estate InvestHER® community, a platform to empower women to live a financially free and…
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Vacation Ventures 002. Creative Deal Structuring with Bill Cook (Success Unlocked S1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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298. Hosting Hotline: Taylor Swift Is Coming to Town! Strategizing Your STR for Marquee Events
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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297. Build Relationships & Solve Problems: Breaking Into Mid-Term Rentals
Hello and welcome to another great episode of Thanks For Visiting. Today’s expert guest, Jesse Vasquez, draws from his knowledge, experience, and passion for…
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Co-Hosting Confidential 001. Aces in Their Places: Tips for Team Building (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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296. Hosting Hotline: Informing Guests of Construction At Your Airbnb
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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295. ChatGPT X Airbnb? Learn How To Utilize AI in Your STR Business
Hello and welcome to another episode of Thanks for Visiting. Our guest today, Amy Tang, is the founder and CEO of Folio, a platform used by professional hosts…
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Systems Shakedown 001. Secrets of Bachelorette Party Houses (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…
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294. Hosting Hotline: Tips on Collaborating With a Stubborn Property Manager
Welcome back to the Hosting Hotline! This is an Ask Me Anything where each week we’ll answer your questions on Airbnb, STRs, real estate, and everything in…
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293. 70% Direct Booking: Learn How Jenn Boyles Works Her Marketing Magic
Today’s conversation brings a vibrant worldly flavor to it thanks to Jenn Boyle’s sprawling global empire of STRs and invaluable hosting experiences. She is…
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Vacation Ventures 001. Influencer Collab Secrets Revealed (Success Unlocked Season 1)
Welcome back to Success Unlocked, where our hosting business master membership coaches discuss operations, social media, unique builds, co-hosting strategies…