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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…
Episodes
- Thanks For Visiting
232. Hosting Hotline: Listing Your Airbnb As A Parent-Child Setup
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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231. Making Vacation Rentals The Most Respected Travel Vertical
Simon Lehmann is one of the world’s foremost experts on short-term rental and vacation rentals. He leads AJL Atelier, a specialized vacation rental, and…
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230. Hosting Hotline: How Your Cancellation Policy Affects Your Airbnb Listing
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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229. Investing for Financial Independence and Empowerment
Delyanne Barros is an investing coach and the founder of Delyanne The Money Coach LLC. Growing up poor and as a Brazilian-born immigrant, she believed that…
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228. Hosting Hotline: Yes Or No To Sleeper Sofas?
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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227. Converting A Summer Camp Into Overnight Stays And Event Venue
Helen Christopher is a former elementary teacher turned hospitable host, author, and event planner in Upstate New York. In 2021, she bought a former girls…
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226. Hosting Hotline: How To Generate Direct Booking Leads Without Airbnb
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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225. Creating The Nerd’s Guide To Financial Independence
Sarah King has pivoted from the world of Dave Ramsey & long term rentals, into the world of leverage and mid-term, furnished rentals. After accumulating piles…
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224. Hosting Hotline: Protecting Your Airbnb From Scams + Squatters
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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223. Firing A Property Manager To Take Back Control
Veronica Romney is a Dream Team Architect who helps online entrepreneurs build their dream teams and train their rainmaking marketing leaders. She’s a former…
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222. Hosting Hotline: Leveraging Airbnb For Rental Arbitrage
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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221. Taking Your Airbnb Business To the Next Level with Wendy Doris and Amy Corbett
Wendy Doris and Amy Corbett are two amazing STR owners who’re part of our membership group, Hosting Business Mastery Membership. They’re joining the podcast…
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220. Hosting Hotline: Set Up Direct Booking As A New Airbnb Host
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between. Kara…
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219. Creating An Authentic Off-Grid Airbnb Experience
Addie Wales is a marketing professional and Airbnb Superhost. She has 8 years experience working in marketing and 2 years hosting guests at her off-grid cabins…
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218. Hosting Hotline: Our Airbnb Isn’t Booking, Should We Sell?
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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217. Making Your STR Accessibility Friendly Through Universal Design
Dr. Rosemarie Rossetti is an internationally acclaimed expert on accessible and universal design. She speaks and consults with people in the vacation rental…
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216. Our Top 10 Episodes Of 2022
To wrap up the year, we’re recapping our Top 10 episodes of 2022! Thank you to all of our amazing guests who’ve joined us on the show, and for our new AMA…
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215. Hosting Hotline: Direct Booking vs. OTAs
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between. Amy…
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214. Your Top 10 Hosting Tips for 2022
Annette + Sarah share their Top 10 Hosting Tips for 2022. You can submit your top tips on Instagram @ThanksForVisiting_ Free + Clear Laundry Detergent Backup…
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213. Hosting Hotline: Pricing Your Property For Mid-Term Stays
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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212. End-Of-Year Business Planning for STR Hosts
Sarah and Annette recap the 2022 business year, and discuss what they plan for 2023 (including the slow winter season in Ohio). They share their tips on…
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211. Hosting Hotline: Laundry Best Practices for Bedspreads
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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210. How To Become Recession-Proof with Real Estate
With a passion for researching and sharing the most important facts on real estate and economics, Kathy is a frequent guest expert on such media as CNN, CNBC…
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Bringing Buying Group Power To All STR Hosts
Jeff Iloulian has been in the vacation rental industry for nearly a decade. He has set up, managed, and/or operated over 250+ vacation rental properties; from…
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209. Hosting Hotline: The Best Accounting Software For Your STR Business
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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208. BIG Airbnb Updates For 2023
Today we’re reviewing Airbnb’s new winter updates as we move into 2023. If you have Airbnb listings, we always recommend logging into your account regularly to…
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207. Building Wealth + Growing An STR Business With Your Partner
Kacia & Seena are brand new to STRs and real estate investing, but they have a BIG vision of where they want to take this, and how they are going to use the…
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206. Decoding the Best Cleaning Products & Techniques for Your STR
Sean Kemper, founder of ETI Solutions, helps educate people on cleaning best practices. Their parent company, Ecolab, manufactures quality cleaning products…
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205. Hosting Hotline: Converting A Church Into An STR
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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204. The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get
Alex Sabio is a married father of four from Southern California. He has been in healthcare for over 20 years, and focuses on helping other healthcare workers…
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203. Hosting Hotline: How To Safely Provide Alcohol For Your Guests
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between. Meg…
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202. 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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201. Hosting Hotline: Hot Tub Safety in your STR
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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200. The Best Highlights from TFV Live (Our First Event!)
To celebrate our 200th episode we’re recapping all the best moments from our very first live event: TFV Live! Experience at the Sahara Las Vegas. Real Estate…
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199. Creating Exclusive Short-Term Rentals for Military and Government Travelers
Anthony Gantt is a retired Marine and Founder of atease. After experiencing complications with short-term rental stays during his many relocations in the…
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198. Hosting Hotline: Working Around Your City’s STR Restrictions
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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197. Short-Term Rentals are an Emotional AND Logical Investment
While working for Citi Bank doing financial research and analytics four years ago, Kenny purchased his first short term rental. After deciding to grow his STR…
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196. Hosting Hotline: How To Manage an Out Of State Rental Property
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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195. Leveraging Medium-Term Rentals for Financial Freedom
Zeona McIntyre has been an Airbnb host since 2012. After 10 years of managing short-term rentals across the globe, she has transitioned to selling Real Estate…
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194. Hosting Hotline: What You Need To Know Before Forming A Partnership
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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193. Know Your Numbers and Empower Your Business with Quarterly Reports
Quarterly recaps are a MUST for your business. Whether you’re managing properties for clients, or self-operating your STR listings, regular quarterly reports…
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192. Hosting Hotline: How To Organize Your Work (and Life) As An STR Owner
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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191. Hustle Is Not Enough: Attention to Detail and Creating Your Niche in STR
TJ Tijani immigrated from Nigeria, landed in Houston, and his story is a whirlwind of hustle and entrepreneurship. He grew up with a single mom who was raising…
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190. Hosting Hotline: Comparing Your STR House Rules with Airbnb’s Guest Policies
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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189. Fire Safety Comes First in Your STR
Safety is one of the first things to think about in short term rentals, and our favorite safety expert, Justin Ford, is back on the show to help make sure our…
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188. Hosting Hotline: How To Offer Your Property’s Amenities to the Public
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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187. Fostering Support and Advocacy for Short-Term Rental Communities
David Krauss fell in love with short-term rental hosting in 2013. As a strong believer in the people of the short-term rental community, David cofounded Rent…
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186. Hosting Hotline: Invest In Your Property by Hiring A Caretaker
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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185. Create An Abundance Mindset Through Collaboration, Not Competition
Kyle Stanley is an AirBnB operator out of Fresno, CA. Although he has been doing AirBnB since 2015, he didn't truly turn it into a business until May of 2019…
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184. Hosting Hotline: Airbnb Is NOT Going To Cover Your Insurance
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between. Andy…
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183. House Hacking Your Way To Success in Real Estate
Danielle is a second generation real estate agent with a passion for helping others, investing and all things real estate. To say that she has been doing this…
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182. Hosting Hotline: Refinancing Options Using the BRRRR Method
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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181. Building True Generational Wealth Through Real Estate
Jameelah Jordan is a biochemist turned real estate investor, broker, and digital nomad. For over 6 years, Jameelah has been honing her real estate skills…
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180. Hosting Hotline: Save Money and Avoid Hassles with Smart Locks
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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179. Managing Luxury Listings Is All About the Details
Scott Graden is a passionate Real Estate and Hospitality expert with over 25 years of experience in Development and Sales and Marketing of for sale and for…
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178. Hosting Hotline: The Top 3 Things That Impact Your STR’s Neighborhood
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between. Susi…
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177. Small Changes That Have BIG Impact for Your Guests
Deborah Labi is a retired property manager with her fingers in many pies, sharing her experience via her consultancy, a podcast, a soon-to-launch second…
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176. Hosting Hotline: Building Nostalgia Into Your Unique STR Property
Welcome to another Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in between…
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175. Grow Your Inventory: Unlocking Riches in the Niches with D. Brooke Pfautz
D. Brooke Pfautz (Fouts) is one of the industry's foremost experts in growing vacation rental inventory. He literally wrote the book on inventory growth – and…
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174. Hosting Hotline: How To Optimize A Three-In-One Property Listing
Welcome to our very first Ask Me Anything (Ask Us Anything?) episode! Each week we’ll answer your questions on STR, real estate, OTAs, and everything in…