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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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173. Expanding Your Rental Portfolio for Long-Term Wealth
Avery Carl is the author of ShortTerm Rental, Long Term Wealth: Your Guide To Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties, and the host of "The Short…
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172. Discover the Power To Pivot Your Business
Meredith Cowley is a passionate Social Worker turned Short Term Rental Entrepreneur. Following the birth of her son, then a diagnosis of breast cancer…
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171. When Will the STR Bubble Burst? with Alex & Annie
With more than 35 years of combined experience in vacation rentals, Alex Husner and Annie Holcombe have teamed up to connect the dots between inspiration and…
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170. Maximize Your Listing By Taking Action Now
Rose and her husband Brian own Your Family's Place. Their properties specialize in hosting multigenerational families and groups traveling together. Featuring…
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169. Make Your STR Pop With Design, Decor & Staging
Good design is an example of “ONE thing” that will help your listing stand out. Implementing professional staging and unique decor in your short-term rental…
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168. Increase Your STR Wealth with These Takeaways
We recorded this episode right after getting off the plane from Nashville, where we attended STR Wealth Conference. It was so amazing seeing our friends…
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167. 3 Ways You’re Leaving Money on the Table in Your STR
This episode may be a bit controversial, but we’re here for it. There is extra work and extra costs associated with any short-term rental, and we believe this…
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166. Tips for Managing Expected (and Unexpected) Maintenance
Maintenance is always a hot button issue in the STR world. Let’s face it, properties are living, breathing organisms. They are constantly changing and in need…
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165. Double Your Bookings with This STR Listing Strategy
How can you ethically list your large rental twice to make the most of a bigger property? In Sarah’s example, we split a fourplex in two by installing quality…
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164. Getting Scrappy to Start Investing in Real Estate with Dr. Erin Hudson
Dr. Erin Hudson went from being in private practice to moving into single-family investment properties, short-term rentals, and then jumped into the…
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163. Travel Hacking & Conscious Credit Card Use with Kara Greene
We’re all about giving a holistic approach to your short-term rental: looking at the whole picture, from safety, marketing, real estate, and more. And while…
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162. Less is More in Luxury Real Estate with Rachel Gainsbrugh
Rachel Gainsbrugh went from being a healthcare professional by day to real estate investor by night in the luxury and corporate short-term rental space to…
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161. Simplify Ordering & Save on Furnishing Your STR with Minoan
Shopping for your property never gets old. It’s not just about doing it as quickly or cheaply as possible—it’s about putting a piece of yourself and your style…
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160. Making the Short-Term Rental World More Accessible with Lorraine Woodward
In this episode, we break down the endless opportunities available by making your property as accessible as possible. Lorraine Woodward is founder and CEO of…
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159. Back to Basics: Fire Alarm 101 with Justin Ford
It’s been far too long since Justin Ford has been on the show, but don’t worry, he’s going to make up for it. He’s been steeped in the short-term rental…
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158. Building Successful Digital Marketing Campaigns with Emily Miethner
Emily Miethner, like many of you, is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on social media, community building, and digital marketing. She’s an award-winning…
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157. Learn How Your STR Can Make Dreams Come True with Kisa Heyer
Do you realize how important you are to your guests, to your community, to your family – and to people you don’t even know? Kisa Heyer, CEO of The Dream…
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156. Scaling Your Business with Investor Capital with Jeff Brown
Jeff Brown is here to teach us how to dream big and scale our businesses with investor capital. He’s the co-founder of Loma Homes, a vacation rental brand that…
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155. Taking Your Short-Term Rental from Job to Business with Kylan Pimley
One thing nobody tells you when you start your hosting journey is that you’re going to have to get really, really good at revenue management. Well, scratch…
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154. Keeping Your STR Business Legally Protected with Scott Brown
Look, we get it – legal talk isn’t usually the most exciting thing in the world, but Scott Brown, an attorney out of Columbus, Ohio who specializes in…
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153. Creating a Time-Traveling Summer Camp Destination with Tereasa Surratt
Finding ways to stand out in the rental industry is key. What better way to stand out than running a massive summer camp out of a historical 1920s speakeasy?…
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152. Pets & Your Rental Property: What You Need to Know with Heather Kazmark
One topic we hear again and again when it comes to short-term rentals: What do we do about pets? Today’s guest is an expert when it comes to incorporating pets…
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151. How to Build a Foolproof Inspection Checklist
We are big fans of checklists here at Thanks For Visiting. What better way to ensure that the basics always get handled consistently? In this episode, we share…
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150. Breaking Down Our Sales Blitz Strategy
Nearly every travel destination is going to experience off seasons at certain times of the year (if you don’t, let us just say — lucky you!). During lean…
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149. Working With Influencers To Showcase Your STR Listing with Elise Armitage
Elise Armitage had the good job and a fancy title at a big brand. Her future was laid out in clear steps, but something was missing. It took taking a month…
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148. Behind the Scenes on Our First Real Estate Deal
Not long ago, we announced that the two of us were partnering for our first joint real estate deal. Picking up on that conversation, we wanted to let you know…
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147. Back to the Basics: Refocusing on Guest Experience
Following up on last week’s episode covering the basic steps you can take as a host to make sure you have all the simple things dialed in, we look at ways to…
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146. Back to the Basics: 7 Things to Review in the New Year
Even if you’ve been renting and managing for years, we all need to go back to the basics from time to time. What better time than a new year? In this episode…
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145. Real Estate Investing & the Power of Communities with Stacey St. John
Stacey St. John is a boss babe who was bitten by the STR bug and never looked back. While working for a global consulting firm, she fell into the real estate…
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144. Our Best Episodes of 2021
We’ve reached the end of the year! 2021 felt like we were finding our way again, but we have high hopes for 2022. As a way of looking back over how far we’ve…
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143. Operating an Overseas Vacation Rental Business with Lisa Byrne
Managing vacation properties is hard work. Anticipating the needs of guests, taking care of things as issues arise, planning proactive and preventative work…
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142. Vacation Rental Women’s Summit Recap
Rental Women’s Summit. It was impossible to see everything there was to see, so we enlisted the help of our Hosting Business Mastery Method members to divide…
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141. Creating an Identity for Your STR Property with Stacey Rase
Stacey Rase is a Superhost from the New Orleans area who has found her passion in offering specialty stays at her short-term rentals. After raising four…
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140. Looking at Airbnb’s November 9, 2021 Update in Detail
In your short-term rental business, Airbnb is one of the biggest and best tools out there to get your spaces booked and busy. But as a small business owner…
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139. Renting Responsibly: Playing a Role in Your Local Regulation
We’re continuing to bring our favorite speakers from the VRMA onto the show! This time, we’re joined by the wonderful Dana Lubner. As Head of Leadership…
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138. Buying with the End in Mind
We are all about starting fast without overthinking things. You don’t have to have everything dialed in and figured out before you dive into your first…
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137. Lessons for STR Hosts from a Digital Nomad
You can learn a lot from professional hosts, but what about a professional guest? In this episode, we reverse engineer what pulls at a potential guest’s heart…
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136. Growing a Business While Giving Back with Coconut Condos’ Angie Leone
Continuing a series of interviews featuring our favorite speakers from the 2021 Vacation Rental Managers Association International Conference in San Antonio…
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135. Revenue Management for the Rest of Us
Heather Richer is a revenue management and distribution expert with over a decade of experience. She and her team have done revenue management for hotels…
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134. Our Experiences at the 2021 Vacation Rental Managers Association International Conference in San Antonio, Texas
We’re still reeling from our first in-person conference post COVID. It was great to spend time among so many great and like-minded people at the Vacation…
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133. Leveraging Local Expertise to Successfully Run Your Rental Business with Victoria Hawley
Running multiple rental properties can be stressful… but managing them across multiple states? It’s still totally doable! Victoria is a Superhost who has been…
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132. Take Your Property from Overlooked to Overbooked with Brian and Kati Green
The number one thing that communicates to your potential guests and turns them to booked guests is effective photography. Kati and Brian Greene are…
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131. What to Do When a Potential Guest is Sending Warning Flags
What can you do when your gut is sending you warning signs about a guest booking? While you don’t want to be individually vetting guests, you do want to make…
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130. Elevating Your STR with High-Vibe Design with Moira Sedgwick
Moira Sedgwick is the James Beard Awards Director and founder of A Chalet Collective, a short term rental design, remote management, and consulting business…
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129. Give & Grow: How Philanthropic Hosting Helps Communities & Businesses Alike with Chelsea Dunckley
We all want to run a good business, but many of us want to do good in the world as well. Chelsea Dunckley of Digs Co. joins us as we explore how offering up…
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128. A Wild Story: An Unorthodox Short-Term Rental Journey in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Dan Ferretti has spent most of his life acting, singing, and pursuing a career in theater. He supplements this unstable career choice by managing a rooftop…
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127. How to End a Property/Manager Relationship That’s Out of Alignment
Last week we talked about how to find a property manager that’s a good fit for you. But what if you’re on the management side, you take a job and, down the…
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126. 11 Things to Look for When Hiring a Co-Host
Even if you LOVE being a property manager, practically everyone hits a point where they realize “You know what? Maybe I don’t want to be managing all of my own…
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125. 3 Things a Property Manager Can Focus on Now to Help Them Achieve the Best Exit with Jacobie Olin
We’ve spent a lot of time focused on two phases of the property-owning process: buying and renting. But there’s another step we have had a chance to dive into…
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124. Buying Land & Property Using Creative Financing Options with Mike Hicks
Mike Hicks is a real estate maverick. He’s been involved throughout the industry for over 20 years, beginning in new construction and working his way to…
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123. Our Mistakes Making Property Offers & How to Avoid Them
We always try to be transparent about what is going on in our businesses in the hopes that doing so will serve you. We share our hopes, ideas, struggles, and…
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122. Going All In on Short-Term Rentals with A-Frame Ranch Owner Callie Witcher
Some people like to dip their toes into the short-term rental world. Others, like today’s guest, go all in from the beginning. Despite having no background in…
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121. Hiring a Team That Works with You with Taylor Arbaugh
One of the questions we get asked most often is: how do you hire a team that has the same ethos and attention to detail as you? Taylor Arbaugh is a property…
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120. Make Deck Safety a Priority with Justin Ford
When it comes to safety, it always feels like an accident will never happen with you – until it does. Justin Ford, our Safety Captain, is professionally…
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119. Five Commonly Overlooked Cleaning Opportunities
There are so many things to clean within your short-term rental, so it’s worryingly easy to overlook something. We’re exploring the top five things that could…
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118. The Hidden Expense of Your Airbnb
When you’re running a business, keeping track of your expenses is just as important as tracking income. But there are some costs that you’d never think of…
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117. Start Boosting Your Direct Bookings Today with Mark Simpson
So many hosts complain about the drawbacks of online travel agencies – but few actually do anything about them. Most don’t even know how! In an…
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116. Cash Pad, TV Show Renovation & the Austin STR Market with Lauren Noble
Lauren Noble is a Superhost from Austin, Texas whose short-term rental was featured on the CNBC show “Cash Pad” with the Bachelorette's JoJo Fletcher and…
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115. Outdoorsy Takes Short-Term Rentals on the Road with Matt Mitchell
Looking for a creative, fun, and accessible way to get into the short-term rental space? Look no further! Matt Mitchell is a digital nomad who turned his…
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114. Marketing Your Brand Through WiFi Portals with Arthur Colker
Marketing and branding are how you take your short-term rental business to the next level, but how do you introduce your brand to all of your guests -…