What It's Like Managing Vacation Rentals for 37 Years w/ Heleena Sideris

Today I had the special honor of speaking with Kieran O'Neill & Billy Crock, founders of Hometime, an Australia based property management company with over 1500 rentals that uses a very unique model. In this episode, Kieran and Billy share how they started their management company and the unique strategy they are using today to scale, provide jobs, and give out free management client leads. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str100 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit

I had the special honor of speaking with Brittany and Rudy Rudulph, owners of Rudulph Rents, a long term rental property management company that has 300+ properties in Birmingham Alabama, 11 of them being short term rentals. In this episode, Brittanny and Rudy share their experience having purchased a management company from their family, the reason they went from 500 to 300 rentals, the biggest mistakes investors make, what its like managing and master leasing properties in a rural market, and their reason why Birmingham may be the next hot market. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str99 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit

Today I had the honor of speaking with Tracey Northcott, founder of Tokyo Family Stays, a short term rental business in Tokyo Japan with 15 properties mixed between master lease, managed, and owned. In this episode, Tracey shares the ins and outs of running a business in a foreign country as a non-native such as Japan, how to find out regulations & deal with legal if you don't know or speak the language, how to build trust in a community, the importance of branding and how it helped grow her business, and how she was able to pivot her business when a country dependent on foreign travel gets locked down. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str98 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit

Today I had the honor of speaking with Heleena Sideris with Park City Lodging, a 37 year old vacation rental management company in Park City Utah that has 250 rentals under management. In this episode, Heleena shares how Park City Lodging founded and what it has seen over it's 37 year life in Park City Utah, what it's like operating a team of 75, the daily work flow during different seasons, how to include purpose driven work like sustainability into your business, and a secret strategy working with HOAs that doubled their rental count. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str97 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit

Today, I had the honor of speaking with Mike Quist, owner and operator of Kona Escape. Mike has 6 short term rental properties in Kona Hawaii that he's purchased & renovated and has been active in the space for about 30 days but has been able to fill his rentals and is seeing great success. In this episode, Mike shares the numbers on his properties, how he finds great deals on the Big Island of Kona, the lessons learned along the way, why he chose self management over hiring a property manager, how to please the OTA algorithms, and lessons to share from growing a YouTube channel to around 1 Million Subscribers. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str96 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit

Today I had the honor of speaking with Vince Perez, partner of Beach House Rentals, a vacation rental management company in Santa Cruz CA with 100 properties that are entirely booked through referrals and repeat guests without utilizing any OTAs. Vince is also the founder of fetch my guest, a marketing platform that gives independent vacation rental professionals complete control of their brand. In this episode Vince shares his story of moving from an Executive at Hyatt to becoming a partner and marketing strategist for Beach House Rentals, why it's so important to building brand equity, the pros and cons of Airbnb and OTAs on the industry, what it takes to build a 100% referral and repeat guest vacation rental business and more. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str95 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit

Today I had the special honor of speaking with Humza Zafar. A full-time Electrical Engineer and Canadian citizen operating out of Philadelphia. Humza has scaled from 0 to 15 master lease units in the past 3 months. In this episode, Humza shares his experience of BRRRR investing to student housing, how he discovered master leasing, what it's like operating one-bedroom and shared apartments, how he's scaled so quickly, and many lessons along the way. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str94 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit

Today I have the special honor of speaking with Na'ím Paymán, founder of Keezark, a short term rental company that started in 2015 and has scaled to around 400 units, a mix of managed, master leased, and owned, and the creator of Zeevou, a Short term rental PMS/Channel manager. In this episode, Na'im shares his journey of short term renting to basically survive and how that turned into a profitable business, how he scaled from 0 to 400 properties in a few short years, why he created Zeevou, as well as his strategic moves the hotel space. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str93 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit

Today I had the honor of speaking with Joey Mure and Russ Morgan, founders of Wealth Without Wallstreet, a financial coaching service that focuses on teaching strategies such as Infinite Banking for preserving and generating wealth. Joey and Russ currently have 11 short term rentals, 10 being master leases, and 1 owned, which they have invested in from the capital of infinite banking. In this episode, Joey and Russ talk about what is infinite banking, who infinite banking is and is not for, and how you can invest into short term rentals through infinite banking. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str92 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit

Today I had the honor of speaking with Brad Greiner, CEO of Open Air Homes, a short-term rental management company based out of LA & Palm Springs that has 80 properties under management. In this episode, Brad shares his experience of being a filmmaker on a in a tough financial situation having to rent his luxury estate only to discover that his property was able to make a significant income. Brad shares how he eventually turned from struggling filmmaker to profitable luxury short term rental management, how he scaled his business, the challenges of a city that changes its regulation, how to find the right management clients, and more. 📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str91 🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation 💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb 🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit