Ep 317 – Airbnb’s New Rental Agreement Ban: What Hosts Can Still Do Legally (w/ Katie Johnson, STR Law)
Airbnb's new policy mostly bans rental agreements and limits how hosts collect guest information. Short-term rental attorney Katie Johnson, founder of STR Law, explains what changed, the 4 exceptions that still allow rental agreements, and how hosts can protect themselves legally. Katie graduated from Michigan Law and has practiced law since 2011. She has hosted since 2015, and today she owns five vacation rentals and manages five more. So she [...]
Ep 316 – From Side Gig to 8-Figure Airbnb Business… and Private Equity Is Calling
Matt Floyd and Craig Gerulski started buying vacation rentals in 2018 to build side income while working their W-2 jobs. In 2020 they launched Stay Classy Homes to manage their own properties and a few arbitrage units in San Diego, and they ran it as a side gig for 3 years. Then a trip to STR Wealth in Nashville changed everything. They quit their jobs in 2023, went two years [...]
Ep 315 – The Breezeway CEO Has Seen 350,000 Airbnbs. This Is the Mistake He Sees Everywhere | Jeremy Gall
How do you grow a short term rental or Airbnb management business without losing the human touch that makes guests book in the first place? In this episode of the STR Secrets Podcast, Breezeway founder and CEO Jeremy Gall breaks down the real role of AI and automation in vacation rental operations, and why automating everything could quietly kill your business. Jeremy has spent 20 years building software for vacation [...]
Ep 314 – What the #1 Airbnb Property Manager in America Does That You Don’t | Steve & Kim Resnick
Most operators hit a wall around 10 or 12 listings. Steve and Kimberly Resnick pushed to 44 with just one hire, and it almost broke them. Today they run 115 listings in Ocean City, New Jersey, with a team of 20+, and AirDNA just ranked HeavenlyRez the #1 property management company in the United States. In this episode, they share: How a neck surgery that left Steve unable to talk [...]
Ep 313 – From 32 to 70 Airbnb homes in 9 Months: What Actually Broke (and What Worked) | Dave Menapace
Dave Menapace is back — and he's got the receipts. In nine months, he grew his co-hosting portfolio from 32 to 70 properties under management, and in this episode he breaks down exactly what that kind of growth actually feels like from the inside. Mike, Reilly, and Dave dig into the wins (hiring early during "peacetime," never asking your team to do something you won't do yourself, staying flexible without [...]
Ep 312 – The Only AI Masterclass Airbnb Hosts Need: Leads, Revenue, and Ad Spying on Autopilot
🚨 The AI Summit is almost sold out — grab your ticket before it's gone: 👉 www.strsecrets.com/aisummit2 Sep 29 & 30 | Salem, MA | $497 | Less than 20 Seats Remaining Download the Ad Spying Skill and other resources mentioned in the training from here: In this AI masterclass, Ryan and Mike break down the 3 AI systems every short-term rental operator needs to grow their portfolio and maximize [...]
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