Short Term Rental Success Stories

Wouldn't it be amazing to be able to travel all around the world, stay at Airbnb's, and find opportunities to invest in the local area? In this success story, I speak with Kate Birtch, who over the course of 6 years has purchased and managed 6 properties ranging from Hawaii, Vietnam, Texas, and Cape Town South Africa. Kate, who runs a successful short term rental insurance startup called Property Protect, has been able to travel and find opportunities in foreign countries to Airbnb. Kate is an opportunist who likes to identify herself as a digital nomad. She is a big believer that anyone who is interested in investing overseas should do it as she has also found success in foreign short term rental management.

Are you trying to quit your job to take on short term rentals full time? Image your life if you could be doing something you are passionate about all the time in less than a year. In this success story, I speak with Brianna Beets, who went from 0 to 4 short term rental properties in 8 months and was able to quit her 9-5 job to become a full-time Airbnb host. Brianna, who worked in HR prior to becoming a full-time Airbnb Host in less than 8 months of starting on the platform. Brianna, with the support of her husband and two toddlers, Lucas & Alley, she currently runs 4 SFH and helps manage 3 others, all located in Macomb Michigan. Brianna has built up a team of 3 cleaners along with having handymen and plumbers on hand.

This is a podcast by Airbnb, Vacation Rental hosts, for short term rental hosts. In this introductory episode, your hosts, Julian Sage will be introducing himself, what the show is all about, and what you can expect every week. Come and join the community on our Facebook group "The Host Nation" to talk about creating systems for optimizing your business. Be sure to go to www.ShortTermSage.com for more awesome short term rental content.