STRA Episode 20: What we Did Right and Wrong in 2022 in our Short-Term Rental Business [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. We are John and Wendy Williams here with the short-term Rental Authority, your authority on all things short-term rental related to help make you the best operator ever. And since this is a new year. We thought that we would take us some time and reflect on last year some things that we did well, some things that we may need to improve on, and what our goals are going to be in the new year. [00:00:39] And so Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Happ ..read more

STRA Episode 18: How to Manage the Holidays With Your Short-Term Rental [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. We are John and Wendy Williams with the Short-Term Rental Authority, your authority on all things short-term rental related to help make you the best operator. Ever. And it's the holiday season. [00:00:22] The holiday season. Mm-hmm. , I dunno, the lyrics after that. . . Why do you think I'm wearing this fancy hat? , right? So if you're listening on audio again Last time Wendy had her beautiful Christmas ugly llama sweater on, who You call it ugly. Well, they ..read more

STRA Episode 17:  How to Deal With Slow Season [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. We are John n Wendy Williams with the Short-term Rental Authority, your authority on all things short-term rental related to help make you the best operator ever. And today we are going to be talking about how to deal with slow season. Yeah. [00:00:27] I wanna feel like a a, the majority of us are probably dealing with slow season right now. Being the time of year it is. And being in the northern hemisphere, right? Yes. But his chili, hence the Christmas sweater. Yes. Which is h ..read more

STRA Episode 16: What to do When your Guest is a Karen [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. We are John n Wendy Williams with the short term rental authority. Your authority on all things short term rental related to help make you the best operator ever. And today we are going to be talking about what to do when you have a Karen and we apologize to everyone. [00:00:32] Named Karen. Yes, cuz I, I'm, it's, it's just a term, right? Yes. But I know some very nice Karens. Yes. In fact, your mother's named Karen. My mother's name is Karen. Yes. It's unfortunate, right? Bu ..read more

STRA Episode 15: The four main things about your listing that will get you booked [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey guys. Welcome back to the podcast. We are John and Wendy Williams, the short-term rental authority, your authority on all things short-term rental related to help make you the best operator ever. And today, we are going to blow your mind with the four main things to consider to help get you booked. [00:00:30] So let's get into it because it. Very it goes along with how we do a listing audit. We get a lot of people come, come to us and say, Hey, can you review my listing? So we thought th ..read more

Episode 14: What to do About a Party in Your Short-Term Rental [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey guys. Welcome back to the podcast. We are John and Wendy Williams with the Short-term Rental Authority, Your authority for all things short term rental related to help make you the best operator ever. [00:00:21] And today we are going to be talking. What to do if someone has a party in your unit and the insurance that is related to short term rentals and more importantly, how to prevent it from happening in the first place. Yes, Yes. Excellent. Well, there are several systems and processes. Processes, proc ..read more

STRA Episode 13:  How to Get Started in Short-Term Rentals [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey guys. Welcome back to the podcast. We are John and Wendy Williams with the Short-Term Rental Authority, Your authority on all things short-term rental related to help make you the best operator ever. At today's podcast, we are going to be talking about how to get started in short term rental. [00:00:28] I think that's really great. That's a really good topic. It really is. So the, the short answer is go to our website. Sign up. No, I'm just kidding. [00:00:38] I'm just kidding. Shameless plug. Right. So w ..read more

Episode12 Why Does Design Matter and How to Get it Done [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey guys, John and Wendy Williams here with the short-term Rental authority, Your authority for all things short-term rental related to help make you the best operator. Yeah. So today's episodes gonna be a little bit different because Wendy just returned from Dallas, Texas. [00:00:23] Is that right? The, the low, the long Longhorn State? Lone Star State. Lone Star State, yes. They do have Longhorns, Yes. In Texas. But it's the Lone Star State. Yes. The Lone Star state. Yeah. It. Gorgeous. You'd never been to Dallas ..read more

Episode11: How to Scale From 1 Unit to as Many as You Want Without Working Harder [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey guys. Welcome back to the podcast. We are John n Wendy Williams from the Short Term Rental Authority, Your authority on all things short term rental related to help make you the best operator ever. And today's podcast we have massive, massive value for for you. Today we are going to be talking about how to get not just one short term rental, but. [00:00:36] As many short term rentals as you want without creating more work for yourself, without working harder. Without that, the, That's th ..read more

STRA Episode 10: How do I Protect my Investment if STR Regulations Change? [00:00:00] [00:00:05] Hey guys. Welcome back to the podcast. [00:00:07] We are John and Wendy Williams, the short term rental authority, your authority for all things, short term rental related to help make you the best operator ever. And we have a question from Todd Fleming, from Ohio, and his question is. how do you protect your asset if regulations, regulations change? [00:00:35] And I thought that was a really great question in that we should address it on the podcast. So we get this question a lot, you know, are Ai ..read more