Normalizing the “30-day Stay” in your Short Term Rental Business with Zeona McIntyre - Episode #215

Zeona is a true real estate experimenter and a skilled investor who’s walked the walk, AND talked the talk. She is the co-host of the INVEST2FI Podcast and the co-author of the “30-day Stay”, which is all about mastering the medium term rental industry. Zeona has hands-on experience in many aspects of real investing, from arbitrage to buy-and-furnish. It all started when Zeona's best friend rented his place out on Airbnb. Fast forward to a decade later, Zeona has been an Airbnb host since 2012. After ten years of being a short-term rental property manager and consultant, she has transitioned to selling real estate to investors who are looking to house hack or live for free. She is an avid real estate investor who owns and manages a double-digit portfolio, and she teaches listeners how to achieve financial freedom through real estate on her podcast, Invest2FI. She has been featured on BiggerPockets, Mr. Money Mustache, NPR, and has been a guest on more than fifty podcasts. Zeona has been to 47 countries--she spends half the year in Boulder, Colorado and the other half traveling the world as an international pet and house sitter. But her first foray particularly in medium term rentals started during the pandemic. Or rather, COVID lockdowns forced her to rethink her strategy and found that medium term rentals are overlooked but very viable. If you’re a regular listener, you’ll know how much we’ve been loving midterm term rentals recently. This makes this particular episode a special one as we’ve been geeking out over Zeona’s book latest book 30 day stay published by Bigger Pockets! Long overdue we finally got her in the lab! We cover a lot of ground from niching down to medium term rentals, to using Furnished Finder, and why Zeona believes midterm rentals can strategically work in any property asset. It’s an incredible valuable perspective that really reflects the skills and insight of a seasoned real estate investor like Zeona. Dive into midterm rentals with Zeona and discover how this could be the key to profitability as a short term rental owner & operator, because remember, you’re always just one experiment away! HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE: 06:33 How Zeono Got Into Mid-Term Rentals 27:15 How to build your MTR operations KEEPING IT REAL: 04:05 Introduction 05:26 About Zeona McIntyre 06:34 Niching down to MTR 09:14 Problem solving or passion 12:45 Co-hosting and financial freedom 18:35 Why go into Midterm rentals? 23:19 Furnished Finder 27:15 Automating your MTR operations 30:56 Walking the properties 33:23 Couch surfing and trust 35:03 MTR works in any asset 37:49 House hacking 40:58 Adding a kitchen 42:39 Single of multifamily 46:18 Portfolio building from Zeona 48:34 What’s next for Zeona NOTABLE QUOTE: 49:21 “MTR (Midterm Rental) can work in any asset” – Zeona McIntyre CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST Website: https://www.zeonamcintyre.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeona-mcintyre/ Get Your Airbnb Millionaire Blueprint: https://experimentrealestate.com/#blueprint #midterm #rental #airbnb