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The Hotel Investor Playbook — 97 episodes

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1

The Follower Count Myth: How One Resort Went From $30K To $300K A Month In Direct Bookings | Dustin Baker E96

2

$1 Billion SBA Insider: How To Buy A Hotel With Just 15% Down | Carly Whitney E95

3

Wall Street Trader Turned Hotel Broker: The Deal 40 Brokers Couldn't Close | Amiti Bhow E94

4

The PhD Economist Who Buys Hotels and Turns Them Into Apartments | Alexander Cartwright E93

5

Why This Fund Ditched US Real Estate For 18% Appreciation In Portugal | Dan Daly E92

6

AutoCamp CEO: From Five Broken Airstreams to a Hilton Partnership | Neil Dipaola E91

7

$500 Million Hotel Broker: Why Your Franchise Flag Might Be Capping Your Hotel's Revenue | Chris Kilcullen E90

8

The $1 Billion Investor: Why Now is a Good Time to Buy | Neal Bawa E89

9

The Travel Influencer With 1.6M Instagram Followers Who Became a Hotel Developer | Jake Snow E88

10

How a $800K Distressed Motel Became a $2.4M Revenue Machine | Michael Russell E87

11

The Wellness ROI Audit Every Boutique Hotel Owner Needs to Run | Emily Johnson E86

12

The $0-Down Hotel Deal That Still Cost $1.5 Million | Christian Osgood E85

13

The Boutique Hotel Mistake Killing Your Occupancy (And the Fix That Took One Operator From 40% to 80%) | Hillary Folkvord E84

14

From $50 in His Bank Account to a 140-Key Hotel in Italy | Emanuele Pani E83

15

This Contractor Built a $6M Hospitality Brand With $90K and Zero Outside Investors | Chris Broomfield E82

16

Stop Deferring Your Joy: How High-Performing Leaders Stay Sharp Without Burning Out | Mike Messeroff E81

17

How 2 Women Turned a $1.2M Zillow B&B Into a $4M Treehouse Hotel (No Investors) | Ashley LaRocque E80

18

The $600K Treehouse Earning $200K a Year | Dustin Feider E79

19

The Hotel-to-Apartment Strategy That Turned $8.5M Into $18.9M in 19 Months | Ryan Sudeck E78

20

What a $75M Commercial Investor Wished He Knew Before Opening His First Boutique Hotel | Tyler Cauble E77

21

An STR operator's $4 million bet on building a boutique hotel in Colombia | Tim Hubbard E76

22

Under $1.5M in Revenue? You Don't Own a Business, You Own a Job | Greg Emmert E75

23

The Revenue Expert Managing $125M Says You're Leaving 40% on the Table | Jasper Ribbers E74

24

What Hotel Investors Can Steal From a Land Investor Who's Done 400 Deals | Brent Bowers E73

25

An Overlooked Strategy That Makes $7M Hotel Deals Actually Pencil | Ben Wolff E72

26

Former Hotel Analyst Built AI to Fix the Problem He Lived Every Day | Ziggy Hallgarten E71

27

How to Scale to 4 Hospitality Properties Without Raising Millions in Capital | Sam Degenhard E70

28

This 3-Step System Automated His Real Estate Business to 4 Hours a Month | Mark Podolsky E69

29

How Small Hotels Use Staff Content to Drive Direct Bookings | Scott Eddy E68

30

How an Ex-Space Force Engineer Bought a $2.45M Motel With 10% Down | Jordan Malara E67

31

How a Pilot Bought a $10M Hotel With Zero Hotel Experience | Curt Marker E66

32

Attorney Reveals Why Most Hotel Syndicators Are Breaking the Law | Bethany LaFlam E65

33

Stop Treating Your Front Desk Like An Expense. It's A Profit Center | Geoffrey Toffetti E64

34

Why Most Investors Never Buy Their First Hotel (And How You Actually Can) | Brian Resendez E63

35

Global Resort Design CEO: Stop Wasting Capex on the Wrong “Upgrades” | Scott LaMont E62

36

The 3 Distress Signals That Make the Next 12 Months a Buyer’s Market | Suraj Bhakta E61

37

7 AI Tools To Help You Buy and Operate Hotels (With No Staff and No Time) | Jake Heller E60

38

The Private Island Resort Built With Sweat, Not Millions | Odis Martin E59

39

How to Get Brokers to Send You Deals | Hunter Johnson E58

40

The Husband and Wife Duo that Scaled from 5 Airbnbs to 2 Boutique Hotels (Without Burning Out) | E57

41

Hotel Technology You Can Install To Boost NOI | Sue Graves E56

42

How to Replace a Six-Figure Job with Boutique Hotel Investing | Tim Ensmann E55

43

Real Estate Syndications 101: How Investors and Operators Actually Get Paid | Michael Russell E54

44

What It Really Takes to Buy Your First Hotel in 90 Days | Jacobo Hernandez E53

45

Building a Lifestyle Hotel Brand in Costa Rica | Bill Graf E52

46

The “Hotel Guru” on Where to Invest Next & How to Fund Deals | Bob Rauch E51

47

Why 2026 Looks Rocky for U.S. Hotels And Where Smart Investors Can Hit Big | Jan Freitag E50

48

How to Craft a Hotel People Will Actually Remember | Bashar Wali E49

49

What Makes a Hotel Succeed or Fail? | Naveed Khan E48

50

From CEO of Days Inn to Launching Marriott’s Autograph Collection | Richard Kessler E47

51

How To Use Social Media To Raise Capital And Find Deals | Soli Cayetano E46

52

Building Hotels That Last the Test of Time | Brandon Gore E45

53

The Marketing Playbook Every Small Hotel Owner Needs | Steph Weber E44

54

The Beginner's Guide To Building Wealth In Hospitality | Jonathan Mueller E43

55

Hotel Marketing Decoded: What Every Owner Needs to Know | Anthony Chiaravallo E42

56

Syndication Simplified: The Strategy That Builds Generational Wealth | Desiree Doubrox E41

57

A Masterclass In Experiential Hospitality With The Bolt Farm Treehouse Founders | Tori and Seth Bolt E40

58

$187M Hotel Portfolio by Age 30: How to Choose the Right Deals, Brands, and Ops Model | Sujay Mehta E39

59

Turning Passion into Profit in Rural Hospitality | Dave Cook E38

60

Bootstrapped Hospitality: Scaling Your Hotel Portfolio Without Major Capital | Austin Phippen E37

61

Building a Scalable Outdoor Hospitality Brand Through Franchising | Brian Linton E36

62

How to Know If Your CPA Is Helping You or Holding You Back | Kelly Tate E35

63

Why Hostels Are an Untapped Investment Opportunity in the U.S. | Mike & Nate E34

64

The Strategic Power of Third-Party Hotel Management | Bryan Fish E33

65

He Managed $320M for a Family Office - Then Walked Away to Build His Own Empire | Reilly Brennan E32

66

Building a $6M Micro Resort with Only 3% Down Using a USDA Loan | Ian Joseph E31

67

The Ultimate Guide To Financing Your Next Hotel Deal | Suraj Desai E30

68

Buying Hotels Is Just the Start: How to Build a Lasting Hospitality Brand | Keir Weimer E29

69

Hotel Investing Insights from the CEO of One of America’s Top Hotel Brokerage Firms | Suraj Bhakta E28

70

Saturday Special: Behind the Curtain at Malama Capital | Mike & Nate E27

71

How Sky Mitchell (formerly Sky McLean) Built a $500M Hotel Brand from Scratch | Sky Mitchell E26

72

Glamping for Profit: Low Cost, High Cash Flow, Massive Upside | Zac Willms E25

73

Olympic Discipline, Million-Dollar Loss, and Building a Hospitality Portfolio | Adam G Dailey E24

74

From Motel Renovation to 300K Followers: The Innvestors Story | Brett McManus E23

75

Ground-Up Boutique Hotel Development in San Francisco - High Risk, Higher Reward? | Mike Demson E22

76

What It Takes to Build a Revolutionary Hospitality Business | Brian Meyer E21

77

Cost Segregation Made Simple: Unlock Massive Tax Savings in Real Estate | Brian Bigham E20

78

From First Responder to Ground-Up Developer: An Inspiring Journey | Andrew Owlett E19

79

How AI is Disrupting Hotels—And Why Small Operators Have the Advantage | Ari Smith E18

80

Buying, Financing & Operating a Seasonal Boutique Hotel | Ryan Edwards E17

81

The Glamping Boom: Hype, Profits, & Pitfalls | Edward Haynes E16

82

From Vision to Execution: Our Framework for Hospitality Success | Mike & Nate E15

83

Lessons Learned from a Failed Motel Deal | Tanya Rooney E14

84

Turning $400K into $10M: Lessons in Fear, Failure, and Direct Bookings | E13

85

How a Property Manager Can Help You Maximize Your Hotel Profits | Bryan Tubaugh E12

86

Leveling Up: How To Turn STR Success into Boutique Hotel Ownership | Kim Herrlein E11

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How to Drive 70% Direct Bookings: Strategies for Hotel Investors | Kerri Gibson E10

88

Building a Winning Investment Thesis for Hotel Success | Mike & Nate E9

89

How to Build a Hotel: Expert Insights into Real Estate Development | Zeke Freeman E8

90

How to purchase your first hotel while working a full-time job | Alex Kang E7

91

Should You Operate a Branded Hotel or Go Independent? | Neil Shah E6

92

How to Source, Underwrite, and Purchase Your First Boutique Hotel | Gideon Spencer E5

93

The Hotel Investing Guide to Operational Excellence | Mike & Nate E4

94

Transitioning From Investing in STRs Into Boutique Hotels | Kassidy Warren E3

95

Are Hospitality Investing Mastermind Conferences Worth It? | Mike & Nate E2

96

Hotel Investing: The Best of Both Worlds | Mike & Nate E1

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Trailer: Welcome to the Hotel Investor Playbook!