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The Hotel Investor Playbook — 82 episodes
Stop Deferring Your Joy: How High-Performing Leaders Stay Sharp Without Burning Out | Mike Messeroff E81
How 2 Women Turned a $1.2M Zillow B&B Into a $4M Treehouse Hotel (No Investors) | Ashley LaRocque E80
The $600K Treehouse Earning $200K a Year | Dustin Feider E79
The Hotel-to-Apartment Strategy That Turned $8.5M Into $18.9M in 19 Months | Ryan Sudeck E78
What a $75M Commercial Investor Wished He Knew Before Opening His First Boutique Hotel | Tyler Cauble E77
An STR operator's $4 million bet on building a boutique hotel in Colombia | Tim Hubbard E76
Under $1.5M in Revenue? You Don't Own a Business, You Own a Job | Greg Emmert E75
The Revenue Expert Managing $125M Says You're Leaving 40% on the Table | Jasper Ribbers E74
What Hotel Investors Can Steal From a Land Investor Who's Done 400 Deals | Brent Bowers E73
An Overlooked Strategy That Makes $7M Hotel Deals Actually Pencil | Ben Wolff E72
Former Hotel Analyst Built AI to Fix the Problem He Lived Every Day | Ziggy Hallgarten E71
How to Scale to 4 Hospitality Properties Without Raising Millions in Capital | Sam Degenhard E70
This 3-Step System Automated His Real Estate Business to 4 Hours a Month | Mark Podolsky E69
How Small Hotels Use Staff Content to Drive Direct Bookings | Scott Eddy E68
How an Ex-Space Force Engineer Bought a $2.45M Motel With 10% Down | Jordan Malara E67
How a Pilot Bought a $10M Hotel With Zero Hotel Experience | Curt Marker E66
Attorney Reveals Why Most Hotel Syndicators Are Breaking the Law | Bethany LaFlam E65
Stop Treating Your Front Desk Like An Expense. It's A Profit Center | Geoffrey Toffetti E64
Why Most Investors Never Buy Their First Hotel (And How You Actually Can) | Brian Resendez E63
Global Resort Design CEO: Stop Wasting Capex on the Wrong “Upgrades” | Scott LaMont E62
The 3 Distress Signals That Make the Next 12 Months a Buyer’s Market | Suraj Bhakta E61
7 AI Tools To Help You Buy and Operate Hotels (With No Staff and No Time) | Jake Heller E60
The Private Island Resort Built With Sweat, Not Millions | Odis Martin E59
How to Get Brokers to Send You Deals | Hunter Johnson E58
The Husband and Wife Duo that Scaled from 5 Airbnbs to 2 Boutique Hotels (Without Burning Out) | E57
Hotel Technology You Can Install To Boost NOI | Sue Graves E56
How to Replace a Six-Figure Job with Boutique Hotel Investing | Tim Ensmann E55
Real Estate Syndications 101: How Investors and Operators Actually Get Paid | Michael Russell E54
What It Really Takes to Buy Your First Hotel in 90 Days | Jacobo Hernandez E53
Building a Lifestyle Hotel Brand in Costa Rica | Bill Graf E52
The “Hotel Guru” on Where to Invest Next & How to Fund Deals | Bob Rauch E51
Why 2026 Looks Rocky for U.S. Hotels And Where Smart Investors Can Hit Big | Jan Freitag E50
How to Craft a Hotel People Will Actually Remember | Bashar Wali E49
What Makes a Hotel Succeed or Fail? | Naveed Khan E48
From CEO of Days Inn to Launching Marriott’s Autograph Collection | Richard Kessler E47
How To Use Social Media To Raise Capital And Find Deals | Soli Cayetano E46
Building Hotels That Last the Test of Time | Brandon Gore E45
The Marketing Playbook Every Small Hotel Owner Needs | Steph Weber E44
The Beginner's Guide To Building Wealth In Hospitality | Jonathan Mueller E43
Hotel Marketing Decoded: What Every Owner Needs to Know | Anthony Chiaravallo E42
Syndication Simplified: The Strategy That Builds Generational Wealth | Desiree Doubrox E41
A Masterclass In Experiential Hospitality With The Bolt Farm Treehouse Founders | Tori and Seth Bolt E40
$187M Hotel Portfolio by Age 30: How to Choose the Right Deals, Brands, and Ops Model | Sujay Mehta E39
Turning Passion into Profit in Rural Hospitality | Dave Cook E38
Bootstrapped Hospitality: Scaling Your Hotel Portfolio Without Major Capital | Austin Phippen E37
Building a Scalable Outdoor Hospitality Brand Through Franchising | Brian Linton E36
How to Know If Your CPA Is Helping You or Holding You Back | Kelly Tate E35
Why Hostels Are an Untapped Investment Opportunity in the U.S. | Mike & Nate E34
The Strategic Power of Third-Party Hotel Management | Bryan Fish E33
He Managed $320M for a Family Office - Then Walked Away to Build His Own Empire | Reilly Brennan E32
Building a $6M Micro Resort with Only 3% Down Using a USDA Loan | Ian Joseph E31
The Ultimate Guide To Financing Your Next Hotel Deal | Suraj Desai E30
Buying Hotels Is Just the Start: How to Build a Lasting Hospitality Brand | Keir Weimer E29
Hotel Investing Insights from the CEO of One of America’s Top Hotel Brokerage Firms | Suraj Bhakta E28
Saturday Special: Behind the Curtain at Malama Capital | Mike & Nate E27
How Sky Mitchell (formerly Sky McLean) Built a $500M Hotel Brand from Scratch | Sky Mitchell E26
Glamping for Profit: Low Cost, High Cash Flow, Massive Upside | Zac Willms E25
Olympic Discipline, Million-Dollar Loss, and Building a Hospitality Portfolio | Adam G Dailey E24
From Motel Renovation to 300K Followers: The Innvestors Story | Brett McManus E23
Ground-Up Boutique Hotel Development in San Francisco - High Risk, Higher Reward? | Mike Demson E22
What It Takes to Build a Revolutionary Hospitality Business | Brian Meyer E21
Cost Segregation Made Simple: Unlock Massive Tax Savings in Real Estate | Brian Bigham E20
From First Responder to Ground-Up Developer: An Inspiring Journey | Andrew Owlett E19
How AI is Disrupting Hotels—And Why Small Operators Have the Advantage | Ari Smith E18
Buying, Financing & Operating a Seasonal Boutique Hotel | Ryan Edwards E17
The Glamping Boom: Hype, Profits, & Pitfalls | Edward Haynes E16
From Vision to Execution: Our Framework for Hospitality Success | Mike & Nate E15
Lessons Learned from a Failed Motel Deal | Tanya Rooney E14
Turning $400K into $10M: Lessons in Fear, Failure, and Direct Bookings | E13
How a Property Manager Can Help You Maximize Your Hotel Profits | Bryan Tubaugh E12
Leveling Up: How To Turn STR Success into Boutique Hotel Ownership | Kim Herrlein E11
How to Drive 70% Direct Bookings: Strategies for Hotel Investors | Kerri Gibson E10
Building a Winning Investment Thesis for Hotel Success | Mike & Nate E9
How to Build a Hotel: Expert Insights into Real Estate Development | Zeke Freeman E8
How to purchase your first hotel while working a full-time job | Alex Kang E7
Should You Operate a Branded Hotel or Go Independent? | Neil Shah E6
How to Source, Underwrite, and Purchase Your First Boutique Hotel | Gideon Spencer E5
The Hotel Investing Guide to Operational Excellence | Mike & Nate E4
Transitioning From Investing in STRs Into Boutique Hotels | Kassidy Warren E3
Are Hospitality Investing Mastermind Conferences Worth It? | Mike & Nate E2
Hotel Investing: The Best of Both Worlds | Mike & Nate E1
Trailer: Welcome to the Hotel Investor Playbook!