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The Hotel Investor Playbook — 82 episodes

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1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

Turning Passion into Profit in Rural Hospitality | Dave Cook E38

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

Lessons Learned from a Failed Motel Deal | Tanya Rooney E14

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

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Trailer: Welcome to the Hotel Investor Playbook!