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Join host James Varley for an in-depth chat with Christianne Crump from STR HUB – a new resource which aggregates information about the short-term rentals industry. 

Christianne tells us the story of STR HUB and shares a number of top tips, including for hosts starting out, the importance of understanding the major online travel agencies, and the trends everyone should be looking out for as we head into 2024.

Christianne’s brand shout-out went to the Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA), while her individual shout-out went to Mark Simpson from Boostly. Tune in to find out why.

3:33 Christianne’s journey in short-term rentals 

5:42 The story of STR HUB

8:34 The vision: Aggregating resources in one place

14:22 Christianne’s top tips for hosts starting out

18:26 STR marketing tips

21:52 The most exciting parts of the STR industry

24:55 The trends hosts and property managers should be looking out for

28:00 Christianne’s favourite brand shout-out: VRMA

29:22 Christianne’s individual shout-out: Mark Simpson at Boostly

31:04 Key learnings from starting a new company in the STR space

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Welcome to the Real Estate Ballers Show. 👋 In this episode, Vee shares her key takeaways from the largest vacation rental conference, the 2022 VRMA International Conference, in Las Vegas. 

Vee, the founder of REBallers, is a franchise owner and a Developmental Agent of HomeVestors “We Buy Ugly Houses”.  Today, Vee is actively buying and selling properties in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi, TX while growing her rental portfolio of long-term and short-term rentals.

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Sarah and T take on another guest that is famous for wearing red shoes this week - Simon Lehman, former President of Phocuswright (leading travel research firm), and currently serves on the board of directors of Booking Pal, Rented.com, Properly, Vacasa Europe.   He also was formerly on the board of directors of HomeAway, Inntopia, and was the CEO of Interhome - the largest vacation rental organization in the world (at the time).   
More recently he is the founder of AJL Consulting (find out why it is named that on this episode) where he helps firms buy, sell and get funding to grow their businesses.   A sought after speaker on the Vacation Rental business all over the world Simon joins Sarah and T and tells us why the red shoes, what he thinks about the Super Bowl, and of course gives his take on the state of the vacation rental industry.

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On this edition of Sarah and T - The professional vacation rental manager's podcast our two hosts tackle your questions.  Find out what they think is the hottest trend in the industry, how to become involved when regulations hit your area, and what sort of fee structure you should have in place in your business.  In the news segment Sarah and T discuss the new HomeAway Trends report, and encourage their listeners to get involved with #bookdirect day (February 6th).   

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In this episode our two hosts interview Amy Hinote of VRM Intel.   The premiere source of news and information in the vacation rental industry.   Amy shares her thoughts on the recent VRMA Conference, how Vacation Rental Managers are all doing the wrong thing when it comes to analyzing their business, and she provides some breaking news about what the future of her business looks like.   There is also a lightning round where Amy reveals her desire to be a lead guitarist in a rock and roll band, and her devotion to Edie Brickell.
In the News segment Amy reveals a new publication that will be coming out soon for property owners that rent their property.

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Sarah and Tim are on the road this week as they attended the International Conference of the Vacation Rental Management Association and The Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals in Las Vegas, NV.   This episode is a recording of the session "Takeaways with Sarah and T" from the conference where attendees came to this session to share the one big thing they are taking home from the conference.   Listen to 34 People give their top tidbit from the conference, and hear super fan Sharon Walker of Austin, TX play rapid fire with the hosts.

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Today Sarah and Tim talk to Keynote Speaker, Best Selling Author, and International Customer Service consultant John DiJulius.  John has been a keynote speaker at VRMA twice, and is the main attraction each year at the "Secret Service Summit."  In short, he knows his stuff and he shares it with us in this episode.  Hear about 5 keys to making a good hire, what the FORD method is, and why he thought his mother owned his elementary school, and why he did not play shortstop for the Cleveland Indians.   
This is an episode you do not want to miss!

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In this Episode our two intrepid vacation rental managers interview Toby Babich of Breckenridge Resort Managers who has formed his company around making sure his employees feel valued, which in turn translates into his guests getting outstanding service. Listen to this VRMA board member, community leader, and mayor of his town puts his personality into his business. In the rapid fire round we hear about Kool and The Gang, and in the News Segment there is big news from the North Carolina Real Estate Commission

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