How Braydon Ross (AKA @MrAirbnb) Built a Short-Term Rental Empire

Host Planet

Braydon Ross is @MrAirbnb! From arbitrage and coaching to working alongside developers across the globe to market and manage hundreds of properties. Hear his thoughts on regulation, essential tech, and why building a personal brand can take your business to the next level. Braydon also shares how Tequila Fridays helped him build a huge following on social media.

There are shout-outs for Airbnb, Brian Chesky, Guesty, Hostaway, Hospitable, iGMS, PriceLabs, Linkbase, Minut, and others, plus sponsor mentions for Hosthub and GroupAccommodation.com.

Key takeaways:

• Discover the traits that every short-term rental manager needs in order to succeed.

• AI is going to have a major impact on the vacation rentals business.

• Why building a personal brand is 100% worth it.

0:57 The traits successful short-term rental managers need to have

4:20 The common questions first-time managers have

5:40 Rental arbitrage

9:16 Doing arbitrage? Cover your back!

11:17 I want to own properties today

16:33 Rookie mistakes

20:04 How to make a property irresistible

23:24 Why aren’t hotels on Airbnb?

27:59 How AI is going to impact short-term rentals

29:56 2025 trends, staring with regulation

31:37 The key things you need to succeed in 2025

32:30 The tech you need when starting out

34:46 Building a personal brand is worth it

38:46 Guitar and tequila!

40:28 Favourite brand: Airbnb

41:16 Individual shout-out: Brian Chesky

42:20 How to scale

Sponsors:

Hosthub: https://www.hosthub.com/?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=HCH

GroupAccommodation.com: https://www.groupaccommodation.com/?utm_campaign=holidaycottagehandbook.com

Host Planet: https://www.hostplanet.club/

James Varley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdsvarley/

Braydon Ross / @MrAirbnb: https://www.instagram.com/mrairbnb?igsh=MTFibW5xb3E2b3B2Yw==

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The Host Planet Podcast is presented by James Varley, a holiday let investor and property manager who is also the Founder of Host Planet. Before founding Host Planet, James spent 20 years in the media, including a decade leading corporate communications for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

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