Building a Brand & Short Term Rental Business in Japan w/ Tracey Northcott
04/02/21 • 54 min
Today I had the honor of speaking with Tracey Northcott, founder of Tokyo Family Stays, a short term rental business in Tokyo Japan with 15 properties mixed between master lease, managed, and owned.
In this episode, Tracey shares the ins and outs of running a business in a foreign country as a non-native such as Japan, how to find out regulations & deal with legal if you don't know or speak the language, how to build trust in a community, the importance of branding and how it helped grow her business, and how she was able to pivot her business when a country dependent on foreign travel gets locked down.
📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str98
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Today I had the honor of speaking with Tracey Northcott, founder of Tokyo Family Stays, a short term rental business in Tokyo Japan with 15 properties mixed between master lease, managed, and owned.
In this episode, Tracey shares the ins and outs of running a business in a foreign country as a non-native such as Japan, how to find out regulations & deal with legal if you don't know or speak the language, how to build trust in a community, the importance of branding and how it helped grow her business, and how she was able to pivot her business when a country dependent on foreign travel gets locked down.
📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str98
🌎Join the Host Nation community! https://shorttermsage.com/HostNation
💲 Become a host today. https://ShortTermSage.com/airbnb
🔎See our Airbnb equipment. https://ShortTermSage.com/kit
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📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str99
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