Buying & Managing Vacation Rentals In Kona Hawaii w/ Mike Quist
03/19/21 • 56 min
Today, I had the honor of speaking with Mike Quist, owner and operator of Kona Escape. Mike has 6 short term rental properties in Kona Hawaii that he's purchased & renovated and has been active in the space for about 30 days but has been able to fill his rentals and is seeing great success.
In this episode, Mike shares the numbers on his properties, how he finds great deals on the Big Island of Kona, the lessons learned along the way, why he chose self management over hiring a property manager, how to please the OTA algorithms, and lessons to share from growing a YouTube channel to around 1 Million Subscribers.
📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str96
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Today, I had the honor of speaking with Mike Quist, owner and operator of Kona Escape. Mike has 6 short term rental properties in Kona Hawaii that he's purchased & renovated and has been active in the space for about 30 days but has been able to fill his rentals and is seeing great success.
In this episode, Mike shares the numbers on his properties, how he finds great deals on the Big Island of Kona, the lessons learned along the way, why he chose self management over hiring a property manager, how to please the OTA algorithms, and lessons to share from growing a YouTube channel to around 1 Million Subscribers.
📝Show Notes https://shorttermsage.com/str96
🌎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/str95
🌎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/str97
🌎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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