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2002
Caught the travel bug on a high school trip to Spain. Wanted to find a way to earn a living while traveling the world.
2007
Read ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ and shifted my mindset toward finding assets that could earn money without costing money.
Worked in restaurants and hospitality to pay for college and dreams of traveling.
2008
Studied International Business in Barcelona thinking it could land me a job that would give me the freedom to travel.
It didn’t.
2009
Started my career as a contractor for a business
management software company to fund my real-estate and travel dreams.
Started my career as a contractor for a business management software company to fund my real-estate and travel dreams.
2010
2012
Acquired a duplex & a single family home in Northern California. Began staying in Airbnb’s and seeing the opportunity for short-term rentals.
2013
Began working as a Commercial Real Estate Investment Broker and learned how to analyze deals, run comps, understand markets and cycles. $2B in transactions.
2014
Converted my first long-term rental into a short-term
rental and started seeing 4x – 8x returns of previous units
which allowed me to scale faster. 🚀
Converted my first long-term rental into a short-term rental and started seeing 4x – 8x returns of previous units which allowed me to scale faster. 🚀
2015
Converted 3 more units into a short-term rentals.
2016
2017
Explored the US looking for the best investment opportunities.
Bought an 8-unit building in Tennessee and put tons of work into
renovations (it was worth it).
Hired my first team member and formed MidTown
Stays to manage my properties.
Left America to live full-time in Colombia.
Explored the US looking for the best investment opportunities. Bought an 8-unit building in Tennessee and put tons of work into renovations (it was worth it).
Hired my first team member and formed MidTown Stays to manage my properties.
Left America to live full-time in Colombia.
2018 2019
Acquired 32 more units
Acquired first international investment (Colombia).
2021
Invested in a second international market (Brazil).
Began teaching other investors about short-term rentals with Rest Methods and my podcast, Short Term Rental Riches.
2022
Midtown Stays Team grew and had excess resources so we decided to help other owners manage their properties
remotely just like mine.
Midtown Stays Team grew and had excess resources so we decided to help other owners manage their properties remotely just like mine.
By the age of 35 I’ve purchased dozens of properties,
managed over 70 units remotely,
hosted over 25,000 guests,
and stayed in Airbnbs across 80+ countries.
Right now I’m working on a ground-up development in Colombia building a community of STRs.
Want to learn exactly how I acquire, attract, and automate my STRs for maximum returns to scale faster and live better?
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