EP339 RPOA Alternative Short-Term Rental Strategies Expert Panel with Robyn Thompson, Barb Bookout and Jeremy Garcia

<p style="font-weight: 400;">Hello and welcome to the RPOA <strong>Alternative Strategies in Short-Term Rentals Expert Panel</strong>.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">This is the panel that goes beyond your typical short-term vacation rentals and dives into alternative and lucrative strategies that you might want to consider.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">And we are lucky to have an incredible panel this morning:</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Robyn Thompson </strong>is nationally known as the Queen of Rehab, and is also an expert on vacation rentals. Robyn has a system that provides a premium experience in very specific locations and strategies that will help you get far ahead of your competition.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Barb Bookout</strong> has bypassed vacation rentals altogether, and has concentrated her business on 30-day or longer rentals right here in Grand Rapids.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Barb owns a commercial building in downtown Grand Rapids, and for the past seven years she’s been running it as a vacation rental. Four years ago she transitioned to 30-day or longer rentals and rents to visiting students and travelling medical professionals.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Jeremy Garcia</strong> is a Muskegon area investor with several short-term rentals. Full disclosure, Jeremy and I are partners on a commercial 8-unit boutique Airbnb hotel that we recently purchased and are building out in downtown Muskegon.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Instrumental to Jeremy’s strategy is renting to travelling nurses who often stay in his furnished units for 2 to 3 months at a time. Jeremy and his wife Melanie are expanding this model to include not just travelling medical professionals, but also corporate and executive clients.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https