Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast

In Season 1, we are breaking down how we achieved real estate success with short term rentals (STR) and how you can do the same.  In this first episode, we will give the ENTIRE story of our journey - from when we first started thinking about buying r...

Today, we share 3 different methods to finding your first short term rental - including one that might be hiding right under your nose.  We've done 2 of the 3 methods (and have friends who do the 3rd) and we talk about the pros and cons of each model...

Should you manage your own short term rental or should you hire a property manager?  We've done both - and learned a bunch of lessons.  We break down the pros and cons of each, tell you about to best automate the process if you are self-managing, giv...

Secretly, this was our favorite episode of the season to record (whoops, guess it isn't a secret anymore) and that's because this is our "secret sauce" to our short term rental success.  95% of hosts don't think about this - and we didn't either when...

Ok numbers nerds, it's time to have some fun.  In this episode, we break down all the important numbers you should be looking at before you purchase a property to make sure it's a home run AND all the numbers you should be monitoring after you purcha...

When we first set off on our STR journey, we never imagined we'd sell all of our Philadelphia properties this quickly, but...sometimes, things change and you have to buck conventional wisdom ("never sell a house within 5 years of buying it") and do s...

Some people prefer homes that are turnkey and ready to be rented immediately.  Others prefer to renovate so they can put their own touches on a place (or they just love picking up a drill!).  And some might not be sure which is for them - or might wa...

Over the years, we've learned A LOT of lessons about how to make a magical short term rental.  Here, we give you the 14 most important lessons , from the sexy ("discover your why") to the unsexy (let's talk about locks!). 

Ask and ye shall receive.  This is Part 1 of our Short Term Rental Ask Us Anything, where we answer your questions about STR.  In this episode, we cover everything from how to house hack your own home to what brand of mattress we use that guests rave...

This is Part 2 of our Short Term Rental Ask Us Anything and today, we cover a whole array of topics, including if we would ever build unique properties from the ground, how much you need to get started in STR, what the biggest factors have been for o...