154: Investment Returns for Ski-Country Vacation Rentals – Vacasa’s Shaun Greer
Invest Like a Boss
Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz
4.8 • 518 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Shaun Greer serves as VP of Sales and Marketing for Vacasa and is responsible for short-term-rental portfolio growth and real estate sales/compliance. He brings extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and public and private partnerships to his role.
Shaun has been with Vacasa since 2015 and has held several positions including Senior Director of Real Estate, Director of Corporate Development and Mergers and Acquisitions Manager. When not cultivating relationships within the vacation rental industry or building the Vacasa Real Estate network, he is enjoying time with his family and outdoor activities.
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Time Stamps:
- 13:44 – How did Vacasa get started?
- 16:18 – Do you manage the entire building or just the units?
- 19:00 – Do you handle all the taxes on behalf of the homeowner?
- 20:10 – What has been the demand change due to the effect of Covid?
- 23:22 – What has been the favourite type of destination?
- 26:35 – Where do you have the most listings?
- 27:46 – How often do owners use the property?
- 29:15 – What are the revenues for the various seasons?
- 32:19 – Do owners do monthly or daily rate rentals?
- 36:31 – What to expect, investment wise, on the different types of rentals?
- 42:36 – Are you investigating the ski seasons long term with climate change?
- 44:04 – What are the top ski markets?
- 46:30 – Sam and Johnny Recap
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, boss is real quick before we get started. I want to let you know about our sponsor |
| 0:05.0 | Indeed.com. They are the number one job search and job posting platform out in the U.S. |
| 0:11.0 | We'll tell you more about them during the break. |
| 0:19.3 | Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm Sam Marks. |
| 0:22.3 | And I'm Johnny FD. |
| 0:23.3 | We're self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss. |
| 0:27.7 | Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business owners, and multimillionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash. |
| 0:37.7 | Hey, boss. This is Johnny FD, and welcome to episode 154 that invest like a boss |
| 0:42.9 | podcast. |
| 0:43.7 | I am in Segueria, middle of the country, mountain town, I guess. |
| 0:49.7 | Sri Lanka and Sam is back in North Carolina. |
| 0:53.5 | No, South Carolina, the rebel state, man. |
| 0:56.5 | Right, the rebel state. |
| 0:57.6 | We got a lot of pride here in the South and South Carolina, yeah. |
| 1:01.7 | I keep mixing up for two. |
| 1:03.7 | Did you know that South Carolina was the state, |
| 1:06.7 | used to be the richest state in the colony, |
| 1:14.2 | and also was the state where the Civil War was kicked off. |
| 1:15.2 | Whoa. |
| 1:17.4 | Yeah, it's crazy. |
| 1:18.4 | South Carolina. |
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