25-Year-Old Builds Airbnb Empire! (You Won't Believe How)
The Boostly Podcast
Mark Simpson
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 768
In this inspiring episode of the Boostly Podcast, we sit down with Chad Harker, the 25-year-old founder of Eco Escapes, an Airbnb management company that's taking Canada by storm! Chad shares his incredible journey from renting out a single spare room to building a thriving business, and reveals the secrets behind his success.
We dive deep into:
- Chad's early start and how he got into real estate investing at a young age.
- His experiences with starting out on Airbnb and the crucial lessons he learned.
- How he built a strong team, including the effective use of virtual assistants.
- The challenges of scaling an Airbnb business and maintaining high-quality service.
- His innovative website calculator that's helping investors make smarter decisions.
- The tools and tech he uses to automate and streamline his operations.
If you're looking to start or scale your Airbnb business, this episode is packed with actionable insights and motivation!
Timestamps:
- 0:00 - Introduction & Meet Chad Harker: Welcome to the podcast and introduction to Chad's background.
- 1:46 - Chad's Early Start & Real Estate Journey: How Chad transitioned from a single Airbnb room to a management company.
- 4:02 - The First Airbnb Experience & Lessons Learned: Diving into the initial steps and challenges of starting with Airbnb.
- 12:49 - Team Building & Utilizing Virtual Assistants: Chad's strategies for building a strong team and effectively using VAs.
- 19:43 - Scaling & Maintaining Quality in a Growing Business: Addressing the challenges of scaling while keeping a high level of service.
- 26:07 - Website Calculator & Lead Generation Strategies: Exploring the unique calculator tool and its benefits for attracting clients.
Learn more about Chad and Eco Escapes:
- Website: http://ecoescape.com/
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https://Boostly.co.uk/podcast
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone. Welcome to the Boosley podcast. This is the podcast that gives the tools, the tactics, |
| 0:05.0 | the training, and most importantly the confidence for you to go out there and get direct bookings. |
| 0:09.0 | We do a behind the host sort of focus and where we interview hosts from all over the world. |
| 0:14.4 | You get to learn the tips, the tricks and the things that they've put in their business, |
| 0:17.7 | which is working for them. So you don't have to go through the pains of |
| 0:21.2 | learning like they did. You can pick up from this podcast and go and put those things in your |
| 0:26.9 | business. And just here's some cool stories from all over the world. So today we've got Chad Harker. |
| 0:32.2 | He's the founder of Echo Escapes. He's a Airbnb super host. He's a real estate investor. And he's got properties |
| 0:40.7 | which he's going to share with us today and experience. And so we're going to dive in. |
| 0:44.6 | Thanks very much for joining us today, Chad. Yeah, well, thank you so much for having me, |
| 0:48.2 | Liam. I've been a long-time listener and a big fan of what you guys are doing. So I'm really happy to be here. Well, I'm really happy to have you here. |
| 0:54.8 | And I know that you're a Boosterly customer. |
| 0:58.4 | You've got a Boostly website, I should mention. |
| 1:00.5 | And that was one of the things which really we, you've got something a bit different on your website, |
| 1:05.8 | which is the calculator, which we're going to dive into. But before we give too many hints as to what we're |
| 1:12.5 | going to talk about, what would you like the listeners of this podcast to take away from this |
| 1:16.4 | podcast? Yeah, well, there's definitely a few things. But I would say if you're first getting |
| 1:21.3 | started, just get in. Like, you know, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take so if you're going to go in |
| 1:28.5 | just go in with and give it your best effort give it your all and fully commit because especially |
| 1:36.1 | now with how competitive the space is if you're you're not willing to give it your best effort |
| 1:41.0 | you're pretty pretty sure you're not going to succeed so i would just say |
| 1:47.4 | that's like one of the probably the key takeaways because a lot of people are probably just looking |
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