We shared our journeys of renovating, decorating, and listing them for rent. It was a fun and

really exciting season of life. In 2020, things began to shift for us, and we made the

choice to sell our properties. Today, we're sharing the full story of why we sold them,

what we learned from our short-term rental business and the advice that we have for anyone

interested in short-term rentals. And we're also going to be answering a listener question

about staying motivated.

Okay, I'm so glad we're doing this episode because I feel like it kind of like a little bit

too much time went by without us giving these updates, and a lot of people always ask us

questions like what's going on. Can we still rent your rental here or your rental here?

And also, people are always asking me advice for getting into it, because I do think it's

a really appealing investment opportunity that's kind of an exciting one, like a sexy one,

and a lot of people are interested in doing it. So, we're hoping that in this episode,

we can kind of just like put it all on the table, give you all the information we have,

and if, you know, you can make whatever decision you want, but we're just here to help.

Yep, so for whatever it's worth, here's our story of the last few years.

Okay, so let's start off by kind of sharing the story of why we got into it.

Yeah. Okay, which I think ours are slightly different, although similar to you.

So for me, I own a long-term rental. So the first house I ever bought, which I talked

about in a previous episode, it was $89,900, and I talk about saving up my down payment

and living at my parents' house. So that first house that I bought, we kept it when we moved,

and it became a long-term rental. And I still own it to this day. It's actually kind

of sentimental in a way to me. Yeah. Although I haven't been inside it in more than probably

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