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He Built a $10M Airbnb Portfolio in 2 Years and Now He's Pursuing Boutique Hotels Pt. 1 | Tony Robinson E18

The Rich Somers Report

Rich Somers

Business, Investing

5.01K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Today Rich sits down with Short Term Rental & Airbnb Investor, and Host of the BiggerPockets Rookie Podcast, Tony Robinson. They talk about how he transitioned from his full-time W2 job with Tesla, to managing short-term rentals and building a business with his wife, Sara. They dive into how Tony decides what markets to invest in, tips for updating your Airbnb listing to drive occupancy, as well as cleaning fees and pricing strategies. They also discuss what it’s like working with your sp...

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0:00.0

You never know where these connections are going to take you.

0:02.5

I'm definitely not encouraging people to walk into with a transactional mindset

0:06.1

because that wasn't my intention. I'm sure that wasn't yours either, but it's like,

0:08.9

you know that if you give enough value to people, the laws of the universe are that you will get some kind of value in return.

0:16.0

And what so many new investors struggle with Rich is that they feel,

0:20.0

I don't have anything to share. I'm not experience enough. I'm not this I'm not that I'm not him I'm not her and the truth is

0:28.0

People will resonate with certain people and they will not resonate with other people

0:33.0

Welcome to the Rich Drummers Report where we talk real estate, business, and wealth building all while keeping it real.

0:39.0

No fluff, no BS. I hope that you enjoy the show.

0:45.0

All right, welcome to another episode of the report.

0:50.0

Today we got one of the most exciting up and coming real estate

0:54.3

investors in the space he is the host of the BiggerPockets rookie podcast I got none

0:59.4

other than Tony Robinson welcome to the show my man dude Dude, Richard, I appreciate you man. I'm excited to be here. I was just saying this is like literally

1:06.3

one of the nicest sets I've been on for a podcast. So I appreciate you bringing me on and I'm

1:10.3

excited to share much. Yeah man, I'm excited for this conversation.

1:13.7

You live just a couple of hours up the 15 freeway in Rancho Kukamanga.

1:17.6

Yep, not too far.

1:18.6

How was the drive down, man?

1:19.6

It was good.

1:20.6

I was just saying, man, until I got right in the San Diego was when the rain started to hit but

1:22.8

other than that man it was it was a smooth drive yeah love that so we first met out in

1:27.2

Nashville I believe it was June of last year at Mike Sugar's S-TR wealth

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