Hey, hey, welcome to another episode of the Boostly podcast. We're actually going live out on

Facebook if you're listening into the audio or if you're on the YouTube. This is the podcast that

gives hosts the tools, the tactics and the training and the confidence on how you can get more

direct bookends. So my name is Liam Carolyn and I'm Mark Simpson's co-host today. We're going

behind the host, which is the mini series where we look dive into a successful and interesting

short-term rental host and their business. We're going to be asking questions and really

extracting the juicy information which you can then take within your business and implement

and just hear about general success stories and things which are interesting to have a host. So

today we're actually going behind the behind the host with Stephanie Figueras from Alora Hosting.

Welcome along Stephanie. How are you doing today? Good, good. Thank you for having me, Liam.

Happy to be here. I'm happy to have you here. I know we've spoke before in the past about the

websites. I know you've just, as we record this, you've had your speaking gig at STR Nations,

which is amazing. So I'm really excited to dive into your business and I'm not going to spoil

anything for people listening in. I'm going to let you introduce yourself. So first question is,

who is Stephanie? Where are you in the world and what do you love most about hosting?

Yeah, so I'm Stephanie Figuero's. I am from Southern California, specifically

banning or the island empire. It's about two hours east of L.A.

Actually, if you're going to Joshua Tree or Palm Springs, I am the last piece of civilization

before the desert. So that's usually how people are able to find out where exactly I am.

And the best part about hosting for me is I'm the registered nurse turned real estate investor

entrepreneur and the satisfaction that I get from hosting guests is pretty much the same as

what I used to get from taking care of patients and seeing them go home. Except this time,

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