How to Get FILTHY RICH in Real Estate (This Scales Faster Than AirBnB Ever Could!)
Wealthy Way
Ryan Pineda
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Ryan Pineda and cohost Brian Davila interview Rich Somers about how boutique hotels are outperforming Airbnbs, the long-term wealth-building strategies behind hotel investing, and why real estate appreciation outshines cash flow in today's economic climate.
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https://www.instagram.com/rich_somers/
https://open.spotify.com/show/4PsPDjTK6JXh4x35KaOC5m?si=b2c7aa11feb343da
https://hotelinvesting.com
https://somerscapital.com/invest
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Boutique Hotels Are Beating Airbnb
10:58 - Hidden Profit: Charging Amenity Fees
17:18 - Case Study: Tripling Value at Black Sands Inn
24:18 - Cash Flow vs Appreciation: The Real Money
42:16 - Biggest Risk: Shutting Down for Renovations
52:01 - Using AI to Skyrocket Hotel Revenue
1:06:29 - Social Media Strategy for 2026 Growth
1:17:04 - Relationships, Standards, & the Entrepreneur’s Cheat Code
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About Ryan Pineda:
Ryan Pineda has been in the real estate industry since 2010 and has invested in over $100,000,000 of real estate. He has completed over 700 flips and wholesales, and he owns over 650 rental units. As an entrepreneur, he has founded seven different businesses that have generated 7-8 figures of revenue.
Ryan has amassed over 2 million followers on social media and has generated over 1 billion views online. Starting as a minor league baseball player making less than $2,000 a month, Ryan is now worth over $100 million. He shares his experiences in building wealth and believes that anyone can change their life with real estate investing.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, today I got Rich Somers in the house to talk about how boutique hotels are taking over the Airbnb game. Along with him, I've got my favorite co-host, Brian DeVilla, aka the bald guy. What's up, boys? Brian, what's up? Thanks for having me excited for this conversation today. I was last year. I think it's been like almost three years, man. Really? Yeah, time flies. It was summer of 23. So, yeah, two and a half years ago. |
| 0:23.6 | That's crazy. |
| 0:24.5 | Time flies. It was summer of 23. So, yeah, two and a half years ago. That's crazy. Time flies, dude. Yeah, dude, it's been cool watching everything you're doing with the hotels and all of your programs and everything else. And so I'm excited to get the update because Airbnb is really hard. And I've been kind of sounding the alarm on it for a while. |
| 0:39.2 | But now I think more and more people are coming to acceptance that unless you're just really, really good at it, it's really hard. |
| 0:45.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:45.9 | No, 100%. |
| 0:46.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:47.9 | I've been saying this for a few years now. |
| 0:49.6 | I got in the Airbnb game back in 2019. |
| 0:52.8 | And from 19 to like early 22, you could just buy a four-bedroom |
| 0:57.6 | house anywhere, put some IKEA furniture in there and do pretty well. But I tell people now that again, |
| 1:02.7 | the Airbnb game, I'm like, guys, Airbnb is going away in a lot of markets around the country. |
| 1:07.2 | We saw what happened in New York City. We saw what happened in San Francisco. We saw what happened in L.A. I live in San Diego. They slash the Airbnb supply from 17,000 |
| 1:16.2 | listings to 5500. There is 8 million Airbnb listings in the world today. And as Airbnb goes away, |
| 1:23.5 | it's bringing more demand to the boutique hotels. People are still going to travel, but the days of the millennials, the Jen's years, wanting to go travel at the same and stay at the same hotels that our parents or grandparents once loved, you know, the big branded hotels, the Marriots, the Hyattes, the Hampton Inns, those days are over. Just like the restaurant industry, people are really favoring these experiences, these boutiques, these one-off vibes that they can go and share with their friends on Instagram. |
| 1:48.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:49.5 | Yeah, it's interesting about the restaurant industry. |
| 1:51.0 | I was reading the other day. |
| 1:52.6 | I think what's his name? |
| 1:53.3 | David Chang, a big, famous chef. |
| 1:55.6 | He was talking about how the restaurant industry is changing so much now because these Gen Ziers aren't drinking. |
| 2:02.5 | And, you know, alcohol is like their biggest margin. |
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