The Motel Loophole Making Investors FILTHY RICH in 2026 (No One Is Talking About This)
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Budo Bunul — the international entrepreneur who spent 20 years figuring out the real estate game before cracking the code nobody else wanted to touch.
Budo breaks down how he's buying beat-up, underperforming motels for pennies on the dollar and flipping them into clean, tech-enabled living spaces that modern renters actually want — with 85-90% occupancy rates and 12% returns for investors. He explains why the old motel model is broken, how he cut operating costs by 75%, and why America is sitting on a massive housing opportunity that most people are completely ignoring.
Whether you're looking to invest, need a smarter place to stay, or just want to see how one immigrant with a vision is quietly reshaping the way America lives, this one's for you.
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| 0:00.0 | You turn rundown motel 6 type things into cool, livable. Next generation living spaces. But monthly. Could be a short term, it could be an extended state type thing. You don't have to sign a lease contract for an apartment 12 months or buy a house. And you're buying them at 20 cents on the dollar? Yes, so that is the opportunity actually. You're willing to pay like 12% return on investment capital. Also, I give you equity of that asset up to 30%. |
| 0:23.6 | And it happens quick, doesn't it? |
| 0:25.6 | Absolutely. |
| 0:26.6 | In America, we are short 4 million rentable units. |
| 0:28.6 | And affordable. |
| 0:29.6 | Yes. |
| 0:30.6 | America is destined to be the world's largest renters market. |
| 0:33.6 | Why do you think that? |
| 0:34.6 | What it is, Brad Lee back again with another episode of Drop Why do you think that? |
| 0:43.6 | What it is, Brad Lee back again with another episode of dropping bombs today, especially for investors. |
| 0:44.3 | If you guys got a little loot and you want to make some money, I'm going to ultimately |
| 0:50.2 | pick this guy's brain on how he's making some money. |
| 0:53.1 | So you might be able to get in |
| 0:54.6 | with him or go do it yourself Budo Binal is in the house. How are you Budo? Great. Thank you, Brett. What kind of name is Budo? Budo is a Kurdish name but from Turkey. That's a good name. Yes, sir. That's like it sounds like someone famous. right well i'm in my way to be famous so that's right you know |
| 1:12.6 | budo don't you folks you guys can follow this guy at boudo banal again he's not necessarily you know |
| 1:19.2 | all over instagram but he is posting a lot of good content he's an international entrepreneur |
| 1:24.2 | and real estate investor and the founder and CEO of Kiteville platform and |
| 1:28.7 | Kiteville investment. So after moving to the U.S., he spent 20 years building and scaling |
| 1:33.5 | multiple startups across tech and real assets. And today, he's known for transforming, |
| 1:39.4 | underperforming U.S. motels into tech-enabled minimalist living spaces designed for modern travelers and extended stay residents. |
| 1:49.8 | His work sits at the intersection of real estate, technology, and next generation living. |
| 1:55.4 | So basically what that means is you turn little old, more than likely, run down motel six type things |
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