HeyJaredThe STR Growth Show
The STR Growth Show is a podcast for short-term rental operators who want to scale their business.Hosted by Patryk Swietek, founder of The Cohost Company, which manages 150+ properties in the Joshua Tree market and has been featured on Netflix, Dwell, The New York Times,…
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116. What Luxury Homeowners Actually Want From Their Property Manager (opens the original)
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Lucas Piper went from earning $30,000 a year as a social worker to building Five Star VHR, a luxury short-term rental management company with roughly 70 properties in Austin generating about $9M in booked revenue. In this episode, Lucas shares how he started by renting out his own home, scaled through rental arbitrage, survived COVID and partnership mistakes, and eventually went all-in on property management. We break down how he used Facebook groups, meetups, networking, and free education to b
115. They Bought the STR Property Management Business Private Equity Passed On (opens the original)
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I sit down with Cameron and Jeremy to break down how they acquired a 46-year-old Lake Tahoe property management company, growing from 10–15 homes to nearly 140 in a single deal.We discuss how they built their partnership, navigated messy financials and non-assignable contracts, used a Quality of Earnings professional, and valued the business based on its management contracts rather than traditional EBITDA.We also dive into what happened after closing from improving revenue management and listing
114. Used AI to Build A Replacement for Turno & Breezeway (opens the original)
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How do you scale a short-term rental management company without becoming another bloated, generic property manager?In this episode of The STR Growth Show, Alex Bykov shares how he and his wife, Natalie, grew their Lake Arrowhead short-term rental management business from just 5 properties to 37 units, with 50 in their sights.Alex breaks down how they’ve carved out a middle ground between self-management and the large national property management companies by going deep on what matters locally: o
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