The Exit Strategy Most STR Operators Don't Have — And Why It's Costing Them Millions
About this episode
Mike Sjogren discusses the importance of having an exit strategy for STR operators and how to increase business value.
Join us at The STR AI Summit is June 23-24 at the Freedom Factory in Beverly, MA. 100 seats only. Grab your ticket: https://www.strsecrets.com/aisummit Most STR operators have built a great lifestyle business. But here's the hard truth: only 1 in 10 businesses will ever successfully sell. The rest close and walk away with nothing. In this Portfolio Clinic training, Mike Sjogren breaks down exactly how STR management companies are valued — and what operators need to start doing right now to build a business with a real exit strategy. He walks through the EBITDA formula, the exact valuation metrics used by C2G Advisors (the top M&A firm in the STR industry), why rental arbitrage and co-hosting businesses get little to no value from buyers, and why private equity has been quietly acquiring STR management companies since 2022. He also introduces the Freedom Collective — STR Secrets' own roll-up model designed to give operators a share of the upside instead of selling to private equity at a discount. And he breaks down how AI agents can automate an entire acquisition pipeline from property data scraping to sales call booking. Free 6-step course for scaling STR operators…
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