Episode 379 - "Hot New Markets" + Airbnb Dropped NEW Updates - What To Know

About this episode

The episode discusses emerging markets for short-term rentals and recent updates from Airbnb.

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People in this episode

Host: Shawn Moore

Topics covered

• short-term rentals
• real estate investment
• market trends
• Airbnb updates
• consumer demand
• investment strategies

Keywords

• short-term rentals
• Airbnb
• real estate
• investment
• market trends
• consumer demand
• Memorial Day
• Vodyssey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Airbnb, Vodyssey, HubSpot, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, STR Financial Freedom

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