Why STR Like The Best is the right program one for you to build your Airbnb business
Summary
Michael Chang shares his experience of building an Airbnb business through rental arbitrage, scaling it from one apartment to 20 and using the profits to buy vacation rental cabins. He stresses the importance of data-driven market research, strategic underwriting, and building a remote team to achieve financial, time, and location freedom, and offers to teach his methods through a course that will help students launch their business in 45 days.
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