Why Not Me Academy

In this episode, we will hear from one of MeiLani's personal mentors, Coach Micheal Burt. Coach Burt has been in the business for 30 years and helps thousands of people better their lives.  Coach Burt talks about how everyone has a skill set, but people need to know how to share their skill set with others. Another important point Coach Burt makes is that just because someone is more well known than you, doesn't mean they're better than you. Listen to this episode and learn how to market your skillset to make a difference! www.coachburt.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michealburt/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoPnKx8oAUU1EBQTthTFHkw  Zebra's and Cheetah's book: https://www.amazon.com/Zebras-Cheetahs-Different-Survive-Business/dp/1118631803  https://whynotmeacademy.com

In this episode, we will hear from guest Amy Mahjoory. Amy built her own real estate investment company, raised millions of dollars, and made an appearance on HGTV. She also wrote a book called Networking With a Purpose. Amy will talk to us about where to find private money, how to create a good elevator pitch and what sources of income people can use to invest. She also touches on how to help introverts who are interested in real estate to network with a purpose.  If you have had the thought that you want to invest but you don't have enough money, this episode will give you a new mindset. There's money everywhere, and Amy will help you find it.    Arthur Williams "Just Do It" speech: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arthur+williiams+just+do+oit+speach Amy's website: https://amymahjoory.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymahjoory/ Networking with a purpose: https://www.amazon.com/Networking-Purpose-Raised-Million-Dollars-ebook/dp/B07G6Q9PX2   https://whynotmeacademy.com/airbnb/  

Marshal Gilen is the founder of the #1 Human Potential Enhancement Program is a 90-Day Training to teach you how to tap into your ultimate potential in health, wealth, love, and happiness. Once you master the science behind overall health, you can manifest anything you want in this reality. His programs show you how to do this all naturally. Designed By Divinity is a cutting edge 90-Day Training Program specifically designed to show you how to get insane results in health, wealth, love, and happiness! Tapping into your limitless Human Potential means tapping into things like quantum physics, epigenetics, neuroscience, energy healing, fitness, nutrition, biohacking and more! Connect w/ Marshal: https://marshalgillen.com/ Connect w/ MeiLani: https://whynotmeacademy.com/ Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Sylvia Inks is a business coach, finance expert, and speaker who teaches small business owners how to make sense of their numbers (so they know what to do differently) and build multiple profitable income streams.  Sylvia is the author of the #1 Amazon best-selling book, “Small Business Finance for the Busy Entrepreneur – Blueprint for Building a Solid, Profitable Business. Work With Sylvia: https://smifinancialcoaching.com Meet MeiLani: https://whynotmeacademy.com/ Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/    

Have you ever thought it would be exciting to live around the world but wonder how hard it is? In this episode, Erin talks about her fascinating, yet sometimes lonely, life. As a mother of 5 who has lived in Sydney, London, Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, and the US, she still manages to find time to invest in real estate in the US without even living in the country! Enjoy this episode as we talk about how she manages to juggle life living abroad, while maintaining her sanity and enjoying the ride! Connect With MeiLani: https://whynotmeacademy.com/ Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Tracey Ferrin is a Best Selling author, motivational speaker, and cancer thriver.  She is a contributing writer for the website Love What Matters which has over 8 million followers on social media.  When she isn’t writing or speaking, she can be found teaching group fitness classes.  For over 10 years, Tracey has served her community through volunteer work with MD Anderson Cancer Center and CanCare. Tracey belongs to a community of speaker sisters and a global personal development community of multi-passionate women. She is a personal development junkie who is always seeking growth opportunities so she can turn around and share her knowledge with others. Connect With Tracey: www.traceyferrin.com Connect With MeiLani: https://whynotmeacademy.com/ Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Mike Stelljes in a real estate insurance expert! He handles the entire process for your fix and flip insurance needs as well as providing direction on how to insure your short term rentals. Mike has been in the insurance industry since 1993, and over the past 27 years developed programs for several areas of Construction and Contracting. Since 2010 have specialized in new home building and REI insurance. Proud to serve over 350 clients in 36 states. Work with Mike: www.mikestelljes.com  Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Jessica Rhodes is the leading expert on how to leverage podcast guesting for increased brand awareness, more leads and higher profits. She created the podcast booking industry in 2013 when she founded Interview Connections, the first and leading agency of its kind. Along with her business partner, Margy Feldhuhn, Jessica has quickly scaled Interview Connections to over $1M in annual revenue with nearly no direct marketing or advertising. Their team of in house Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind many successful entrepreneurs and businesses including Ali Brown, Perry Marshall, Aweber, USA Financial and more. Work with Jessica: https://interviewconnections.com/ Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/  

Brandon Elliott is a real estate investor, podcast host, author of the book “Action Driven,” international speaker, and credit specialist. Brandon utilizes the "BRRRR Strategy"  Brandon has done numerous of fix & flips locally in San Diego as well as out of state virtually. Brandon's worst project was 60% cash-on-cash return ROI and his latest multifamily project that is 8 minutes away from the famous San Diego Zoo was bought with the help of credit. Besides having a passion for investing in real estate, he loves coaching other people on real estate because not only does he want to impact their lives but help them achieve generational wealth! This is also a key factor to why he created "Ready. Set. Go. Real Estate Investing" podcast. In this podcast show, Brandon will be going over all aspects of real estate investing as well as educate, motivate, and prepare you to take action on your first or next real estate investment. Brandons Website: Credit-Counsel-Elite.mykajabi.com MeiLanis Website: https://whynotmeacademy.com/ Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

In 2004, Casies younger sister Kellie passed away unexpectedly at age 18 from unknown causes. Casie knew she had to turn heartbreak into positivity and decided to #LiveOutLoud. In 2011, she has become a dedicated advocate for children’s cancer research through the St. Baldrick's Foundation where she’s since been a lead photographer, Team Captain, and 3-Time Shavee.    Team Live Out Loud has raised $100,000 for the cause, with Casie raising over $55k+ to show others that #BaldIsBeautiful." "•           Grief – the Loss of Casie’s Sister        Turning heartbreak into #LiveOutLoud – What does live out loud mean?       Our St. Baldrick’s Story – Why Children’s Cancer Research       Going Bald / Being a woman with short hair •        How I became a Global Top Fundraiser and Event Top Fundraiser" Casies Website: www.thenameiscasie.com MeiLanis Website: https://whynotmeacademy.com/ Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Gene has over 30 years experience in real estate investing and business and now is focused on just one thing… investing in the mega-trend of senior assisted housing. Having trained tens of thousands of investor/entrepreneurs over the past 25 years, he now specializes in helping others take advantage of this mega-trend opportunity.  

John Jackson has been referred to as the “King of Lease Options” by other educators, speakers  and investors across the country, and has pioneered many of the techniques, methods, and structure utilized today with lease options.    John started his real estate company Leasing to Buy in 2003 and since then, has completed well over 650 lease option transactions himself, not including the countless hundreds and hundreds that his students have completed.    His company Leasing to Buy, has refined the way that lease option transactions are structured and executed, so that over 98% of his buyers obtain permanent financing within 12 months.  That is unheard of in the industry, where the industry average is less than 20% of buyers in a lease option ever obtain permanent financing at all! Work With John: https://leaseoptionclasses.com/ Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Melinda Van Fleet is a high-powered seasoned consultant, coach and speaker who helps sales executives and their teams increase productivity and overall fulfillment so that they can maximize their potential. Utilizing her 25 years of experience building businesses, and her passion for working with people, Melinda teaches executives real life tools they can use to improve their relationships, increase productivity, and approach each day with a sense of purpose. Melinda regularly speaks to groups of corporate professionals, and is the host of the podcast, Crush it in Sales and Good Karma Success Coach. Work With Melinda: https://goodkarmasuccesscoach.com Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Jarrett is a speaker, mentor, and business mentor. He has spoken hundreds of times and to groups as large as 10k. He got his start in entrepreneurship scaling his Southern California catering and events business to multiple 7 figures through the Great Recession. The lessons learned during those difficult times lead Jarrett form a consulting business to help other entrepreneurs and leadership teams. The main goal is to help businesses create environments that influence behavior and drive results. Jarrett's main areas of focus are helping business with their Vision, Culture, Leadership, and Influence. Jarrett believes that the real power to influence, lies in self-development and in a desire to connect with and serve others. Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Create a new level Airbnb business that create fully immersive experiences for guests Amusement Park or Hotel? Ha, I don't know :) Let's see if you can get more creative than me Bryndee and her husband, Kyle, have been doing real estate investing for the past seven years. What started as a side gig of owning rental properties and flipping houses has turned into a full business creating epic vacation rentals. They have two kids, 2 and 5, that love to join the fun and travel around the US and world with them for both fun and business.  Bryndees website: www.loma-homes.com Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

As a product of a small town in Emery County, Utah, Matt grew up watching his grandfather build and run a hometown furniture store. This fueled his passion for entrepreneurship and inspires his belief that “you have to go out on a limb to get the fruit!” After a degree in Outdoor Recreational Management, Matt spent 9 years in the Toy Industry co-developing one of today’s most successful puzzle-game brands in the world, PERPLEXUS.  He continues innovating under his company GetMovin’ Family Games and is a proud husband and father of 3 beautiful girls who are his life and inspiration! Email Matt: perplexusmn@gmail.com Learn Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

"Shantell never met a stranger! You'll agree when meeting her. She instantaneously connects to your sense of humanity. She fervently believes that the tapestry of our lives has interwoven pieces. This innate character is measurably responsible for her success in the field of technology, marketing with companies like IBM, Qlik, Cisco and currently - Lenovo.   More than anything, she’s a creator at heart, which has served her well as a Technology Marketer, and more recently as the visionary behind the GRITSyall brand, which was created to use her life as a mirror for others to move toward their own destiny – on winding, crooked or straight pathways.     These pathways have provided opportunities for her to contribute at major conferences, such as iBTechCon2019, BITCON and the City of Fayetteville as their Keynote Speaker, as well as recognition as a ""45 Under 45"" Alumni at her alma mater, Saint Augustine's University. Shantell: www.gritsyall.com MeiLani: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Suzanne is a mom, wife, sister, entrepreneur, and risk-taker from North Carolina. Her work blends business, strategy, lifestyle, and storytelling in a way that allows people to build businesses that shape the world to be a better place. Along her journey, she has hit the Inc 500/5000 for five straight years and landed #5 on the NY Times Bestseller List. Suzanne: https://driveninc.com/book-suzanne MeiLani: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Rachel Cosby is a world-renowned event planner who is responsible for over 4000 live events annually with many of those events hosting more than 5,000 attendees. She currently works with industry titan Jesse Itzler and has booked A-List talent for years. If you are interested in getting involved in public speaking or getting paid to speak, this is the episode for you! Rachels Contact: rachelecosby@gmail.com MeiLani: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Deia Starr Rank has over 16 years of experience working with speakers, trainers, and facilitators in both public and private venues. She believes that every opportunity, if your eyes and heart are open, can be a nugget of personal growth and this is why she has absorbed her professional career in the training and speaking industry. Her experience encompasses a vast arena of what it takes to make a keynote or training day spectacular! Curriculum project management, working with clients to identify needs, processes management, coordinating speaker schedules, front-of-the-room speaker coaching, operations management, and speaker recruitment are just a few areas that Deia has extensive experience. Deia's Contact Info: Rank@speakerexchangeagency.com MeiLani: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Heather grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, lived in Hawaii, Jerusalem, New Zealand and hitch-hiked all over the African continent and the Middle East. So she knows a little bit about taking risks and living life. After several other careers, which included road construction, teaching elementary school, sending university students all over the world to study abroad, working for the State Department and a nonprofit for international education, running a family Polynesian dance business and she now has the exciting career of being a health insurance agent. It's not exactly the career she always dreamed of, but it's letting her continue to live her dreams. She lives in the Washington, DC area with her husband and has four rascally kids. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/HeatherTheInsuranceLady/ Why Not Me Airbnb: https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Jan Hargrave has worked on some of the biggest court cases and political scandals to give insight on how people communicate with their body language. These high profile cases include OJ Simpson and Bill Clinton. On this episode, Jan shares with us the importance of what your body is actually saying whether you are in person or on zoom calls! Jans Website: https://janhargrave.com/ Learn more at https://whynotmeairbnb.com/  

Alexa Carlin is a motivational speaker and Founder & CEO of the Women Empower X. Through her speaking engagements, online trainings, and events, Alexa empowers women to take action and pursue their dreams. From a one percent chance to live to now on a mission to make a difference in at least one person's life a day. In this episode, Alexa answers the following questions including: How did I get started speaking?  Why public speaking is important for any career?  How to overcome limiting beliefs.  What has been pivotal in your journey as an entrepreneur?  How did WEX grow? Connect with Alexa: WomenEmpowerX.com / AlexaCarlin.com https://whynotmeairbnb.com/  

Robyn Gobbel is a psychotherapist turned speaker, trainer, and writer who woke up one day and told her husband "I don't want to die here..." in Austin, TX.  In the next 18 months, Robyn turned her occasional teaching, traveling, and speaking business into a full-time business that allow her family to move absolutely anywhere they wanted. She now speaks, trains, travels and writes full-time while being the sole financial provider for her little family of three. Robin: https://www.instagram.com/robyngobbellcswrpts/ https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Have you ever thought about writing your book but feel overwhelmed? Karleen Andresen has mastered the art of writing a book in 60 days through her systems and process. Stop talking about writing your book and learn how to make it a reality in 60 days. https://courses.braysonlearning.com/p/write-and-publish-in-60-days-vip/ https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Terry Thayer started his career as a general contractor working long days and long hours. One day, he had a wake-up call and decided to take control of his life. Now, he has a 7-figure real estate operation along with 12 other companies, and an incredible team. Terry is passionate about helping others take control of their lives by systemizing your business and hiring great people. Terry has always been a great mentor for me and I can't wait to share this episode! https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

In the final episode of my Airbnb series, I give you my top 3 tips for happy Airbnb hosting. Airbnb is one of the best ways to build passive income while taking back your time. Don't get so busy building a business that you forget to build your life. 

After you start landing your first properties, it's time to start scaling your business. I walk you through the exact systems I use to hire and manage employees for your Airbnb business. The goal of Airbnb is to create financial freedom AND time freedom. How do you hire the right people? What systems should you use? How do you find a great cleaning company? I answer all of those questions and more in this episode!  

Once you land your first Airbnb, so many new hosts struggle with how to price their property. If you are too expensive, you won't get bookings. If you price too low, you cut your margins thin. How do you find that sweet spot where you bring in passive income and keep your property occupied? https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

On this episode, I take you through the next steps after landing your first Airbnb property. How do you prepare your property for listing on Airbnb? How do you get your unit ready for your first guest? I dive deep into all of these processes and more on this episode! https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

In part 2 of 8 of my "Getting started in Airbnb" episodes, I go over how to hunt for Airbnb properties. Where should you look? What should you look for? What should you do when you find a property?  If you follow this strategy, you are well on your way to landing your first listing without ever owning a property of your own! #WhyNotMe https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

This is part 1 of 8 of my introduction to Airbnb course. Over the first 8 episodes, I will be giving you all of the details you need to start creating financial and time freedom through Airbnb. In episode one, I discuss the 3 types of Airbnb hosting, along with the pros and cons of each. Beyond Airbnb, my goal is to encourage people to fulfill their dreams and fearlessly chase their life’s potential. https://whynotmeairbnb.com/

Welcome to the Why Not Me Academy podcast, hosted by MeiLani Hock. The Why Not Me Academy podcast aims to shift listeners perspectives to a can-do attitude. Instead of asking “why ME,” ask yourself “why NOT me” and take back control of your life. Each week, MeiLani shares stories and information on how to transform your life into the life of your dreams, while finding the vehicle for your success. MeiLani has changed her own life through the power of Airbnb. She takes listeners inside her story of how Airbnb allowed her to be a full-time mother of 5, while pursuing her dreams. Empower yourself and shift your mindset from a “why ME” attitude, to a “why NOT me” empowering lifestyle, no matter what industry you are in. #WhyNotMe #WhyNotMeAcademy #WhyNotMeBnb #FullHandsFullHeart