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Send us Fan Mail"You don't try to hire the right person. You make sure you're the right place."For the last four years, Eric and has family have been digital nomads. They have lived in 55 different Airbnb's across 20 different countries. As a business owner, there have been moments where Eric was completely away from operations and nothing has gone awry. However, when you have a goal of helping small business owners create 10,000 jobs...where do you start? Tune in to episode 245 as Eric explains how it all started at a church camp, recalls waking up on the verge of bankruptcy and much more!For more information:Website: https://ericdingler.com/LinkedIn: Eric DinglerSupport the show

It's National Cheeseburger Day AND First Love Day, so naturally this funny podcast starts with burgers before everybody digs up the childhood crushes that emotionally damaged them forever. Rizz remembers Michelle brutally checking “NO” on his do-you-like-me note, Moon recalls inviting his crush to a roller-skating birthday party and then basically ignoring her, and Rafe takes us on a deeply nostalgic journey through trampoline crushes, teenage romance and the Buick Skylark where things got considerably more serious.All that romance sets the mood perfectly for Lern's Pick 'Em punishment: singing a love song to Rizz. Except Lern doesn't just sing something — she records an entire original power ballad called “Our Sweet Rizz,” complete with saxophone, hairy-arm references, ravioli breath and enough direct eye contact to make everyone uncomfortable. Somehow, it's legitimately catchy. Epic Records should be calling any minute now.Then Rafe's E-Memorium takes this funny podcast completely off the rails with the viral Hyrox bathroom disaster, before introducing everyone to the actual Silence of the Lambs house in Pennsylvania — which you can rent. Yes, Buffalo Bill's house is an Airbnb-style attraction complete with themed rooms, the basement well, costumes, a Hannibal Lecter mannequin and even Valentine's Day packages. Nothing says romance like complimentary lotion and wondering whether you'll ever check out.Rafe also takes aim at an extremely identifiable getaway vehicle, discovers that Reacher star Alan Ritchson can apparently sing in addition to being tall, shredded and handsome, and revisits the emotional moment he walked into Rick's Ace Hardware looking for lawn equipment and walked out with a new father figure.First crushes, love songs, murder houses, hardware dads and enough childhood emotional baggage to fill a Buick Skylark — another perfectly healthy funny podcast from The Rizzuto Show.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's Festive Friday with a charming holiday romance!ABOUT ROMANCE IN CHRISTMAS TOWNA Christmas booking blunder in Frankenmuth, Michigan's beloved Bavarian village known for year-round Christmas charm, forces two families to share a B&B, where sparks fly, plans unravel, and romance sneaks in.AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR ROMANCE IN CHRISTMAS TOWNJune 26, 2026 | StreamingCAST & CREW OF ROMANCE IN CHRISTMAS TOWNDirector: Joel Paul ReisigWriters: Joel Paul Reisig, Sandy SilverthorneCast:Danielle Sarentino as Caroline MathisonTom Kruszewski as Karl Williams BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSISWe meet Caroline. She pulls up to a nice big Airbnb. She gets a call from the owner who is like someone is gonna drop by soon with the linens. She's like that's all good, looks like they're pulling up now. It's Karl and his grandma. Only problem is Karl isn't the linen guy - he and his grandma are staying there. After some initial confusion, they realize they double booked. Just then, the linen guy shows up. Turns out, he booked it to Karl while his wife booked it to Caroline. Caroline is like well I booked it months ago and my entire family is coming into town. She decides she needs some space and goes shopping. When she gets back, her family is there and they've already become best friends with Karl and Grandma Williams. They think Karl is Caroline's boyfriend, who was supposed to be joining them and ironically is named Carl. So she sits them all down and explains what happened and tells them all the plan - they're all gonna sleep upstairs and Karl and Grandma will sleep downstairs for 1 night and then leave.She gets bad news - Carl is gonna be a couple days late. But that means that Karl with a K and Grandma can stick around a little while longer. So Karl and Caroline start hanging out - they go for a sleigh ride, ice skating, dinner. They have a GREAT NIGHT and the sparks are flying.Karl decides he's gonna shoot his shot and tell Caroline he's falling for her but is interrupted by almost fiancé Carl with a C finally showing up and that dude sucks.So Karl and Grandma end up leaving and Caroline's sister discovers that Karl actually had a girlfriend this whole time, so it's good that he's gone.She breaks up with her almost fiancé and then it turns out that Carl just has a sister. Karl comes back and they kiss. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtubeInterested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What if the biggest thing holding your clinic back isn't a lack of ideas?It's waiting until the idea feels safe.Jimmy McKay, Tony Maritato and Dave Kittle bounce from Airbnb cereal to physical therapy marketing, hiring, recruiting, content creation and virtual assistants in an episode that keeps arriving at the same conclusion:Take the shot. Learn. Adjust.Dave breaks down the five levels of customer awareness and why most clinic marketing tries to move people from attention directly to a purchase before earning enough trust.Jimmy takes a painfully traditional physical therapy job posting and attacks it through a Ryan Reynolds-style lens: stop trying to appeal to everybody and start making the RIGHT person lean in.That leads to an even harder problem: how do you recruit a certified hand therapist to Alaska?Then Tony finds a fascinating social-media example involving an 88-year-old aspiring basketball player and asks whether physical therapy clinics are missing an enormous content opportunity by making themselves the hero instead of their patients.The conversation also covers:• Marketing to different levels of awareness• Attention → Trust → Action• Why six to twelve exposures may matter more than one great ad• Recruiting for difficult PT positions• Using social media instead of relying entirely on Indeed• Making geography part of the recruiting pitch• Patient-led storytelling• Building recurring content series• Creating content buckets that reduce mental load• Why expertise starts to look automatic• Delegating lead follow-up and scheduling• Using offshore virtual assistants• Testing inexpensive solutions before scaling them• Why imperfect action beats analysis paralysisPT Breakfast Club is hosted by Jimmy McKay, Tony Maritato and Dave Kittle.Follow Tony Maritato on YouTube at Total Therapy Solution.Find Dave Kittle at ConciergePainRelief.com and on YouTube at The Dave Kittle Show.Follow Jimmy McKay and PT Pintcast wherever you listen to podcasts and across social media.This conversation is for entertainment and discussion only, not medical, legal, billing or business advice.

Robert and Austin address AI safety concerns, the Fed's rate hikes, and Airbnb's $250M affordable housing fund. ---

You're using AI to write emails. What if it could handle the work that's eating your entire day?In Episode 343 of The Kash and Dash Show, we kick off Build with Operators, an eight-part AI series featuring Neil Galas and Collin Schwartz. They share how they're putting AI to work inside their businesses—and why getting better results starts with giving it better context.Neil breaks down how he turned a full day of bank statement processing into roughly 15 minutes and built a system that pulls loan updates from company emails into one searchable dashboard. Collin shares how his team tackled projects in 24 hours that would normally fill a 90-day planning cycle. Ted also shares how digging into his Airbnb data with AI uncovered opportunities to rethink his pricing.Inside this episode:• Why generic prompts produce generic results.• How to give AI the background it needs to understand your business.• Which repetitive tasks are good candidates for automation.• The 10/80/10 approach: set the vision, let AI do the heavy lifting, then review the result.• How the guests choose between ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools.• Why permissions, boundaries, and human review matter when connecting business systems.The goal: get your time back, remove bottlenecks, and put your team's energy where it matters most.Want help putting this into practice? Neil and Collin are hosting a two-day Build with Operators AI workshop November 5–6 for business operators. Learn the foundations, identify what's slowing your business down, and work on building a tool for your company.Follow Neil Galas and Collin Schwartz on Facebook and Instagram, and subscribe to The Kash and Dash Show for a new installment every Friday throughout the eight-part series.What's one task you'd gladly hand over to AI? Tell us in the comments.You can Join the Omaha REIA - https://omahareia.com/join-todayOmaha REIA on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/OmahaREIACheck out the National REIA - https://nationalreia.org/ Find Ted Kaasch at https://linktr.ee/tedkaasch Owen Dashner on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/owenmoneyrealestate Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/owenmoneyrealestate/ Red Ladder Property Solutions - www.sellmyhouseinomahafast.com Liquid Lending Solutions - www.liquidlendingsolutions.com Owen's Blogs - www.otowninvestor.com www.reiquicktips.com Propstream - https://trial.propstreampro.com/reianebraska/Timber Creek Virtual - https://timbercreekvirtual.com/services/MagicDoor - ...

CC496: Fresh off a high-energy show in Charlotte, Lindsie and Kail share the chaotic story of the previous night that involved sharing a little too much with a stranger at the bar. The duo also break down their major frustrations with Airbnb chore lists and cleaning fees, discuss raising kids who are grounded when it comes to money, and Lindsie gives us a dive into Frontier airline economics. Lastly, they share some thoughts on the Jessica Simpson airplane seating debacle.https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAUub7wh/To send in your Foul Plays, email us at info@coffeeconvos.com. For full videos head to Youtube.com/@KailandtheChaosThank you for checking out our sponsors!Chime: Join the millions who are already banking fee free today at Chime.com/COFFEEFigs: Go to wearfigs.com and use code FIGSRX for 15% off your first order.Home Chef: HomeChef.com/COFFEE for 50% OFF your first box and free dessert for life!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What if hosting a meaningful retreat didn't require a luxury resort, a huge audience, or 50 people in the room?In this episode of Selling the Couch, Mel sits down with licensed psychologist Dr. Shawn Hondorp to talk about what she's learned from creating small, intimate retreats — including the logistics, the challenges, and the deeper value of bringing people together in person.Shawn shares how her first retreat started with just eight people at an Airbnb near her home, how she finds and chooses vendors, and why she believes relationships and the energy people bring to an experience matter just as much as their skills.They also talk candidly about the parts of hosting retreats that don't always make it into the highlight reel: what happens when a vendor gets sick at the last minute, how to decide what to delegate, what it feels like when a retreat doesn't fill as quickly as you hoped, and how Shawn has learned to define success on her own terms.In this conversation:What a small-scale retreat can actually look likeWhy Shawn started with an Airbnb and a group of eightHow far in advance she plans her retreatsHow she finds chefs, movement instructors, massage therapists, and other vendorsWhy she prefers to work with people whose services she has personally experiencedWhat to delegate when hosting a retreatHow knowing your “zone of genius” can shape the experience you createWhat Shawn has learned from hosting retreats that don't immediately fillWhy creativity, play, and in-person community may matter even more in an increasingly AI-driven worldHow to start exploring a retreat idea without overcomplicating itOne of the biggest themes in this conversation is that your version of a successful retreat doesn't have to look like someone else's.You can start small. You can build around the kind of connection you naturally create. And you can bring in people who are gifted at the pieces that aren't your strengths.As Shawn puts it, sometimes the first step is simply asking: What am I craving?If you've had the idea of hosting a retreat sitting in the back of your mind but have felt overwhelmed by everything it would take to make it happen, this conversation offers a thoughtful and refreshingly real place to start.Learn more about Dr. Shawn Hondorp and her work:drshawnhondorp.comConnect with Shawn on Instagram:@innovativetherapistListen to The Innovative Therapist Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.--RESOURCES Join our FREE WORKSHOP: Your LinkedIn Profile is Either Working For You Right Now — or It Isn'tJoin Mel on September 18th for a free 60-minute live workshop designed to help therapists turn LinkedIn into a 24/7 silent referral partner—without becoming a content machine. You'll learn how to optimize the five parts of your profile that matter most, make your expertise easier to discover by both humans and AI search engines, and build a quiet online presence that can lead to referrals, speaking opportunities, podcasts, and more.Save your spot at: https://melvinvarghese.kartra.com/page/linkedin

SummaryIn this episode of Capital Hacking, host Josh McCallen shares a re-release of his interview on Cash Flow Ninja with MC Laubscher. They examine shifting dynamics in commercial real estate, detailing why investors and major institutions like Blackstone are transitioning away from short-term rentals toward experiential boutique hotels and resorts. Josh outlines how Accountable Equity scales luxury destination properties by blending contract-backed revenue streams—such as high-end weddings—with ancillary services like health, wellness, and specialized amenities. The conversation also covers current acquisition criteria, the advantages of direct investing, and upcoming networking opportunities at the Learn & Grow conference.Chapters01:37 – Welcome & Guest Introduction: Josh McCallen03:00 – Josh McCallen's Background & Journey in Hospitality06:16 – Market Shift: From Short-Term Rentals to Boutique Hotels09:14 – Institutional Trends & Operational Alpha in Real Estate12:21 – The K-Shaped Economy & Rising Demand for Experiential Wellness15:30 – Historic Restoration & Evolving Consumer Beverage Preferences20:04 – Building Multilayered Cash Flow Through Weddings & Events23:03 – Strategic Real Estate Acquisitions & Portfolio Expansion27:48 – Power of Regional Clustering & The "Learn & Grow" Event29:48 – Direct Investing Benefits & Community-Building Insights32:18 – How to ConnectLearn More About Accountable Equity:  Visit Us: http://www.accountableequity.com/   Access eBook: https://accountableequity.com/case-study/#registerTurn your unique talent into capital and achieve the life you were destined to live. Join our community!We believe that Capital is more than just Cash. In fact, Human Capital always comes first before the accumulation of Financial Capital. We explore the best, most efficient, high-integrity ways of raising capital (Human & Financial). We want our listeners to use their personal human capital to empower the growth of their financial capital. Together we are stronger.LinkedinFacebookInstagramApple PodcastSpotify

Picolé De Limão é um quadro do canal Não Inviabilize. Aqui você ouve as suas histórias misturadas às minhas!Use a hashtag #Pulseirinha e comente a história no nosso grupo do telegram: https://t.me/naoinviabilizePUBLICIDADE AIRBNBFeriado liberado, é no Airbnb. Reserve já a sua acomodação no Airbnb. O feriadão se aproxima, junte seu grupo e escolha a estadia ideal para vocês relaxarem com conforto, com espaço para todo mundo, por um valor acessível e com bastante privacidade.QUER OUVIR MAIS HISTÓRIAS? BAIXE NOSSO APLICATIVO EM SUA LOJA APPLE/GOOGLE, CONHEÇA NOSSOS QUADROS EXCLUSIVOS E RECEBA EPISÓDIOS INÉDITOS DE SEGUNDA A SÁBADO: https://naoinviabilize.com.br/assineEnvie a sua história bem detalhada para naoinviabilize@gmail.com, seu anonimato será mantido, todos os nomes, profissões e locais são trocados para preservar a sua identidade.Site: https://naoinviabilize.com.brTranscrição dos episódios: https://naoinviabilize.com.br/episodiosYoutube: https://youtube.com/naoinviabilizeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/naoinviabilizeTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naoinviabilizeX: https://x.com/naoinviabilizeFacebook: https://facebook.com/naoinviabilizeEdição de áudios: Depois O Leo Corta MultimídiaVinhetas: Pipoca SoundVoz da vinheta: Priscila Armani

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My guest today on the Online for Authors podcast is Lee Knapp, author of the book I'm History ... but do I repeat myself? Lee Knapp is a lifelong Virginian and is steeped in its history. She grew up in Richmond, attended college at William and Mary in Colonial Williamsburg, and now lives in rural Louisa near Charlottesville. Lee spent her career as a high school history teacher, an entrepreneur and artist around all things ceramic, a copywriter and editor, a proprietor of a tourist home, sometimes called an Airbnb, and of course, an author.   In my book review, I stated I'm History ... but do I repeat myself is a memoir by Lee Knapp. We follow Lee from a young girl to retirement and watch all the iterations in between. Along the way, we also see the change in Richmond, Virginia, her old alma mater, and the world at large.   Lee tackles tough subjects. Is it okay to love and respect someone despite some of the things they believe? Do cultural differences really make people different? Can new versions of old things be as good as the the original? Are we making history or is history making us?   This was an interesting story that looks not only at her own life, but weaves in historical context as well. No doubt, I would have enjoyed being in one of her history classes.   If you like a good memoir that makes you think about your beliefs, then this is the book for you.   Subscribe to Online for Authors to learn about more great books! https://www.youtube.com/@onlineforauthors?sub_confirmation=1   You can follow Author Lee Knapp Website: https://imhistorybook.com/ Substack: @leeknapp IG: @leeknapp1 LinkedIn: Lee Knapp   Purchase I'm History ... but do I repeat myself? on Amazon: Paperback: https://amzn.to/4bFBHCj Ebook: https://amzn.to/4g8RFpV   Teri M Brown, Author and Podcast Host: https://www.terimbrown.com FB: @TeriMBrownAuthor IG: @terimbrown_author X: @terimbrown1   Want to be a guest on Online for Authors? Send Teri M Brown a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/member/onlineforauthors   #leeknapp #imhistory #memoir #terimbrownauthor #authorpodcast #onlineforauthors #characterdriven #researchjunkie #awardwinningauthor #podcasthost #podcast #readerpodcast #bookpodcast #writerpodcast #author #books #goodreads #bookclub #fiction #writer #bookreview *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

What if brand consistency is actually holding your brand back?In this episode of The Unified Brand Podcast, Chris Outlaw sits down with Paul Blackburn, founder and CEO of Studio Blackburn, to explore why the strongest brands need more than rigid rules — they need permission to play.Drawing on more than 25 years in design and branding, Paul shares how creativity, strategy and experimentation can work together to build brands with greater clarity and character.They explore why measurement can sometimes suffocate great creative ideas, whether consistency is really the virtue brands assume it is, and why traditional brand guidelines may no longer suit the way modern brands need to behave.Paul also explains the idea of “brand stretch”: treating a brand less like a fixed identity and more like a set of ingredients that can be combined in different ways without losing what makes the brand recognizable.You'll discover:• Why brands need permission to play• The tension between consistency and creativity• Why traditional brand guidelines may be becoming outdated• How to escape your industry's “sector vernacular”• Why brands can't communicate everything — and shouldn't try• How to identify the 1% of your brand that people actually need to hear• Why great brand strategy is as much about what you leave out as what you include• How creative teams can produce better ideas without fear of getting things wrong• Why pitching great creative work is about more than the work itself• What LEGO, Airbnb and the Olympic brand can teach us about brand stretchIf your brand has become too controlled, too predictable or too similar to everyone else in your category, this conversation will challenge the way you think about consistency.

This Episode is Sponsored by StayFi Your ultimate tool for Vacation Rental WiFi marketing allowing you to collect guest emails automatically via custom captive WiFi login splash pages. Drive repeat direct bookings and convert your OTA bookings to book direct for their next visit. Visit https://stayfi.com/vrsuccess/ and use code VRSUCCESS for 50% off 3 months of StayFi service. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This summer Andrew Kitchell opened up Wheelhouse and invited his customers to build on top of it. Not engineers. Customers. Property managers, revenue managers, and a fair number of people who had never built anything in their lives. Over four days, 120 people from six continents worked together, and 40 of them finished with a working prototype. The top prize of $5,000 went to a full-time property manager who had never told anyone he was interested in building software. Heather has spent her own summer building, so she came to this conversation with the question she keeps turning over: if someone with no coding background can build a working app, does that mean every property manager should? Andrew has a clear answer, and it has nothing to do with the tools. His view is that the barrier is no longer technology or design or user experience. It is permission. Giving yourself permission to stop doing what you normally do and decide that today is a build day. Along the way they get into what a hackathon actually is, why Wheelhouse now describes itself as a growth company rather than a pricing company, how MCPs let you ask questions of your portfolio in plain language, and where building your own tools earns its keep against where it becomes an expensive hobby. About Andrew Kitchell Andrew Kitchell has been in and around the short-term rental space for around fifteen years, starting as an Airbnb host in San Francisco while the platform itself was being built a few blocks away. He joined an eight-person urban rental company that was updating its prices by hand twice a week, spent a weekend hacking the Airbnb API to automate it, and four weeks later the business had pivoted into Beyond Pricing. He went on to found Wheelhouse and the operating company Lyric, and has run both technology businesses and operating businesses through some hard cycles, including losing Lyric entirely when COVID hit. Wheelhouse today connects to around 800,000 listings and has opened its full platform to anyone who wants to build on it. Key Takeaways The barrier to building your own tools is no longer technical skill. Andrew argues it is permission, the decision to stop doing today what you normally do and treat a few hours as build time. If you can describe a problem clearly, you are much closer to solving it than you think. Property managers describe their operational problems better than almost anyone, and that description is now most of the work. The old software model asked the person who understood the customer to hand that understanding to an engineer and hope it survived the journey. That gap has closed, and the people closest to the problem can now solve it themselves. You do not have to build anything yourself to benefit. Direct booking sites, owner reports, and small internal tools are all cheaper and faster to produce now, whoever builds them. Building is worth the time when it lands in your quieter season and when what you learn carries into the next build. Treat the first few attempts as research and development, not as finished product. MCPs remove the need to understand APIs at all. Connect Wheelhouse to Claude and you can ask questions of your portfolio and execute pricing strategy in ordinary language, which Andrew sums up as a click is a command, is a chat. An open platform produces better outcomes than a single one. After the hackathon there is no longer one Wheelhouse experience, there are forty-one, each built by someone who knew exactly what they needed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What happens when the career you love starts costing you moments you can't get back?Jacob “Jake” Stevenson spent 12 years coaching college wrestling. But when his wife called to tell him their son had won his first wrestling match, Jake was somewhere else—coaching someone else's kid. He was crying in the corner of a match, realizing his future might need to look different.In episode 342 of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch & Owen Dashner sit down with Jake to unpack his move from college coaching into insurance agency ownership and a 17-property real estate portfolio.Jake shares the messy parts, too: an eight-property partnership that fell apart, an Airbnb guest situation that brought the cops and angry neighbors, and the challenge of handing off work when you're used to doing everything yourself.In this episode:• The moment Jake began questioning his future in coaching.• Buying an insurance agency without a background in the industry.• Building a portfolio of college rentals, small multifamily properties, and commercial space.• Using a virtual assistant team to handle Airbnb guest communication.• Why friendship and trust weren't enough to make a business partnership work.• Growing businesses with his wife, Jess, while raising four kids.• Defining success around the life you actually want to live.There are deals, hard lessons, and plenty of laughs—but the question underneath it all is simple: Is the business you're building giving you more of the life you want?Hear more from Jake on his podcast, On the Same Team, available on Spotify, Amazon, and other podcast platforms.Subscribe to The Kash and Dash Show, share this episode with someone weighing a career change, and tell us in the comments: What's one moment you refuse to let work make you miss?You can Join the Omaha REIA - https://omahareia.com/join-todayOmaha REIA on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/OmahaREIACheck out the National REIA - https://nationalreia.org/ Find Ted Kaasch at https://linktr.ee/tedkaasch Owen Dashner on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/owenmoneyrealestate Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/owenmoneyrealestate/ Red Ladder Property Solutions - www.sellmyhouseinomahafast.com Liquid Lending Solutions - www.liquidlendingsolutions.com Owen's Blogs - www.otowninvestor.com www.reiquicktips.com Propstream - https://trial.propstreampro.com/reianebraska/Timber Creek Virtual - https://timbercreekvirtual.com/services/MagicDoor - ...

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Lern was supposed to stay at a Dolly Parton-themed hotel.That sentence alone sounds magical.Unfortunately, the hotel wasn't finished.After booking the Nashville stay months in advance for a trip surrounding the Foo Fighters, Lern and Tim learned shortly before arriving that their Dolly accommodations still weren't ready for actual human beings. The hotel staff was extremely accommodating — because apparently that's the Dolly way — and offered to help them find somewhere else.Lern eventually landed in an Airbnb.Which is convenient, because this funny show immediately turns into a discussion about Airbnbs that would make most reasonable people sleep in their cars instead.The crew discovers you can stay in the actual Pennsylvania house used as Buffalo Bill's home in The Silence of the Lambs. It's in Perryopolis, a town name that Moon and Rafe immediately decide needs to be investigated for crimes against geography.Perryville?Too normal.Perry Town?Not enough grandeur.Perryopolis?Now we're cooking.And the house itself has gone completely all-in.The basement scenes involving Buffalo Bill's infamous well weren't originally filmed there, so naturally the current owner had a replica constructed inside the house. Guests can climb into it, take pictures and apparently even propose marriage from inside the pit, because nothing says “spend forever with me” like recreating a serial killer's basement.There's also a motion-activated disco ball that plays “Goodbye Horses.”Worth the trip.Throw in themed packages, horror memorabilia, an arcade, a pool table and hundreds of horror movies on DVD and VHS, and suddenly the crew is seriously considering a group vacation to Perryopolis.Lern is absolutely sleeping there.Devon apparently wants the well.Everybody seems surprisingly comfortable with this.From haunted vacation rentals, the conversation makes the completely natural transition into karaoke — specifically, songs you should absolutely NOT attempt unless your goal is public humiliation.The crew runs through a ranking of brutally difficult karaoke choices, including “I Will Always Love You,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Dream On,” “Take On Me,” “Chandelier,” “Somebody to Love,” “Emotions,” “Barracuda,” “We Didn't Start the Fire,” “Informer,” “Purple Rain,” “Chop Suey!” and several other songs requiring vocal abilities that Chad from accounting simply does not possess.Lern and Rafe argue that terrible karaoke is actually the point.Nobody wants to watch twelve consecutive musical-theater kids nail obscure Broadway songs like they're auditioning for a touring production.We want danger.We want confidence unsupported by talent.We want somebody three drinks deep suddenly deciding they can sing System of a Down.That is entertainment.Rizz, meanwhile, treats karaoke like The Voice, mentally turning his chair whenever somebody actually pulls off the impossible.And yes, the crew demonstrates some of these songs themselves.You're welcome.The conversation also uncovers another deeply unfair fact about Alan Ritchson: apparently Jack Reacher can sing, too.Being enormous and handsome was already plenty, sir.Leave something for everybody else.Then it's time for Crap on Celebrities, and the funny show dives directly into entertainment chaos.Benny Blanco's relationship advice basically comes down to understanding your partner, communicating and not being a jerk — an apparently revolutionary romantic strategy.The crew talks Ella Langley's massive chart success, Kacey Musgraves, Stevie Nicks opening up about her history with cocaine and Klonopin, Tony Iommi reportedly passing on another Black Sabbath album and Moon explaining why producer Andrew Watt's willingness to throw endless ideas around can be such an asset in the studio.John Carpenter's admiration for Metallica also sparks speculation about how his visual style could fit with a giant immersive production.Which brings us to the Sphere.Who's next?Metallica?Oasis?Coldplay?Nope.Oprah.The show discusses Oprah Winfrey bringing an immersive production to the Las Vegas Sphere, and initially nobody can figure out what that is supposed to look like.Giant Oprah?Inspirational quotes covering 160,000 square feet?“You get a Sphere! YOU get a Sphere!”But then Moon discovers musician Jacob Collier is involved and executes one of the fastest opinion reversals in show history.Suddenly, he's in.Completely in.Moon launches into an enthusiastic defense of Collier's musicianship and creativity while everybody else tries to figure out how the conversation went from mocking Oprah at the Sphere to Moon volunteering hundreds of dollars for tickets.That's growth.Or something.Celebrity chaos continues with Stagecoach talk, Florida Georgia Line, the Emmys, Reba's Dolly Parton tribute, Dave Chappelle's announced tour and Martha Stewart apparently considering releasing nude photos.Which, naturally, gives Rafe the opportunity to invite everyone to “Martha's Vineyard.”We apologize.Things briefly get much more serious when the show discusses a reported death possibly involving a counterfeit oxycodone pill containing fentanyl. The crew talks about the danger of counterfeit pills and the importance of Narcan, including the need to call 911 and the possibility that multiple doses may be necessary in an opioid overdose.Then celebrity family drama arrives with a discussion about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's children dropping Pitt from their names, leading to a larger conversation about family relationships, famous last names and the obvious reality that none of us actually knows what happens inside somebody else's home.Finally, the episode becomes an accidental soundtrack debate.What are the greatest songs ever attached to movies?What are the worst?Titanic. Dirty Dancing. Saturday Night Fever. Rocky. Philadelphia. Frozen. Wild Wild West. The Three Musketeers. An American Tail.Moon gets emotionally invested in Fievel.Lern would like everyone to return to Patrick Swayze.Rafe remembers the reign of terror that was Bryan Adams.And somewhere along the way, Pitbull gets accused of reminding everybody that he's Mr. Worldwide in every song like he's legally required to provide identification.So yes, this episode starts with Dolly Parton hospitality, travels to Buffalo Bill's basement, crashes a karaoke bar, discovers Jack Reacher can sing, sends Oprah to the Sphere and ends up debating whether Fievel has been given the musical respect he deserves.Exactly the kind of funny show where nobody knows where the conversation is going — especially the people having it.Welcome to Perryopolis.Please put the lotion in the basket before checkout.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Somehow the phrase “Big Beaver” isn't even the weirdest thing you're about to hear...Rizz recently made his first trip to Buc-ee's and came away impressed by the size, the amount of stuff and… well, that's about it. But the beaver empire definitely gets more enthusiastic when somebody messes with its logo.The crew discusses Buc-ee's legal battle with an apparel company accused of using its famous beaver on military-style merchandise, resulting in an $850,000 settlement according to the story discussed on the show. That leads straight into John Oliver trolling “Big Beaver” with parody merchandise, Lern buying the socks, and a debate over the difference between legitimately protecting your trademark and unleashing corporate lawyers on every tiny beaver within driving distance.That would already be plenty for a normal comedy podcast. Unfortunately, nobody here has ever been interested in normal.Next comes the Rizz Quiz, where six callers are given extremely difficult questions such as “What ocean borders California?” and “What color is on the bottom of a traffic light?”The results are devastating.California gets relocated to the Atlantic Ocean.The Great Red Spot moves to Mars.One father celebrates his son's 11th birthday by revealing he thinks a millennium is 100 years.And during a playoff, Justin is asked what COUNTRY is directly north of Mexico.His answer?Alaska.Not the United States.Alaska.The crew is forced to explain that this is no longer merely a geography problem.Mark eventually survives the educational apocalypse and wins the contest, while an Empire State Building tiebreaker gives the people in the studio their own opportunity to demonstrate that estimating the size of famous buildings is apparently impossible.From there, we move into accommodations.Lern was supposed to stay at a Dolly Parton-themed hotel while traveling for the Foo Fighters, but shortly before the trip she learned the hotel still wasn't ready. The staff offered to help with alternate accommodations — because that's the Dolly way — and Lern eventually landed in an Airbnb.Which leads directly to one of the most romantic vacation ideas ever discussed on the show:Buffalo Bill's house from The Silence of the Lambs.Yes, you can stay there.The crew discusses the house in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, a town name that immediately gets roasted before anyone can even focus on the serial-killer-themed vacation rental.The house goes ALL IN.There's a recreated basement well for pictures, horror memorabilia, hundreds of horror movies, an arcade, a pool table and a motion-activated disco ball that plays “Goodbye Horses.”Apparently people have even proposed inside the well.Nothing says lifelong commitment like asking someone to marry you while recreating one of the most disturbing basements in movie history.And somehow several members of the show are completely willing to sleep there.Devon may already be in the well.Then the crew heads to karaoke, where the crew runs through songs you should probably never attempt unless humiliation is specifically why you left the house.“I Will Always Love You.”“Bohemian Rhapsody.”“Dream On.”“Take On Me.”“Chandelier.”“Somebody to Love.”“Chop Suey!”Lern and Rafe argue that bad karaoke is actually better because nobody wants to spend their night watching aspiring Broadway performers flawlessly execute songs like they're trying to get discovered between Jägerbombs.Rizz treats karaoke like The Voice.Moon has standards.And the show discovers Alan Ritchson can sing, because apparently being Jack Reacher wasn't enough and this man needed additional talents just to make the rest of us feel worse.Then Crap on Celebrities takes the wheel with Benny Blanco relationship talk, Ella Langley, Kacey Musgraves, Stevie Nicks, Black Sabbath, Metallica and the revelation that Oprah is heading to the Sphere.Initially, the room has questions.Many questions.Then Moon learns Jacob Collier is involved and suddenly transforms into Oprah's newest ticket salesman.The episode also detours through movie songs, Dirty Dancing, Titanic, Frozen, Fievel and the eternal question of whether certain movie themes are masterpieces or crimes against speakers.And then the crew walks into the room carrying a pharmacy.Rafe arrives surrounded by cold and allergy remedies because he feels something coming on and absolutely refuses to get sick. Rizz recommends chicken soup — “Jewish penicillin” — while the crew starts comparing all the exciting new ways their bodies hurt for absolutely no reason.That becomes a discussion of bizarre sleeping positions.Lern sleeps on her stomach with a hand underneath her pelvis.Moon sleeps like a vampire in a coffin.Rafe routinely wakes up with entire arms completely dead and rubs his feet together like Jiminy Cricket.Everyone is doing great.From there we get Mary Kay nostalgia, pink Cadillacs, old-school home sales parties and Rafe remembering an early comedy gig where part of the compensation came in a deeply unconventional swag bag. We'll leave it at that. YouTube a has rules.The comedy podcast then moves into fitness, where the crew discusses the famous 10,000-steps goal and a conversation about walking pace before discovering Hyrox — a standardized fitness competition involving running and workout stations. Sounds healthy. Sounds inspiring. Sounds like a great way to improve yourself.Then the show discusses a Hyrox race in Beijing where a 22-year-old Australian competitor reportedly suffered a severe bowel accident during the competition……and kept going.She won.The crew cannot believe what they're hearing.The controversy becomes less about competitive toughness and more about the fact that Hyrox involves shared workout stations, meaning everybody behind her suddenly had a problem they absolutely did not include in their training program.“A win is a win” becomes the philosophy of the day.Unfortunately, the bathroom content is not finished.The show also discusses an alleged neighbor dispute involving a bucket of human waste, proving once again that some people handle relationship drama with communication while others apparently choose biological warfare.Then air travel joins the nightmare.The crew discusses disruptive airplane passengers, Moon's frustration with constant in-flight entertainment interruptions and pilot announcements, and a flight attendant's warning that some passengers reportedly change baby diapers directly on airplane tray tables.Yes.The tray where your pretzels go.Congratulations. You will now wipe that thing down until the plastic changes color.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.Can't Hit 10,000 Steps? 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On September 15 Airbnb moves every host to a single 15.5% fee, and it doesn't stop at your nightly rate. It also hits your cleaning fee, pet fee, and extra-guest fee. In this episode, we walk through the 4 numbers to change, the exact math behind the markup, and the cleaning fee mistake our team almost missed on 1 listing. Why September 15 changes your Airbnb payout even if your listing price never moves The 4 numbers on your listing this fee actually touches The math mistake that leaves you short on every booking Why your cleaning fee just got 5x more expensive than you think The 1 setting our team almost missed when we made the switch Missing 1 of these 4 numbers means losing money on every booking until you catch it. We walk through the exact math so you only have to do it once. If this saved you a booking's worth of revenue, subscribe so the next Airbnb change doesn't catch you off guard. Check out our videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ShortTermRentalRiches Grab your free management eBook: https://strriches.com/#tools-resources Looking to earn more with your property (without the headaches)? Chat with our expert management team: https://strriches.com/management-services/  

On today's episode, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler talks with Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami about what to expect from the Fed meeting this week and how mortgage rates are reacting to the Iran conflict. Related to this episode: Housing market faces headwinds as mortgage rates move above 7% HousingWire | YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy one, get one FREE tickets to the Mortgage Banking Summit on October 1st More info about HousingWire Top 5 Trending: Housing market faces headwinds as mortgage rates move above 7% Colorado River water cuts are coming. What will they mean for housing? DSCR loans are booming amid fragmented underwriting standards Seller impersonation fraud more than doubled since 2024 Airbnb pledges $250 million to jump-start stalled housing projects Want more from Sarah? Don't forget to subscribe! The HousingWire Daily podcast brings the full picture of the most compelling stories in the housing market reported across HousingWire. Each morning, listen to editor in chief Sarah Wheeler talk to leading industry voices and get a deeper look behind the scenes of the top mortgage and real estate.

In episode 316 of Beyond The Story, Sebastian Rusk interviews Linda Kim, an Airbnb entrepreneur, coach, and design expert who transformed her life after leaving corporate America and building a successful short-term rental business. Linda shares how a difficult divorce, the loss of her best friend, and a sudden corporate layoff became the wake-up calls that pushed her to create a completely different life.Tune in to hear how Linda turned uncertainty into opportunity, built multiple businesses, and created a life on her own terms.TIMESTAMPS[00:00:05] Meeting through networking and the power of being in the right room.[00:03:28] Linda's journey from corporate tech to entrepreneurship.[00:04:41] Starting Airbnb after divorce, loss, and a corporate layoff.[00:05:46] Investing $35,000 in mentorship and scaling an Airbnb business.[00:06:52] Why Airbnb design matters in a competitive market.[00:07:19] How rental arbitrage creates passive income.[00:08:07] Building an Airbnb portfolio with low capital.[00:08:54] Helping a stay-at-home mom surpass $100,000 in four months.[00:10:18] Airbnb occupancy rates and potential profit per property.[00:11:07] Managing properties remotely with the right team and systems.[00:12:05] Staying competitive in today's saturated Airbnb market.[00:13:32] Scaling the coaching business, speaking, and writing a book.[00:14:03] Overcoming the fear of public speaking.[00:15:23] The power of sharing your story and impacting others.[00:16:51] Why taking the risk can change your life.QUOTES"Just do it because it's gonna change your life." – Linda Kim==========================Need help launching your podcast?Schedule a Free Podcast Strategy Call TODAY!PodcastLaunchLabNow.com==========================SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcastlaunchlab/Facebook: Facebook.com/sruskLinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/sebastianrusk/YouTube: Youtube.com/@PodcastLaunchLabLinda KimLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itslindakim/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itslinda.kim/ ==========================Ready to start your Airbnb journey? Join Linda's 3-Day Airbnb Challenge or take your skills further with her BNB Mastery Society.Join the 3-Day Airbnb ChallengeJoin the BNB Mastery Society==========================Take the quiz now! https://podcastquiz.online/==========================Need Money For Your Business? Our Friends at Closer Capital can help! Click here for more info: PodcastsSUCK.com/money==========================PAYING RENT? Earn airline miles when you use the Bilt Rewards MastercardAPPLY HERE: https://bilt.page/r/2H93-5474 

A.M. Edition for Sept. 14. After a week of panic over an AI doomsday, top industry CEOs are backing a call from Anthropic's Dario Amodei to slow down development to allow safeguards to be designed. WSJ tech reporter Amrith Ramkumar says the industry's quest for money and moral dilemma over safety has created a monumental crisis for AI. Plus, oil prices rise as Iran-backed Houthis seize more key territory and drone attacks shutter a lifeline for Saudi Arabian exports. And, could a trade war with the U.S. lead to Canada joining the European Union? Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus: Chip stocks tumble. And Airbnb sets up $250 million housing development fund. Danny Lewis hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus: Oil prices rise as Iran-backed Houthis seize more key territory. And AirBNB launches a $250 million fund to ease housing shortages. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Picolé De Limão é um quadro do canal Não Inviabilize. Aqui você ouve as suas histórias misturadas às minhas!Use a hashtag #Penteadeira e comente a história no nosso grupo do telegram: https://t.me/naoinviabilizePUBLICIDADE AIRBNBFeriado liberado, é no Airbnb. Reserve já a sua acomodação no Airbnb. O feriadão de outubro se aproxima, junte seu grupo e escolha a estadia ideal para o seu descanso, para vocês relaxarem com conforto, com espaço para todo mundo, por um valor acessível e com bastante privacidade.QUER OUVIR MAIS HISTÓRIAS? BAIXE NOSSO APLICATIVO EM SUA LOJA APPLE/GOOGLE, CONHEÇA NOSSOS QUADROS EXCLUSIVOS E RECEBA EPISÓDIOS INÉDITOS DE SEGUNDA A SÁBADO: https://naoinviabilize.com.br/assineEnvie a sua história bem detalhada para naoinviabilize@gmail.com, seu anonimato será mantido, todos os nomes, profissões e locais são trocados para preservar a sua identidade.Site: https://naoinviabilize.com.brTranscrição dos episódios: https://naoinviabilize.com.br/episodiosYoutube: https://youtube.com/naoinviabilizeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/naoinviabilizeTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naoinviabilizeX: https://x.com/naoinviabilizeFacebook: https://facebook.com/naoinviabilizeEdição de áudios: Depois O Leo Corta MultimídiaVinhetas: Pipoca SoundVoz da vinheta: Priscila Armani

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Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O'Malley revisit Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT), the online salvage auction giant that turns totaled cars into a global marketplace, connecting insurers with more than a million buyers across 190 countries. Copart owns over 250 salvage yards outright — land that's increasingly difficult to permit today — and compounded earnings per share at over 20% a year for a decade. But the stock is down more than 40% from its highs, U.S. insurance volumes have fallen for four straight quarters, and its main competitor, IAA, has now outgrown Copart for six straight quarters. Daniel and Shawn dig into what actually broke. Is the volume decline cyclical, driven by Americans dropping insurance coverage after premiums rose ~50% in three years — or structural, as Progressive becomes America's largest auto insurer while sending three-quarters of its salvage to IAA? 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This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk are joined by special guest Jason Calacanis, one of the first investors in Uber, to debate his bull case on Uber, who wins the robotaxi endgame and whether local governments will cap the deployment of autonomous vehicles.Jason earns the first clappy hat of the episode for saying what few in the market will, Tesla is obsessed with safety. The incidents Waymo has absorbed would be showstoppers under Tesla, and Tesla knows it. Jason, who drives FSD daily on Hardware 4, puts the system at 98 percent of the way to Level 4 and wants to buy a Cybercab fleet.The robotaxi endgame, in Jason's view, comes down to manufacturing. A shift from 2 percent of global miles on rideshare to 30 percent requires more than 100 million autonomous vehicles and a $5 trillion fleet build-out larger than the AI data center build-out.Tesla wins the gold because it owns the factory. In Jason's opinion Waymo will have to buy a car company, likely Rivian or Lucid, after it spins out of Google and IPOs. Uber owns the demand and will take the rest of the market with its 20 partners, several of which Jason predicts will pivot to building only robotaxis. His market share call is 40 percent Tesla, 35 percent Uber and 15 percent Waymo.Walt pushes back on whether there is enough at the table for Uber's twelfth partner and questions whether any of them are close to Tesla or Waymo today, with 300 Nuro powered Lucid Gravity vehicles by June being a win. Jason counters that Nuro and Avride will be driver-out within 24 months and that no one else can afford the $100 to $300 per customer required to build another Uber-scale network.The sharpest debate of the episode is regulatory capture. Jason argues local governments will cap and license autonomous vehicles the way they did Airbnb, that drivers will be the first mass unemployment from AI and that Uber is right to negotiate a soft landing with unions.Grayson argues federal preemption is coming and that caps will disappear when a national framework arrives. The two settle it with a steak dinner bet on whether local communities or the federal government win the fight in the United States.Jason closes with his theory on Uber and his dream scenario of Travis Kalanick returning as CEO of Uber.Episode Chapters0:00 Jason Calacanis joins Autonomy Markets02:19 Cybercab Fleets04:04 Tesla's obsession with Safety07:27 Everywhere-All-at-Once Fallacy09:33 Uber Shutting Down ATG Was a Mistake12:51 The Gap Between Engineers and the Market16:37 Jason Calacanis on Why Waymo has to Buy a Car Company18:15 Uber's Surge Pricing Strategy19:16 Jason Calacanis' 40/35/15 Robotaxi Prediction25:58 Are Any of Uber's Partners Technically Close to Tesla or Waymo?30:23 Uber Eats is Half of Uber's business32:18 100 Unsupervised Robotaxi Benchmark33:37 Robotaxis in China35:31 Regulatory Capture Debate begins41:31 Steak Dinner Bet49:02 Personally Owned Autonomous Vehicles Impact on Shared Rides52:27 Waymo and Toyota moment to Watch in Q1 2755:30 Puke in Uber, Get a Bonus56:28 Travis Kalanick, CloudKitchens and Atoms58:08 What Travis Kalanick Would do Differently59:09 PIF, Lucid, Nuro and a Full-Stack Uber with-in 36 months1:06:16 Atoms Robotaxi Depot Play1:12:32 If and When Waymo Goes Public1:17:36 Why Japan needs autonomy1:20:46 The Next 12 months1:22:20 The Next Tesla Robotaxi format1:27:42 Autonomous Regional Travel1:29:47 Amazon, Google or Tesla should buy Uber1:31:39 Consolidation, First Dominos, Zipline, Wayve and Nuro1:34:52 Framing the BetFollow The Road to Autonomy Indices--------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy is the leading applied intelligence platform covering the convergence of automation, autonomy, and the Autonomy Economy.™.Through our podcasts, newsletter, and proprietary applied intelligence, we set the narrative for institutional investors, industry executives, and policymakers navigating the convergence of automation, autonomy, and economic growth.Join institutional investors and industry leaders who read This Week in The Autonomy Economy every Sunday. Each edition delivers exclusive insight and commentary on the autonomy economy, helping you stay ahead of what's next.Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Most economists say Alberta is in for hard times if it splits from Canada. But dire predictions don't seem to faze true believers. So, how much influence can economic analysis have on this vote — or any other? Plus, how to spot Airbnb listings that have been enhanced by artificial intelligence. And, why more kids should run lemonade stands!

New iPhones are officially here! Marques, Andrew, and David talk about the new iPhone 18 Pro phones and the newest foldable on the block, the iPhone Duo. There were also some interesting updates to the new AirPods 5 and Apple Watch Series 12/Apple Watch Ultra 4, so they spend some time discussing all of the updates as well. Of course, we wrap it all up with trivia. Enjoy! Links: MKBHD - iPhone 18 Pro/Duo Impressions video Apple - Apple Watch Paper This episode brought to you by: Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com Granola AI: https://www.granola.ai/waveform Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/waveform Square: https://www.square.com/go/waveform Follow us on socials: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Waveform TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In cities like Rome, tourists are part of the city's identity, its reality, its way of life. When they go away—and don't come back—the city will inevitably change and adapt. Will the countless AirBNBs turn back into regular rentals, and will that in turn cause locals to move back to the historic center? Will the souvenir shops that have crowded out the artisanal workshops close their doors? Will restaurants that once hawked mediocre fare to tourists be forced to raise their standards in order to lure Romans to dine? On this episode from our archives, we hypothesize about what's in store for Rome in the post-Covid age, at least until the tourists return en masse. And we also muse upon the question: who is Rome for—at least, the historic center? With so few locals living and working in the center, has it become a kind of "Disneyland" for tourists, and will the sudden lack of tourists change that? (Now that we are several years past Covid and Rome's tourists have returned two- or three-fold, I wonder if our predictions from this years-old episode will hold up! Find out by listening in.) ***The Bittersweet Life podcast has been on the air for an impressive 10+ years! In order to help newer listeners discover some of our earlier episodes, every Friday we are now airing an episode from our vast archives! Enjoy!*** ------------------------------------- COME TO ROME WITH US: Our 4th annual Bittersweet Life Roman Adventure, taking place from 1 to 7 November 2026, is officially sold out! If you'd like to be on our first-dibs mailing list to make sure you don't miss out on future trips, just send us an email! AD-FREE LISTENING: After well over 10 years on the air with little-to-no advertising, in 2026 we have finally made the difficult decision that this completely independent and self-funded show is no longer sustainable without it. HOWEVER! If you join us on Patreon, for as little as $3 per month, you will have access to all new episodes completely ad-free! ADVERTISE WITH US: Reach expats, future expats, and travelers all over the world. Send us an email to get the conversation started. GET TWO BONUS EPISODES PER MONTH: Pledge your monthly support of The Bittersweet Life at the $5 per month level or above, and you will have access to two all-new (and sometimes wacky) bonus episodes every single month. As well as ad-free listening, occasional live meet-ups, and access to our chat community. Visit our Patreon site to find out more. TIP YOUR PODCASTER: Say thanks with a one-time donation to the podcast hosts you know and love. Click here to send financial support via PayPal. (You can also find a Donate button on the desktop version of our website.) The show needs your support to continue. START PODCASTING: If you are planning to start your own podcast, consider Libsyn for your hosting service! Use this affliliate link to get two months free, or use our promo code SWEET when you sign up. SUBSCRIBE: Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you never miss an episode. Click here to find us on a variety of podcast apps. WRITE A REVIEW: Leave us a rating and a written review on iTunes so more listeners can find us. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: If you have a question or a topic you want us to address, send us an email here. You can also connect to us on Facebook or Instagram. Tag #thebittersweetlife with your expat story for a chance to be featured! NEW TO THE SHOW? Don't be afraid to start with Episode 1: OUTSET BOOK: Want to read Tiffany's book, Midnight in the Piazza? Learn more here or order on Amazon. TOUR ROME: If you're traveling to Rome, don't miss the chance to tour the city with Tiffany as your guide!

This week, the Voice of San Diego crew was joined by Joey Safchik, host of NBC San Diego's "Politically Speaking," and there was a lot to get through! First, a bittersweet news update. Reporter Jakob McWhinney broke a story last week about an organization embedded in San Diego's law enforcement community that hired a controversial figure. After the outrage, the hire got rescinded. But it didn't stop there – the whole organization has since dissolved entirely. No one says you can’t redeem yourself, but in the end you have to own what got you there. Also on the show: Our intern Naomi Granata released an article revealing the staggering amount Airbnb spent on lobbying in San Diego, all to kill a proposed tax on vacation rentals and vacant second homes. We dug through the numbers. Finally, we dive into the midterm election ballot. We covered a few races worth watching: 48th Congressional District: Democrat Marni Von Wilpert faces Republican Jim Desmond in one of ten House races nationally that could flip control of Congress. State Senate, District 40: Former City Attorney Mara Elliot and nonprofit leader Kristie Bruce-Lane, who’s backed by controversial conservative Carol DeMaio, battle it out to replace termed-out Republican Brian Jones. San Diego City Council, District 2: Former Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey faces off against Deputy City Attorney Nicole Crosby. Bailey just confirmed he voted for Trump in 2024. Could that have an impact on voters? San Diego City Council, District 4: Incumbent Henry Foster is challenged by political outsider Martha Abraham, who's making the case that a Foster win could leave the council without a single woman. Prop 40:The billionaire tax — a one-time, 5 percent tax on California's billionaires to fund healthcare. This would be the first time the state has ever taxed assets, as opposed to income and property. It’s complicated and many people are split on it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to The AZREIA Show! In this episode of the Short-Term Rental Mini-Series, host Jeremy Holden sits down with Benjamin Xiu of Lily Cleaning, an Airbnb-focused cleaning company serving Phoenix-area hosts. Ben explains how STR turnovers differ from traditional residential cleaning and why cleaners are a host's first line of defense when it comes to guest experience, damage detection, and maintaining five-star reviews. They break down the systems, standards, and communication needed to deliver consistent results on every turnover. The conversation covers everything from vetting and onboarding cleaners to trial cleans, owner walkthroughs, digital checklists, calendar syncing, photo reporting, and payment tools. Ben also shares practical inventory strategies, including extra linens and towels, secure supply closets, toilet paper guidelines, full-zip mattress protectors, and ways to handle same-day turns with off-site laundry and backup bedding. They also discuss quality control, consistency, owner expectations, and the difference between a reliable cleaning team and a basic drop-service model. Whether you manage one Airbnb or multiple short-term rentals, this episode offers practical strategies for building a cleaning operation that protects your property and improves the guest experience. Learn how the right cleaning processes can help prevent issues, create more consistent turnovers, support better reviews, and ultimately improve your property's performance and visibility on Airbnb. 00:40 – Lily Cleaning Story 01:26 – STR Cleaning Differences 03:24 – Turnover Checks and Reporting 06:02 – Consistency and Big Companies 07:08 – Onboarding and Vetting Cleaners 08:51 – Tools and Digital Checklists 10:50 – Property Walkthrough Standards 12:39 – Inventory and Supply Closets 15:26 – Must-Have Mattress Protectors 16:59 – Same-Day Turns and Laundry 20:36 – Reviews and Airbnb Algorithm 23:19 – Why Choose a Mid-Size Team 26:11 – Managing Owner Expectations -- Contact Alden of Silver Crest Opportunity Fund at http://silvercrestopportunityfund.com "AZREIA does not endorse specific investments. Please do your own due diligence." Want to grow your real estate business?

A better Airbnb setup does not always require a renovation.Sometimes, the details guests remember most are the smallest ones: an extra blanket they can actually find, a coffee cup they can take on the road, a backup key when the smart lock fails, or a sound machine that helps them sleep better.In this episode, Sarah and Annette share 10 simple but genius Airbnb setup hacks they use in every property they touch. These are low-cost, high-impact details that protect your property, reduce guest friction, prevent unnecessary messages, and create the kind of stay guests mention in reviews.They cover everything from zip encasement mattress protectors and blackout curtains to stocked kitchens, forgot-something baskets, guidebook photos, extra hooks, and a bulbs-and-batteries box that saves everyone time when something minor goes wrong.If you want to create a smoother, more thoughtful guest experience without taking on a major renovation, this episode is your setup checklist.In this episode, you'll learn:Why zip encasement mattress and pillow protectors matterHow blackout curtains and sound machines improve guest sleepWhy extra blankets should be easy to find and intentionally storedWhat to include in a better Airbnb coffee stationWhy your kitchen should be stocked beyond the basicsHow a forgot-something basket can surprise and delight guestsWhere hooks can reduce everyday guest frictionWhy every smart lock needs a backup key nearbyHow photos in your guidebook can prevent guest confusionWhat to include in a bulbs-and-batteries boxResources Mentioned:Join us Live and Learn about Strategic Host!Mentioned in this episode:Join us for our live Get More Bookings Bootcamp.

An exclusive with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, offering his advice to OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei as existential concerns around AI grow on Wall Street and beyond. Plus, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin breaks down the housing market as high rates continue to weigh on affordability, and we get Wall Street's reaction to Apple's latest product launch—and whether a foldable iPhone can move the needle for investors.Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this episode of Reading With Your Kids, we're celebrating two wonderful graphic novels—starting with a deep dive into Shannon Hale's new middle grade graphic novel Dream Big. Joining Jed from an Airbnb in Utah, Shannon talks about the beauty and diversity of the U.S., her travels to schools and bookstores in at least 45 states, and what it's like to live life on the road with "book people." She reflects on a career of 50+ books, translated into 25 languages, and admits she hardly lets herself think about all those readers—it's too overwhelming, so she keeps her focus on the next story. Shannon shares the heart behind Dream Big, the second book about Cassie, a highly sensitive, big-feelings kid based on Shannon's own childhood in 1980s Utah. Cassie becomes an extra in a low-budget horror movie, giving readers a realistic, often funny look at movie sets—far from the glamorous image kids may imagine. Through Cassie's worries about being "a scaredy cat," the book becomes a gentle exploration of fear, fame, and emotional intelligence. Shannon and Jed talk about different kinds of fear, why fame doesn't equal love or confidence, and how stories can open up honest family conversations about emotions and money. In the second part of the episode, Jed welcomes David Bruggink, creator of Pia in the Forest. Inspired by sound-recording walks in the woods with his young daughter in Maine, David's debut graphic novel celebrates curiosity, nature, and the special bond between a dad and his adventurous child—perfect for families who love exploring the world together on and off the page.

Still Labor Day in the Palm Street Studio but this is the Thursday episode.  Bartending with Phil almost does not land but when it does, it's the Fruity Pebbles shot.  Another round of Junior's dumbass trivia, with subjects such as Good Times, Today in history, Random stuff, Dairy Queen, and Dolly Parton.  The Airbnb stay and random local radio stuff.  We will miss the Parisville Bar and we have a future list.  Bars need to be bars!  Will we make our own "palooza"?   Featuring Hall of Famer Junior!, Hall of Famer Cookie!, The Grumpy Griller, Sir Phillip, and Lord Filkins.  Make good choices!

What if the real estate cash-flow strategy you've been overlooking isn't Airbnb, wholesaling, flipping, or a traditional rental?Lynette, founder of Group Homes for Newbies, joins Ash Cash inside the vault to break down how shared housing can turn unused bedrooms into income while providing housing to veterans, returning citizens, seniors, people with disabilities, and other underserved communities.In this episode, she walks Ash through the numbers.Using an eight-bedroom home as an example, Lynette explains how placing two beds in each room at approximately $800 per bed could produce $12,800 per month in gross revenue before expenses.But the money is only part of the story.Lynette became a teenage mother, lost both parents by age 19, worked as a correctional officer, later lost her job, and eventually found herself with $10,000 in savings and limited employment options.That's when she returned to something she had witnessed inside the prison system: people who were eligible for release but had nowhere to go.She started inside her own four-bedroom home, placed six beds upstairs, built relationships with re-entry coordinators and community organizations, and says she filled all six beds within her first month.From there, she expanded into rental arbitrage, eventually grew to seven homes, launched a non-medical home care agency, and began teaching others how to enter the shared-housing business.Lynette also breaks down:• How getting paid by the bed works• Finding residents with recurring benefit income• Building referral relationships with prisons, hospitals and social workers• Why proper resident vetting matters• Rental arbitrage vs. owning the property• How she scaled to seven homes• Why ownership became her ultimate strategy• Her plan to develop 100+ properties in Mississippi• Turning cash flow into community impact and generational wealthThis conversation is about more than real estate.It's about identifying a problem, creating a solution, building cash flow, and using ownership to change lives—including your own.Connect with Group Homes for Newbies:Instagram: @grouphomesfornewbiesTikTok: @grouphomesfornewbiesFacebook: Group Homes for NewbiesSearch “Group Home Cash Flow Club” on Skool to learn more about Lynette's community.Inside the Vault:@insidethevaultInsideTheVaultShow.comHost:@iamashcashIAmAshCash.comABUNDANCE IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT.Join the community:TheAbundanceCommunity.comTIMESTAMPS00:00 – “Everybody called me crazy”01:03 – Ash Cash book CTA02:05 – Welcome to Inside the Vault04:16 – Meet Lynette of Group Homes for Newbies05:26 – What exactly is a group home?06:06 – Why shared housing can create predictable cash flow07:09 – Getting paid by the bed08:02 – Breaking down an 8-bedroom house09:03 – Two people per bedroom09:58 – $800 per bed10:18 – How one house could gross $12,800/month10:37 – Recurring benefit income & autopay11:08 – How Lynette discovered the group-home business11:33 – Teenage motherhood, loss & growing up without her mom13:21 – Losing both parents by age 1914:13 – Becoming a correctional officer15:45 – Sleeping in her car at 1715:54 – Losing her father after moving to Texas17:02 – The traffic stop that changed her career18:05 – Losing her correctional officer job19:17 – Starting over with $10,000 saved19:48 – Seeing the housing gap inside the prison system21:10 – Starting the business inside her own home22:04 – Putting six beds into three bedrooms22:16 – Finding her first residents22:42 – “Everybody called me crazy”23:42 – How returning citizens pay for housing25:08 – Finding programs to bridge the funding gap26:29 – Filling all six beds in the first month26:51 – Building relationships that bring referrals28:40 – Breaking down the numbers on her first house30:05 – Using the first home's cash flow to get another property30:39 – Moving into a five-bedroom rental31:00 – The early mistakes & resident-vetting problems33:01 – Using rental arbitrage for group homes34:09 – Scaling to seven homes34:38 – $42K/month at full capacity after expenses34:46 – Launching a home care agency35:18 – Cutting out the middleman & stacking services37:12 – Inside the Group Homes for Newbies community37:53 – “The money is in the follow-up”40:09 – Rental arbitrage vs. ownership40:24 – Paying nearly $300K/year on other people's properties40:49 – The easiest way to test the business model46:15 – How to research whether your market supports the model47:11 – Purchasing 100+ properties in Mississippi48:21 – Losing her father's properties as a teenager49:23 – Finding her great-grandmother's property50:05 – Buying back her father's properties51:20 – Lynette's deeper “why”53:13 – The lessons her father left behind57:03 – How to join the Group Home Cash Flow Club59:26 – Lynette's case for the shared-housing model1:00:01 – Connect with Group Homes for Newbies1:00:17 – Closing the VaultAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're less than three weeks out from the September 17 deadline to grab your ticket for the Philly Funnel Sprint (the event itself is October 19–20). Questions have been coming in, so Claire is doing a rapid-fire FAQ episode to answer everything you might be wondering about before you book — from what time the workshop actually starts to what you need to have decided about your offer before you sit down on Monday morning. If you've been thinking about coming but sitting on the fence, this is the episode that answers everything. And if you know you're coming, this is where you get all the logistics in one place. The Basics:

A noise alert can go off at 1am and never turn into a confrontation or a bad review.  In this episode, we cover the 2 leading devices hosts use to catch loud guests early… That means where to mount each device, the decibel threshold that actually works, what a setup costs per month, and which device now catches smoke too. Which of the 2 leading noise devices can now catch smoke without a camera? The decibel range that separates a lively living room from a real problem. One mounting mistake that can cost 10 to 20 points on your noise score. What a fully integrated noise monitor costs per property every month? The exact response sequence before anyone on our team picks up the phone. Noise complaints are one of the easiest problems to prevent once the right device is in place and used correctly. If this episode helped, subscribe and leave a review. Check back next week for another episode built to help your rental run smoother. Check out our videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ShortTermRentalRiches Grab your free management eBook: https://strriches.com/#tools-resources Looking to earn more with your property (without the headaches)? Chat with our expert management team: https://strriches.com/management-services/  

Venus Retrograde Heroine's Journey 2026 https://www.louiseedington.com/VenusRetrograde2026Astrotheoros.com○ Use the code COSMICOWL at checkout for■ 1 free month if you select the monthly plan■ OR 1 extra month off of the already discounted yearly planRed Seeds Tarot https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheRedSeedsW.I.T.C.H. Oracle Deck https://a.co/d/0bOgiJsrthedeckofcharacter.comA Lot to Catch Up OnI am back from Chicago — and there is a lot I want to share before we dive into a week that honestly deserves its own documentary. Bear with me; Louise asked me to keep most of this in.The Chicago/UAC trip:I ran an OPA peer group for four wonderful people over four days in an Airbnb — deeply immersive, deeply draining, deeply wonderful. I gave everything I had and came out the other side genuinely moved. Then I went to the United Astrology Conference hotel, attended an OPA dinner where I got to see so many people I love, and recorded the Kepler College Book Club live from UAC with my friend Mary Gatterudz about my series book. That's on the Kepler College YouTube channel if you want a lively discussion. I also attended a pre-workshop run by Mark Jones — an English astrologer and former psychotherapist whose work I love — and finally got to meet him in person after Zoom-only connection.I didn't stay for the whole conference. 1,500 astrologers in a hotel is a little too peoply for me. But I learned something: I can go to the hotel, meet the people I want to see, and skip most of the lectures. The lectures are available to buy by recording anyway. The connection is the irreplaceable part.The OPA and The Professional Astrologer:If you're interested in becoming a more professional astrologer, I genuinely recommend OPA — the Organization for Professional Astrology. They run peer groups and mentorships, a consulting skills course, and an Astronomy for Astrologers course. What I love about their certification is that it's not a test of your techniques and knowledge — it's about how you actually work with clients. That's the whole thing.The new revised and expanded edition of The Professional Astrologer is out, and I have a chapter in it about writing for astrology. It covers everything from the power of peer groups to the pros and cons of practicing as both astrologer and psychotherapist, to the nuts and bolts of being financially viable. Worth getting a copy.Sphere and Sundry:In my gift bag from the pre-workshop was something I want to share: an essential oil by Sphere and Sundry — sphereandsundry.com. She makes what she calls talismanic materia — remedial-grade astrological elections using organic, wild-crafted ingredients and natural oils. She describes them as a good transit in a bottle. The one I received is Venus in Taurus 3, Amatory — and I genuinely feel this was meant for the Venus Retrograde class, given Venus is heading toward Scorpio and opposing Chiron in Taurus. I'll be using it. Worth checking out.Upcoming presentations:Atlanta Astrology Association, September 17th — I'm presenting on Ceres, and apparently first-time attendees can come free. Email me at louise@louiseedington.com if you'd like the invitation details. I believe it's at 7:30pm Eastern.OPA Live, September 20th — a panel of three astrologers on the Venus retrograde. A great way to hear more about the retrograde and decide if you'd like to join the class.London School of Astrology, Chiron Weekend, October 17th–18th — on Zoom, $99, and most of the proceeds go to charity. I've been recommended by Melanie Reinhart and Brian Clarke, which still makes me catch my breath. If you're interested in Chiron and what his first return to his discovery degree means, this is the weekend for you.Venus Retrograde: Heroine's Journey — we start October 1st. Three weeks and three days from when I'm recording this, and I still have slides to finish. The price remains at $397 for the basic seven-week, eight-call course. Dragon Rider adds a year of Spiral Codex membership, a 30-minute one-on-one reading with me, and a personally chosen gift I'll mail to you — all for $500 added on. First run since 2017, and it's grown considerably since then. This is not just an astrology class — it's a guided inner journey with meditations, healing tools, and more than a little magic. louiseedington.com/VenusRetrograde2026AstroTheoros has added a lot since I last mentioned them:* Terms and decans (multiple systems), zodiacal releasing, dasha (Vedic), perfections* Fixed stars, minor aspects, vertex, lots of fortune and spirit* Additional asteroids including Ceres and Haumea and Chariklo (yes!)* True/mean/oscillating Black Moon Lilith options, White Moon* Show and hide aspect lines* A way to add your own external AI assistants — they've made a conscious choice not to incorporate AI themselves, but for those who want to, they show you how* Chart copy as image in one click; lock chart; time travelCloud-based, works on any device. Code COSMICOWL at astrotheoros.com — one free month on the monthly plan, or one extra month off the yearly plan.And: Cathy and I are recording on Friday — we'll be talking about the six-hour Elon Musk documentary premiering at what I believe is the Venice Film Festival, which focuses on his involvement in the 2024 elections. I think it might be a little bit explosive. Watch for it.The Cards — A First GlanceFrom the Red Seeds Tarot, the Witch Oracle, and the Deck of Character (available to buy again — links in the description):The Hierophant reversed. The Fall. Eight of Torches reversed. The Story Keeper. The Shield.That set of five says everything about this week: the guru structure collapsing, the descent into the depths, the delays and darkness of the no-moon phase, the call to rewrite the story, and a practical shield for the extraordinary amount of information that's incoming. More at the end.The Astrology at a GlanceThis is possibly the biggest week since the basket peaked in July. On September 10th alone:* Venus enters Scorpio at 0° — the exact degree of her Cazimi/Star Point on October 23rd* Mercury enters Libra — swapping signs with Venus, both heading toward retrograde in Scorpio* Uranus stations retrograde at 5°41' Gemini* The Virgo New Moon is exact at 11:27pm Eastern (separate video — go watch it)Before that: the Moon occults Jupiter on September 8th at 15° Leo — a world point. An occultation is like an eclipse of Jupiter: the Moon literally passes across the face of the planet, hiding it. This is relatively rare, and what it passes over matters. It passes over Alaska, Canada, the USA, and Greenland.The nodes remain at 29° until October 9th. Hekate has moved back past the North Node. Venus reaches the anaretic degree of Libra. Uranus barely moves all week — it's standing still. The news will be off the charts. That's not hyperbole.Day by DaySunday, September 6 (the first day of the week)The Moon is out of bounds in Cancer — way out of bounds — and there aren't many major aspects, which makes the day quieter than what follows.Moon conjuncts Ceres — the Moon in its own sign, the Great Mother in the Moon's sign, saying together: self-care, nurture, family. I chose to come home early from Chicago rather than stay through the whole conference. The Moon conjunct Ceres was opposing my Saturn, and I listened. My second daughter got engaged this month (both daughters in August — family, family, family).Venus opposes Vesta in Aries — your inner flame, your focus and commitment, your devotion to your own identity in the world. Pay attention to what comes up around that.The Moon squares Saturn retrograde (letting go of more self-limiting beliefs), sextiles the Sun at 14° Virgo (past South Node and Regulus — we are moving, even if it doesn't feel that way yet), then crosses Asteroid Lilith and Mars in Cancer — talk to the hand; what aligned, protective, guardian action are we taking now?The Moon then squares Pallas Athena and trines Nessus — seeing the poisons more clearly, with strategy and pattern-recognition behind the seeing.Monday, September 7The Moon is still in Cancer, starting to come back in bounds but not quite there.Moon sextiles Mercury — emotions and mind integrating, coming into conversation. As we move into the dark of the moon, this is an invitation: bring your feeling and your thinking together. Let them inform each other.Moon squares Eris — more inner table-flipping. What old beliefs, assumptions, and perceptions need to be overturned within you? The outer tables are turning everywhere. The inner ones matter too.Moon opposes Juno in Capricorn — our sacred contracts with the structures we live under. What have we been living by? What new structures do we want to birth? Conservative in sign, but the opposition is pushing for something different.The Moon then makes a T-square to Vesta and Venus — everything pointing inward. What are you devoted to? What are you creating? And pay attention to what comes up around Venus territory (values, relationships, desires, justice) — she goes retrograde to 22° Libra, and you're walking that ground now.At 12:49pm Eastern, the Moon enters Leo — and immediately squares Chiron in Taurus. What medicine are you bringing into your heart and into your body?The Moon then opposes Pluto (the shadow to the surface, and then the buried treasure), trines Neptune (spiritual warrior energy, the felt sense of interconnection), and sextiles Uranus — which is almost at a complete standstill. Uranus barely moves all week. It's concentrating its energy at 5° Gemini.Tuesday, September 8 — The Jupiter Occultation at 15° LeoI need to give this one proper space.At 2:36pm Eastern, the Moon occults Jupiter at 15° Leo.Fifteen degrees of a fixed sign is a world point — a degree of collective significance, felt beyond the personal into the global. And an occultation is like an eclipse: the Moon literally passes directly across Jupiter, blocking it from view. Jupiter's expansive energy — the king, the expander, the judge, the natural law — is being hidden. Absorbed. Transformed.What does this mean? Some delay in expansion. Some pause in the opportunities that have been opening. But more than that: a transformative phase. The energy of Jupiter goes underground and re-emerges with new qualities. This is the king being taken behind closed doors for a reckoning.The path of this occultation passes over Alaska, Canada, the United States, and Greenland — countries that have presented themselves, historically, as the dominant voices in global affairs.And here is what I genuinely cannot make up: the day before, the UN voted to adopt the Equal Earth Map — a new global projection that more accurately represents the actual size of the world's continents. On this map, Africa is significantly larger than we've been taught. South America is bigger. The USA, Canada, Greenland, and Russia are smaller — a more truthful picture.The USA was the only country in the UN to vote against it.Jupiter is expansion. The occultation tracks over the countries whose mapped expansion has exceeded their actual size. The timing is extraordinary.Jupiter will meet the South Node in Leo three times as it heads toward it — the fall of kings, of superpowers, of the power-over paradigm that has organized so much of modern history. Things are evening out. We're watching it happen.After the occultation, the Moon trines Pallas Athena — the strategic warrior and pattern-seer. The Moon is back in bounds. The patterns are becoming visible.The Moon starts the day at 6° Leo — the discovery degree of Chariklo. Note that. And Mercury in Virgo trines Juno — sacred contracts looked at through the lens of stewardship, meaningful work, the humble desire to do the right thing rather than the right thing as performance.Wednesday, September 9 — Dark Moon. Moon at the Eclipse Degree. Moon Conjuncts South Node.We are entering the dark of the moon — the three-day no-moon phase before the Virgo New Moon on Thursday night.The Moon is in Leo, moving toward the Sun, getting within 30° of it. And it starts the day at 20° Leo — the exact degree of the August 12th Solar Eclipse.The Moon conjuncts Hygieia at that eclipse degree — holistic, preventative health. Then trines Pallas Athena, trines Vesta, sextiles Venus at the anaretic 29° Libra. Everything pressing toward the border crossing.At 3:17pm Eastern, the Moon conjuncts the South Node at 29° — the nodes holding that eclipse degree until October 9th, charged with everything that's unfolded since August 12th. The Moon — the people, the collective emotional body — meeting the drain of the old paradigm. Having just occulted Jupiter the king. Having just been at the eclipse degree. Having just moved through all those aspects.Fall of kings. Fall of leaders. Fall of the power-over paradigm. The Moon and the people conjunct the South Node at the degree of the eclipse.You literally cannot make this up.After the South Node conjunction, the Moon moves into Virgo and conjuncts Regulus — which happens every month now, as the Moon cycles through, but this month it carries the full weight of what's been building. And Venus, still at the anaretic 29°, simultaneously sextiles the South Node and trines the North Node — releasing and building simultaneously. She is leading. After her retrograde, she is heading for the Aquarius North Node. She already knows the destination.Hekate has moved back beyond the North Node into Aquarius, going back over the ground she needs to integrate before moving forward again.Thursday, September 10 — Sign Changes and a New MoonWhat a day. Honestly, what a day.At 4:06am Eastern, Venus enters Scorpio. At 0° Scorpio — the exact degree of her Cazimi/Star Point on October 23rd, the heart of her retrograde. She is stepping into the territory she will descend through, previewing the deepest point of her underworld journey. And this Star Point at 0° Scorpio is the last Scorpio Venus Star Point in our lifetimes — I believe the next isn't until 2177. It is also the star point return for the USA. Make of that what you will.The underground river of the Venus retrograde is flowing. You can feel it if you listen.The Virgo Moon squares Uranus — which is barely moving, preparing to station.Ceres opposes Pholus — where have our needs not been met? The lid is off. Pandora's box, again. Seeing what we needed to see so we can finally move forward.At 12:20pm Eastern, Mercury enters Libra — swapping with Venus in a kind of cosmic dance. Venus has left Libra; Mercury enters. Both are heading for Scorpio and retrograde. Both will station direct on November 13th — the same day. This is rare, and I'll go deep on what it means in the Venus retrograde class.Venus at 0° Scorpio opposes Chiron in Taurus — the axis of the entire retrograde. The wound and the medicine. What is our medicine for becoming fully human in a world that has forgotten it?At 2:27pm Eastern, Uranus stations retrograde at 5°41' Gemini. Five degrees — the number of change. Gemini — media, news, communication, information. Mercury at 0° Libra (a world point) as Mercury's own sign stations into retrograde. The news is going to be off the charts.The Sabian symbol for 6° Gemini (rounding up): Workmen drilling for oil. James Burgess says: an insatiable questing for knowledge and information that can take us deep into emotional process and the uncovering of dark secrets. A zealous appetite for knowledge and understanding.The Omega symbol (Sandbach): In the far north, an ancient tower carved of ice. The degree angel is Manakel — accountability and knowledge of good and evil. He says: you have so many thoughts and perceive so many ideas that it can become difficult to decide where to focus. Don't let this overwhelm you. Keep focused on the flow. There is a spiritual rightness at work beneath all things. The simple intent to stay attuned to it is your magic.The Chandra symbol: A claw foot holding a ball. The attempt to grasp wholeness, to overcome Gemini's fragmented quality — fixing the liquid into a substantial form from which you can ascend to see the surrounding territory. The struggle is not in trying to put things together. It's to resist the distractions of lesser and trivial things.The Pleiadian symbol: A sinkhole opens up in the earth. Things are collapsing.The Azoth symbol: A book of formulas. Astrology is a symbolic language, just as mathematics is, just as alphabets are. We are writing new stories. Which brings us to the Story Keeper arriving in the cards.At 11:27pm Eastern, the Virgo New Moon — exactly nine hours after Uranus stations retrograde. I've done a full separate video and post for this. Please watch it. But know that the new moon landing nine hours after Uranus's retrograde station, with Venus and Mercury both freshly in new signs, with the basket energy still active — this is not a quiet new moon. The seeds you plant tonight carry all of this.Friday, September 11 — 25th Anniversary. Venus Day.Rest in peace all who were lost on this day.The Moon is in Virgo, just minutes past the new moon, still in the no-moon phase. New lunar cycle beginning.The Moon sextiles Mars — what aligned action are we taking now? Not the push-push-push of unchecked ambition, but the stewardship energy, the guardian energy, the action that comes from genuinely wanting to be of service.The Moon opposes Nessus — still more poisons to be named and seen. But I don't think we're much longer in this. I really don't.Mars in Cancer squares Pallas Athena in Aries — they're moving apart, but Mars is still learning: less attack, more guardian. Less force, more protection. From within, this means the same. Talk to your inner Mars.The Moon trines Juno and then moves into Libra at 7:51pm Eastern.Saturday, September 12 — Moon Conjuncts Mercury. Air Kite. Cardinal Grand Cross.The Libra Moon conjuncts Mercury at 2°31' Libra — and note the degree: 2°31' Libra directly opposes the last Venus Star Point at 2° Aries (March 22, 2025). The previous Venus retrograde's deepest point, directly activated as the Moon and Mercury meet in the sign of balance and justice. Venus is reaching back through time, reminding us of what was seeded then, and asking: what has been growing since? What is ready to be harvested — or released?Balance, harmony, justice, scales — the Mercury-Moon conjunction in Libra is a fertile meeting of heart and mind in the sign that seeks fairness. There could be some genuinely good news today.The Moon trines Pluto (more shadows illuminated, more buried treasure found), opposes Neptune forming a kite, and trines Uranus still at its station point. Fire and air kite pointing at Neptune in Aries — the spirit of new beginning, the dissolution of the old, the love-thy-neighbor energy as the basis for everything we're trying to build.Juno squares Pallas Athena — our sacred contracts pressing against the wise strategy. For me, this is the table-flipping energy of Eris in a longer arc: where unfettered power-over and greed have caused harm to people, the contracts that maintained that are collapsing. And we can have something better. The form of things that's collapsing — in politics, in institutions, in how we organize society — was always imperfect. What we build next doesn't have to be.Mercury trines Pluto, then opposes Neptune, then trines Sedna and Uranus — an air kite closing the week. Rational understanding, shadow revealed, adapting to what needs to change, the breakthrough aha moments. Stay with it all. Let it sift.The week closes with the Moon squaring Pholus and Ceres and then opposing Saturn — a brief Cardinal Grand Cross, initiating. New things beginning. Something that was seeded at the new moon is putting out its first tentative root.The Cards in DetailThe Hierophant, reversed:The original Hierophant — one who reveals sacred things — was from the Eleusinian Mysteries. There was one male Hierophant and two female Hierophantides, appointed for life, who revealed divine knowledge to the initiates and welcomed them with the laws of the Mysteries: only those with pure hands and hearts could enter the rites.But in the last quarter of the Great Wheel — as the patriarchy rose, as the rites were co-opted, as direct access to the sacred was replaced by institutional intermediaries — the Hierophant became the one who stood between you and the divine.This card, reversed, is saying clearly: you have access to divine knowledge yourself. You do not need an intercessory. Let go of the attachment to gurus and external teachers as the gatekeepers of truth. You can challenge the tradition. Everyone — everyone — has access to the sacred within them.This arrives in the week that Jupiter is occulted, that the South Node continues its fall of kings, that the astrology community continues reckoning with its own pedestals. Make no mistake: the Hierophant reversed is speaking directly to all of it.The Fall:In this deck, this is Persephone going into the underworld — and that descent is what the rites at the Eleusinian Mysteries were really about: the fall of the soul into the orbit of the Moon, not as punishment, but as initiation.The patriarchy reframed the fall as shame — the fall from grace, the fall from perfection, the original sin. The real fall, as I understand it, was the descent into the patriarchal paradigm itself. And that is what's falling now.Persephone descending is Venus descending. The Venus retrograde is coming. The underground journey — done consciously, with guides, with courage — is not the fall from grace. It is the fall toward grace.Eight of Torches (Wands), reversed:In the dark of the moon, with Uranus at a standstill and so many signs changing simultaneously — yes, you may feel like you lack momentum. Delays, obstacles, nothing quite moving forward. That's the reversal.But here's what's actually happening: knowledge is being revealed to you. There is so much coming in this week — the occultation, the sign changes, the station, the new moon, the news. The work is to let it in without being overwhelmed. Receive it. Let it settle. When the moon starts to gain light — which it will, very shortly — you will be able to see more clearly.The Story Keeper (Witch Oracle):“You are made of moonlight and stories. The night and the trees know this. Which is why, when you need a change in your narrative, you would do well to seek their counsel.Some stories lift us up and encourage our potential, our inherent magic. Other stories limit, diminish, or destroy our worth. You are being asked right now to consider which stories you are listening to, and which ones you are telling.Telling yourself a story of empowerment will bring a surge of energy to you. Notice how your shoulders drop, your breath deepens, your heart warms. Telling yourself a story of scarcity or disempowerment leaves you tight, small, and cramped.While we are very selective about the books we read and the stories we watch on film, we are far less selective about the stories we tell ourselves. Now is the time to question the narratives you are allowing into the ear of your spirit. Are they helpful or hurtful?A witch acknowledges her stories of lack and frustration, but she chooses to focus on the ones that nurture her vitality.”This is the Azoth symbol of the week — the book of formulas. We are writing new stories. The Story Keeper asks: which one are you writing?The Shield (Deck of Character):This is an extra card this week, from a deck I love that's available to buy again — link in the description.It's the dark of the moon. A lot of information is incoming — the news around the Uranus station and the new moon is going to be significant. The Shield says: energetically, protect yourself. Not to deflect the knowledge — we need that — but to deflect the inconsequential things. Create a boundary so you can collect what matters, and let it sift in its own time. This is a big week. You don't have to process all of it in real time.Summing UpThe Jupiter occultation at a world point, tracking over countries whose global dominance is being rebalanced on the new world map. The Moon conjuncting the South Node at the eclipse degree, the people meeting the drain, having just occulted the king. Venus entering the exact degree of her coming Star Point in Scorpio — the last Scorpio Star Point in our lifetimes. Mercury entering Libra as Venus leaves, both heading toward their retrogrades and their simultaneous direct stations. Uranus stationing at the number of change in the sign of media and news. The Virgo New Moon nine hours later. A cardinal Grand Cross to close.The Hierophant reversed says: you have always had access to the sacred. You don't need anyone between you and it.The Fall says: Persephone's descent is not a punishment. It is an initiation.The Eight of Torches says: let the knowledge land. It's doing that right now.The Story Keeper says: question the narratives you're allowing into the ear of your spirit.And the Shield says: you are going to need good energetic boundaries this week. There is a spiritual rightness at work beneath all of this. Stay attuned to it.That is your magic.— LouiseVenus Retrograde: Heroine's Journey — starts October 1st. $397 for the full journey (payment plan available). 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Getting people to know your brand is not the finish line. The bigger strategic question is what happens next: Do they recognize you, trust you, believe in what you stand for, and eventually act on that belief?In this StrategyCast solocast, Lori introduces the Belief Path: know, recognize, trust, believe, and act. She explains how each stage builds on the one before it and why trust is the critical bridge between brand awareness and the customer behaviors that can contribute to growth, including buying, staying, recommending, advocating, and giving a brand another chance when something goes wrong.And don't forget! You can crush your marketing strategy with just a few minutes a week by signing up for the StrategyCast Newsletter. You'll receive weekly bursts of marketing tips, clips, resources, and a whole lot more. Visit https://strategycast.com/ for more details.==Let's Break It Down==00:00 From information to brand belief01:12 How AI is changing the trust equation03:39 Why trust is a business and growth issue05:45 Why people can ignite brand trust07:13 Patagonia and the importance of proof08:46 The trust transfer10:01 How Airbnb built trust into the experience11:27 Why brand experience must support the story13:35 Protecting trust with Celestial Seasonings15:17 Restoring relevance with Walnut Acres16:52 Five signals of brand trust18:45 Why more AI content does not mean more credibility19:51 Thought leadership as trust transfer20:44 What a brand belief actually means22:02 The Belief Path: know, recognize, trust, believe, act22:46 Founder trust vs. corporate trust24:16 Three questions to ask about your brand26:10 What creates competitive advantage in the AI era27:04 Why enduring brands give people reasons to believe==Where You Can Find Us==Website: https://strategycast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strategy_cast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/strategycast==Leave a Review==Hey there, StrategyCast fans!If you've found our tips and tricks on marketing strategies helpful in growing your business, we'd be thrilled if you could take a moment to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Your feedback not only supports us but also helps others discover how they can elevate their business game!

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Short-Term Rental Investing in Today's Market Short-term rental investing has changed faster than almost any other real estate strategy, and the rules that made deals work in 2021 are actively losing money in 2026. This panel was recorded live at the 2026 Midwest Real Estate Investor Conference, where moderator Jeremy Garcia sat down with three operators who have been through the regulatory grinder: commercial investor and broker Charlie Kao, Michigan short-term rental attorney Katie Johnson, and designer and vacation rental investor Sarah Doane. They cover market selection, Michigan zoning and deed restrictions, what actually separates a profitable Airbnb from one that is just getting by, and where the real opportunities sit now that the easy money is gone. About the Panel Charlie Kao is an investor, broker, and principal at Twin Oaks Capital with more than twenty years in short-term rentals and hospitality real estate. An early Airbnb adopter, he now operates across five states including Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia, and provides consulting, brokerage, and feasibility studies to owners and investors. Katie Johnson is a Michigan real estate attorney and founder of Katie Johnson PLC and STR Law. She advises short-term rental owners nationwide on asset protection, zoning, and compliance, and helps long-term landlords with lease drafting and risk management. She is also an active investor who owns and manages roughly eleven properties in Southwest Michigan. Sarah Glidewell is an interior designer and vacation rental investor with more than a decade of design experience. Since 2019 she has focused on designing short-term rentals built around guest experience, and she invests in rural lake and river markets in Michigan and Upstate New York alongside her husband. Jeremy Garcia moderated the panel. He operates short-term rentals and a boutique hotel in the Muskegon market. What We Cover in This Episode How to evaluate a short-term rental market when regulation is unsettled Why highly regulated markets can be safer than unregulated ones Michigan short-term rental case law and why owners are not automatically grandfathered Deed restrictions, title work, and the covenant language that shuts operators down The Park Township ban, the ongoing federal lawsuit, and what it means for other municipalities What happened when three of four short-term rentals were shut down by regulation Using 1031 exchanges to move out of markets that turn hostile Whether the short-term rental market is actually oversaturated How to read AirDNA data without drawing the wrong conclusion Rising costs, shrinking margins, and the shift in Airbnb guest fees Bringing cleaning in-house and what it does to cleaning cost per turn Using AI for guest messaging and after-hours support Guest avatar selection and how it drives every design decision Which amenities actually produce return, including hot tub revenue data Hedging seasonality with year-round amenities in cold weather markets Short-term rental tax strategy, depreciation, and offsetting outside income The luxury design gap that most operators are ignoring Working with municipalities: grassroots campaigns, local counsel, and goodwill with neighbors The biggest mistakes each panelist made and what they cost Key Insight Sarah Glidewell and her husband had four fully operational short-term rentals in Michigan when the state pushed regulation down to the local level. Over two years, three of the four were shut down. They 1031 exchanged all of them into new properties, and every one sold for over asking price within the first week on the market. They did not lose money. They lost time, and they lost the compounding. Her takeaway: she now buys nothing without legal review first, and she deliberately targets markets that are already regulated. Why This Episode Matters If you are underwriting a short-term rental in an unregulated market because it looks like open runway, this panel gives you the case law and the operator experience explaining why that assumption can cost you the asset. It also gives you a concrete answer on saturation, on which amenities produce measurable revenue lift, and on what a professionalized short-term rental operation actually looks like now that mom-and-pop listings no longer compete. Find Out More Charlie Kao Website: twinoakscap.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charliekao Instagram: @charlesckao YouTube: Twin Oaks Capital Katie Johnson Websites: strlaw.com and katiejohnsonplc.com Podcast: STR Law Instagram Sarah Glidewell Instagram Jeremy Garcia Website: bookdreamstay.com Midwest Real Estate Investor Conference This panel was recorded live at the 2026 Midwest Real Estate Investor Conference. The 2027 conference is scheduled for May 20 and 21, 2027. If you want a full two days of sessions like this one, plus direct access to the operators, investors and attorneys actually doing this work in the Midwest, put it on your calendar now. Details and registration at midwestreiconference.com. 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If you're constantly babysitting your senior team, the problem probably isn't your management style; it's who's sitting in the seats. In this episode of DarrenDaily On-Demand, Darren Hardy shares a three-part test built around a surprising admission from one of the most powerful CEOs in the world, one who says he doesn't actually like managing people. Darren breaks down the difference between coaching and managing, why a leader who got you to your first big milestone might not be the right one for your next, and why more meetings and one-on-ones are often making the problem worse instead of better. He also offers a structural alternative that companies like Meta and Airbnb use instead. Get more personal mentoring from Darren each day. Go to DarrenDaily at http://darrendaily.com/join to learn more.