Podcast appearances and mentions of scott shatford

As we hit this 100th episode milestone, we want to take a moment to thank all of our listeners for your support. Whether you've been with us from the beginning or joined us along the way, we appreciate you being part of this journey!  In this 100th episode of the STR Data Lab, Jamie celebrates the milestone by sitting down with AirDNA co-founders Scott Shatford and Tom Caton to reflect on the company's journey and what lies ahead. They recount the early days, starting with Scott's 2014 project—a book and website analyzing short-term rentals in Santa Monica. Despite regulatory hurdles, this effort quickly evolved into a key resource for understanding Airbnb listings, laying the groundwork for AirDNA. Tom joined Scott in 2015, forming a business partnership during a sailing trip. From there, they pushed forward to build AirDNA into a powerful data platform, with the development of MarketMinder being a critical turning point. They also discuss the transition from delivering insights via simple PDF reports to creating a comprehensive SaaS platform that continues to shape the short-term rental industry. Throughout the episode, they highlight their decision to bootstrap the company, staying independent of external funding. The episode explores the technical and business challenges they faced, including the complexities of data scraping, adapting to changes in Airbnb's algorithm, and the massive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond the business, Scott and Tom share how they managed stress, balanced luck with hard work, and navigated key decisions that led to AirDNA's success and eventual sale. Post-sale, Tom has turned his attention to new projects, including developing a murder mystery board game and investigating business fraud. Scott, meanwhile, enjoys traveling and personal hobbies like golf and ping pong, though both hint at possible new ventures in the future. This episode offers a detailed look at how AirDNA grew from a niche idea into an industry-leading platform. You don't want to miss it!  ~~~~ Signup for AirDNA for FREE

In just a moment you'll meet Jamie Lane, Vice President of Research at AirDNA. After spending a decade at CBRE, one of the country's largest American commercial real estate services and investment firm, Jamie was itching for a change…   He had always loved the hospitality space, and the short-term rental space in particular, so when he got a call from Scott Shatford the founder of AirDNA about joining the team, Jamie couldn't say no.   Tune in to hear Jamie's thoughts on:  How savvy STR hosts should be using pricing strategies to increase their occupancy rates How STR hosts should balance OTAs and the building of their own brands As well as his hot takes on the future of travel and hospitality Learn More about AirDNA  Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn Stream Jamie's podcast, STR Data Lab This episode of Behind the Stays is brought to you by our friends at Touch Stay.  Touch Stay enables hosts to build beautiful, digital guidebooks in a matter of minutes…   And enhances the guest experience by packaging your recommendations for coffee, wine bars, artisan bakeries, and Michelin star restaurants in a single online location.    Guests can access everything through a simple link — and yes, it works WITHOUT a wifi connection.    Touch Stay allows you to customize your guidebook to match your brand — pick the colors, fonts, and images that best align with your STR.  Learn more about a plethora of other features they have, and start your free trail at touchstay.com/bts(as in, Behind the Stays).   About the Show Behind the Stays is brought to you twice a week by Sponstayneous — a free, biweekly newsletter that brings subscribers the best last-minute deals and upcoming steals on Airbnb.     You can subscribe, for free, at www.sponstayneous.com.  Behind the Stays is hosted by Zach Busekrus, co-founder of Sponstayneous, you can connect with him on Twitter at @zboozee.

The pandemic brought leisure travel to a near-standstill, but short-term rental demand proved resilient. AirDNA's Scott Shatford and Jamie Lane and CBRE's Rachael Rothman explain the sector's efforts to improve data collection and insight and how short-term rentals appeal to visitors.

Scott is the founder of the best short term rental tool on the planet, AirDNA, and he joins me today to talk about the future of STR, the best markets (including one in Oklahoma??), and the one easy thing you absolutely need to do to get a 5-star rating from him that everyone messes up.

Chris and Chelsea sat down with AirDNA founder Scott Shatford to discuss why he started the company and how it helps people successfully manage their short term rentals. Listen to find out about recent trends in the industry and learn what tips he has to maximize your home's potential as a short term Airbnb or VRBO rental.

Episode: Buying Vacation Rental Property with Avery Carl Guest: Avery Carl is the founder of The Short Term Shop. Their focus is managing & buying vacation rental property in stable, long term vacation rental markets. Big Idea: “What can we buy to make the most amount of money possible so that we can buy more properties quickly?” asked Avery as she was building her rental portfolio early on, she found herself with enough capital for just one more down payment. The answer to the question led her to buying vacation rental property throughout Florida, Tennessee and Alabama. Avery now runs The Short Term Shop and has closed more than 350 vacation rentals for her clients. Her done-with-you approach allows investors to maximize their income while managing from afar. She created the STS University to help new vacation rental owners learn the ropes. It it possible to effectively run your investment from 500 miles away? Listen to find out. This Episode of The REI Diamonds Show is Sponsored by the Deal Machine. This Software Enables Real Estate Investors to Develop a Reliable & Low Cost Source of Off Market Deals. For a Limited Time, You Get Free Access at http://REIDealMachine.com/ Resources Mentioned in this Episode: https://www.TheShortTermShop.com/ For Access to Real Estate Deals You Can Buy & Sell for Profit: https://AccessOffMarketDeals.com/podcast/ View the Episode Description & Transcript Here: https://reidiamonds.com/get-max-cashflow-from-buying-vacation-rental-property-with-avery-carl/ Dan Breslin: Welcome to the REI Diamond Show. I am your host Dan Breslin and this is episode 184 on buying vacation rental property with Avery Carl. If you’re in the building wealth through real estate investing, congratulations, you are in the right place. My goal is to identify high caliber real estate investors and other industry service providers invite them on the show and then draw out the jewels of wisdom those tactics mindsets and methods used to create millions of dollars and more in the business of real estate. Today we are joined by Avery Carl. Avery runs the Short Term Shop, a high-volume boutique real-estate firm focused on short-term vacation rentals. We cover exactly what’s needed to get into and profitably operate a vacation rental. We also talked about a few of the hottest vacation rental markets in the US and why those markets tend to be a more stable investment over the long term and finally, we discussed a few reasons why adding a vacation rental or two or three is a perfect start or addition to any real estate investors portfolio. No matter where you’re currently located. Let’s begin. All right Avery Carl, welcome to the REI Diamond Show. How you doing today? Avery Carl: Pretty good. How are you? Dan: I am doing well. So we’re just the beginning of February here for a timestamp. I am curious where you are recording from in the country and what the weather is like there currently? Avery: I am recording in 30A, Florida so Panhandle of Florida and it is about 65 degrees. Dan: Is that cold for you guys there? Avery: Yeah. Dan: Yeah. We’re getting the polar vortex here in Chicago and we have the ice shelf forming out the window here and it’s cold. It’s making me want to jump in the car and drive to Florida and spend some time in a vacation rental, which the’re all pretty much booked up in Florida right now. We checked but we all get to all that in a moment. So Avery, do you want to start out by telling us how you got started in real estate? And what does your primary business model look like today? Avery: Absolutely. So I kind of ended up in real estate and real estate investing by mistake or not by mistake. I just kind of fell into it, my husband and I moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2013 from New York City. And, obviously, we who can’t afford to buy something in New York City when you’re just starting out so we moved to Nashville so that we could buy a house and have some space. And, when we got there I didn’t have my real estate license yet. I was working as a marketing manager in the music business and our real estate agent was trying to get us to buy in this really hip superfast depreciating area of Nashville, and we didn’t really want to do that because we were just coming from Brooklyn really tired of neighbors. Avery & I Discuss Managing & Buying Vacation Rental Homes • Selecting the Right Property for Max Income • The Bigger the Loan, the Better the Deal • Secrets of Self Managing Vacation Rentals • How to Get Favorable, Very Low Rate Financing Relevant Episodes: (184 Content Packed Interviews in Total) • Scott Shatford on How to Analyze the Airbnb Vacation Rental Market https://reidiamonds.com/scott-shatford-on-how-to-analyze-the-airbnb-vacation-rental-market/ • Russell Walker on $45K/Month Positive Cash Flow with Airbnb https://reidiamonds.com/russell-walker-on-45kmonth-positive-cash-flow-with-airbnb/

Scott Shatford is the Founder and CEO of AirDNA. He's an Airbnb pro, author, vocal advocate, and industry expert in short-term vacation rentals. Utilizing his economics background and 15+ years of experience as a data analyst, Scott created AirDNA to empower entrepreneurs to make the most of the short-term rental market.

In this episode, I had the special honor of speaking with Scott Shatford, founder and CEO of AirDNA.co which has over 10,000 active subscribers and analyzes 10+ million properties. With 15 years of experience as a data analyst, Scott realized he wanted to discuss data instead of buying properties. In this episode, Scott talks about what rental arbitrage looked like in 2012, and how AirDNA started. He also talked about how they are pulling information, what kind of information people can be expecting to see on the platform, and how they can utilize those data to successfully run a short term rental business.

In this episode, join Greg Holcomb (VRMA Government Relations Director), David Krauss (founder and CEO of Rent Responsibly), and Scott Shatford (founder and CEO of AirDNA. The group discusses the newly-released survey report from VRMA—in partnership with AirDNA and Rent Responsibly—which highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. short-term rental industry. Listen as they go over the importance of this special report, what’s happening with current trends, how bookings are being affected, and more.

Scott Shatford is the founder of Airdna, which is (by my estimates) the most cited resource in the short term rental industry. I have been virtual friends with Scott since about 5 years back when he and I were sort of dueling vacation rental experts. But soon thereafter, Scott took the relatively simple idea of compiling all the data on Airbnb properties, and built it atop a fascinating business model. Lately, AirDNA is getting more and more into the general vacation rental space, so the conversation with Scott is about much more than just AirBNB. He was at VRMA in New Orleans so I stole the opportunity to ask about how Scott started the company (and continues to run it) with his Dad!?!? How he and his wife book vacation rentals when they go on vacation. And how the seemingly rude idea of “scraping” is actually a best practice that can help every stakeholder of our movement. I also gotta say, Scott is also just really cool guy -- it’s been neat to watch him (like so many of our industry colleagues) building and evolving over the last 5 years. We all get to watch one another grow! If you want to innovate like Scott, consider a demo with our friends at PointCentral (free HVAC Analytics included from this landing page): https://www.pointcentral.com/vrmb/ Here are some links and people mentioned in the episode: AirDNA: https://www.airdna.co The Theory of Limited Edition: https://www.vrmb.com/ltd/ Future Stay: https://www.futurestay.com

Scott Shatford is the CEO of AirDNA (https://www.airdna.co/)

Chris & I Discussed Rent to Own with 92% Buy Rate-Where Buyers Cash You Out Importance of Dominating Your Market Terms Deal Horror Stories 3 Paydays on Each House You Don’t Even Own!     Relevant Episodes: (There are 131 Content Packed Interviews in Total)  Paul Sloate on 1st Quarter 2019 Economic Market Update Dan Breslin on Raising Private Money for Flips Scott Shatford on How to Analyze the Airbnb Vacation Rental Market  

Brandon & I Discussed Transitioning the Portfolio to Boutique Assisted Living Homes $35,000 Per Month from a Single House Finding Purpose from the Real Estate Business How You Can Participate in the Boutique Assisted Living Home Business    Relevant Episodes: (There are 130 Content Packed Interviews in Total) Joe Fairless on Buying Multi-Family Apartment Complexes in Emerging Markets Austin Stack on $1 Million in 14 Months Scott Shatford on How to Analyze the Airbnb Vacation Rental Market Russell Walker on $45K Per Month with Airbnb  

Hakeem & I Discussed Leveraging Your Experience to Succeed in Life The Road to the NFL after Deciding You Want to Play the Game How the Mindset Used to Get to the NFL Applies to Real Estate   Relevant Episodes: (There are 128 Content Packed Interviews in Total) Joe Fairless on Buying Multi-Family Apartment Complexes in Emerging Markets Austin Stack on $1 Million in 14 Months Scott Shatford on How to Analyze the Airbnb Vacation Rental Market Russell Walker on $45K Per Month with Airbnb  

Zach & I Discussed How an Investor Can Pay Market Value & Still Make Money Managing Lease Option Deals to Close $75,000 Spread on a Deal with Almost No Equity    Relevant Episodes: (There are 126 Content Packed Interviews in Total) Joe Fairless on Buying Multi-Family Apartment Complexes in Emerging Markets Austin Stack on $1 Million in 14 Months Scott Shatford on How to Analyze the Airbnb Vacation Rental Market Russell Walker on $45K Per Month with Airbnb

Saul & I Discussed Progression to Industrial Warehouse Deals Mobile Home Parks Funding 5-10 Single Family Flips per Month Choosing the Right Neighborhoods to Flip Houses   From Appraiser to Agent to Investor Saul Z began his career in real estate as an appraiser before moving into the agent/broker world and ultimately graduating to an investor.  Saul has a habit of looking at the business and seeing who is making the biggest piece of the pie, then going after that portion of the business.  With the advent of Amazon & the internet in general, Saul noticed a big opportunity in warehouse space and has since shifted his focus to deals of this nature-with $200,000 cash flow AFTER making the mortgage payments.    Relevant Episodes: (There are 126 Content Packed Interviews in Total)  Joe Fairless on Buying Multi-Family Apartment Complexes in Emerging Markets Austin Stack on $1 Million in 14 Months Scott Shatford on How to Analyze the Airbnb Vacation Rental Market Russell Walker on $45K Per Month with Airbnb  

Dave & I Discussed Longest Real Estate Loan in the Market (40 Years) 2019 Real Estate Market Prediction Vacation Rental Pitfalls & Risk High Level Negotiation Observations   Need a Partner to Underwrite Your Deals? Dave Orloff is the CFO at American Heritage Lending. He has built a strong reputation as an outstanding mortgage brokerage firm, serving the lending needs of real estate professionals, builders and individual homebuyers throughout the state. He is a full-service mortgage broker with an experienced staff offering expertise in every area of mortgage lending...from purchase to refinance to construction lending. He has over ten years of experience in lending and the real estate industry.   Relevant Episodes: (There are 125 Content Packed Interviews in Total)  Joe Fairless on Buying Multi-Family Apartment Complexes in Emerging Markets Austin Stack on $1 Million in 14 Months Scott Shatford on How to Analyze the Airbnb Vacation Rental Market Russell Walker on $45K Per Month with Airbnb  

We say it often: short-term rentals are a great way to stick your toe in the water in exploring investment properties. But there are still a lot of unknowns as you start out. Like the basics – how much should I charge? What is your competition? Does this place even need short-term rentals? First, the opportunities are greater than you might think. Second – the data is there to answer many of your questions. Our podcast guest has answers, and he is working hard to mine the data for even more detailed answers. On our most recent podcast episode, we talk to Scott Shatford who started renting his home on AirBnB when he went away on extended travel. He immediately saw the potential. His background in data analytics gave him an idea: why not create a repository for data that can help short-term renters understand their market? AirDNA.co was born. AirDNA is an aggregator of short-term rental data & insights to help owners succeed in the sharing economy. What You'll Learn in this Episode: Why good data about short-term rentals in your area can help you make smarter business decisions How and when to scale and automate your short-term rental business Revenue and channel management strategies for short-term rentals What people are looking for in a short-term rental Hotel industry efforts to regulate or outright squash short-term rental businesses and what to do about it What you can learn about a potential rental property from “The Rentalizer” beta testing on airdna.co Growing business opportunities that complement the short-term rental industry. How to locate the best places to invest in short-term rental properties How to create a unique guest experience for your ideal guest

Scott & I Discuss Regulatory Risk of Airbnb Selecting the Properties with Best Location Does High End Reno Pay More? Which Amenities Make More Successful Properties?   Analyzing the Data from More than 4 Million Properties After listing his own apartment in Santa Monica, California on Airbnb and discovering the potential of the short term vacation rental market, Scott began amassing a portfolio of units.  At around a dozen, he realized that there are likely good and bad markets for this product and began compiling data to figure out where the best markets were located.  This led Scott to build Airdna, the world’s largest source of data available for short term vacation rentals.     Relevant Episodes: (There are 120 Content Packed Interviews in Total) Russell Walker on $45K Per Month with Airbnb Austin Stack on $1 Million Dollars in 14 Months Joe Fairless on Scaling Up to 3,500 Units Michael Quarles on Closing More than 1,000 Deals Across the U.S.   Resources Mentioned in the Episode: www.Airdna.co  

Airbnb has transformed the short-term rental market. This disruptive technology has started wars in many metro areas, with voters fighting back. Palm Springs is a great example... voters just knocked down a measure that would have banned Airbnb rentals in residential neighborhoods. Some areas that encourage short-term rentals are starting to get competitive, and rates are declining. With all this controversy, is the short-term rental market right for you? Our guest today can help answer that question. Scott Shatford is CEO of AirDNA, a company that tracks the daily performance of over 4 million Airbnb listings in 25,000+ markets worldwide. The company gathers this raw data in order to help investors understand local Airbnb activity to determine potential investment opportunities and risks. Find out: How to identify a good market What kind of returns can expect Regulations affecting some markets Long-term vs short-term Occupancy rates www.RealWealthShow.com  

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Scott saw a huge lack of data and information in the Airbnb area of investing. He set out to scrape all the data he could and provide nice, easy to understand information for investors. Scott also used to be an investor himself but sold his properties to focus on this business full time. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!   Best Ever Tweet: “We’re really just trying to replicate traditional hotel stats for the short term rental marker” - Scott Shatford   Scott Shatford Real Estate Background:   CEO and Founder of AirDNA, an Airbnb data & analytics company specializing in Airbnb intelligence An Airbnb pro, author, vocal advocate and industry expert in short-term rentals Utilizes his 15 years of experience as a data analyst Recently launched Market Minder, a competitive intelligence tool built to empower both beginners and seasoned Airbnb entrepreneurs worldwide with the data to make smarter decisions Based in Denver, Colorado Say hi to him at   Join us and our online investor community:   Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsor: Are you committed to transforming your life through real estate this year? If so, then go to to apply for his coaching program. is my real estate, business, and life coach. I’ve been working with him for years. Spots are limited, so be sure to apply today!

Scott Shatford is THE industry expert on getting the most out of AirBnB As the CEO and Co-Founder of AirDNA, Scott Shatford has built his reputation as the man who can provide an end to end solution for folks wanting to get into investing in a vacation property. Scott is the author of “The Airbnb Expert’s Playbook” and has been an Airbnb entrepreneur for several years. He operates five highly successful vacation rentals and founded AirDNA in 2014 to empower other Airbnb hosts and investors to increase their success by using big data. Scott is an outspoken advocate of the sharing economy and has appeared on national broadcasts such as Nightline and Fox News advocating its merits. As a board member of the Los Angeles Short-term Rental Alliance, Scott meets with city planners to advise them on fair and effective home sharing legislation. Scott has an Economics degree from the University of Arizona and spent 9 years managing a Business Intelligence team at Korn/Ferry International before venturing into the sharing economy.   HELP THE SHOW GROW by filling out the audience demographic survey by clicking the button at the top of the page titled "Take the survey to support the show". Follow the prompts and this will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift card! Interested in getting free content, advanced notice of upcoming events and real estate exclusives? Then simply join the Rebel Underground by texting the word 'rebelbroker' to 44222 - or click the button below. When prompted, text your email address and you are in! JOIN THE REBEL UNDERGROUND! SPONSOR Audible.com - Audible is offering real estate realities listeners a free audiobook of your choice and a free 30-day trial membership. Just go to http://audibletrial.com/rebel and choose from over 180,000 audio programs – download a title free and start listening! SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE TODAY AND CLAIM YOUR FREE BOOK AND 30 DAY TRIAL!  

Learn How to use Airdna data to Improve your Airbnb from expert analyst Scott Shatford, CEO/Founder of AirDNA. Scott will help us understand how to use data analysis to promote our current listings and how it can assist us to select the best cities to invest in. We discuss if there is an Airbnb bubble looming and how to avoid it. We also chat about MarketMinder, a new tool that assesses neighborhood rentals and top investment markets. Plus, how proper data can help us avoid common vacation rental pitfalls and mistakes. Let data be our friend dear hosts. The post THJ 30: How to Use Airdna Data to Improve Your Airbnb appeared first on The Hosting Journey.

The sharing economy isn't going anywhere, and people can make a lot of money getting involved. But you have to be smart about how you invest. Each property is different, each market is different, and each day is different, which can make figuring out exactly which properties are going to be best for purchase. Scott Shatford, founder of AirDNA, talks with Jason Hartman about the tools his company offers that can help investors. Key Takeaways: [0:30] The genesis of AirDNA [4:45] The process of diving into a market to search for a property [8:47] Average occupancy rates around the US and what, if anything, it means [11:16] What the government is trying to do to find rogue AirBnB hosts [16:21] How AirDNA's pricing tools can help investors Website: www.AirDNA.co

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