The Best Short-Term Rental Podcast

Get Paid For Your Pad is the go-to podcast for short-term rental hosts and property managers who want to earn more and work smarter. Each episode shares real-world tips, expert interviews, and proven strategies to help you boost your bookings and stay ahead of the curve.

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Latest Podcast Episodes

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Jasper Ribbers

Ep692 – Why Your Pricing Tool Isn't Working (And the 5 Fixes)

Jasper Ribbers outlines five common revenue management mistakes seen across hundreds of portfolios. The team explains why max prices cap upside, unbookable nights kill demand, weak minimum strategies miss peak revenue, restrictive stays reduce ADR, and ignoring pacing leaves money on the table.

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Eric Moeller

Ep691 – The One-Goal Method: How to Win 2026 by Doing Less

Eric Moeller presents a solo framework for achieving goals through single focus. He explains why fewer goals outperform many, how energy limits progress, and outlines four essentials vision, planning, transparency, and accountability to drive consistent execution in business and personal life.

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Jasper Ribbers

Ep690 – The Real Revenue Opportunity Behind “Small” Holidays

Jasper Ribbers explains how hidden long weekend holidays affect short term rental demand. The episode outlines US holiday dates, when to require or relax minimum night stays, how market type influences strategy, and why clean seasonal profiles outperform rigid rolling restrictions.

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Kaye Putnam & Joe Prillaman

Ep689 – From Hurricane Loss to 70 Rentals: Scaling STR Business

Kaye Putnam interviews Joe Prillaman of HostHelp about scaling a short term rental management company after natural disasters forced rapid growth. Prillaman explains partnership roles, guest experience standards, onboarding systems, pricing leverage, team building, AI use, and why disciplined processes enable profitable scale.

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Jasper Ribbers

Ep688 – How to Choose the Right Revenue Manager for STRs

Jasper Ribbers explains how short term rental operators should choose a revenue manager as margins tighten. He compares doing it yourself, hiring in house, or using a service, highlighting skill gaps, key person risk, incentives, transparency, reporting, pricing tool access, and performance guarantees.

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Kaye Putnam & Troy Daily

Ep687 – Scaling to 100+ STR Units Without Compromising Quality

Kaye Putnam interviews Troy Daily on scaling Elevated Stays in Traverse City from 18 to 100+ STR Units, including renovating a 1800s seven unit building into a boutique style experience. They cover building in house operations and laundry, tightening owner fit, acquisition channels, and revenue gains with Freewyld revenue management.

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Jasper Ribbers

Ep686 – The 2026 STR Revenue Playbook

Jasper shares five priorities to improve short term rental revenue management in 2026: invest in education and pricing tool mastery, control pacing using market penetration index, build strict daily and weekly routines, prepare for World Cup driven demand and booking.com usage, and reduce friction by loosening booking rules, calendars, and cancellation policies.

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Jasper Ribbers

Ep685 – Stop Guessing Prices: Build a Real Revenue Management Routine

Jasper outlines practical revenue management cadences for short term rental operators, stressing calendar time blocks, daily booking review for demand signals and setting errors, and last minute inventory tweaks. Weekly, they recommend pacing analysis using Market Penetration Index, small price adjustments, portfolio level tracking, and protecting peak demand minimums.

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Eric Moeller & Kaye Putnam

Ep684 – From Busy to Strategic: The Real Job of an STR CEO

Kaye Putnam and Eric Moeller explain how CEOs should shift time toward ROI work as companies scale. They cover decision fatigue, pattern recognition, sequencing bottlenecks across marketing, sales, and fulfillment, delegating low value tasks, managing ego, and why CEOs must lead AI adoption at Freewyld.

Airbnb Cancellation Policies

With: Jasper Ribbers & Adriaan Sonneveld

Ep683 – Hotel vs Airbnb Revenue Management: Why STR Pricing Is Harder

Jasper and Adriaan Sonneveld De Prado compare hotel and short-term rental revenue management, highlighting standardized inventory versus unique homes, 0 or 100% occupancy, reliance on booking windows, and steeper discounts. They cover distribution, branding, overbooking, cancellation risk, reviews, and how operations constraints shape pricing strategy.