Free video call · up to 45 minutes · with Mike’s team
Rental arbitrage, explained straight: you lease an apartment from a regular landlord, you host it by the night on Airbnb, and you run it like a real business. Book a call with the team and get a real answer — your market, your startup budget, and whether this actually fits your life. No income promises, and no surprises: our coaching program is paid and starts at about $2,000. If it’s not a fit, we’ll tell you that too.
Have a city you’re curious about? Bring it. No city yet? Come anyway.
Two-minute form, then you pick your call time. Straight answers on the call — and if the math says "not yet," we’ll say that to your face.
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Two separate amounts. First, the unit itself: a security deposit, usually the first month’s rent, furniture, supplies, and a cash cushion, because rent is due whether anyone books or not. That number depends on your city and the unit, and working it out on your numbers is what the call is for. Second, if the program fits, it starts at about $2,000. What you have to start with is one of the first things the call covers, and if the numbers say wait, you’ll hear that, and why.
Someone on Mike’s team, not Mike, and not a call center. It’s a video call; your phone works fine. We’ll text you the join link an hour before.
Right. The lease is real and rent is due booked or not — that’s the risk of the business, and it’s exactly why market research and a cash cushion come before any lease. If an ad ever tells you this business is risk-free, close the ad.
Yes — plenty of hosts do, with cleaners, smart locks, and checklists doing the on-site work. But remote doesn’t mean passive. It’s management. Real systems, real standards, or real bad reviews.
It’s a real cost and you should budget for it up front — furniture, photos, supplies. There are ways to lower it (negotiated arrangements, phased setups), but plan on the full number and let a discount be a bonus.
Sometimes — free or reduced first month gets negotiated on longer leases, especially on units that have sat vacant. It is never guaranteed and the math has to work without it.
Then you don’t pitch there. HOA rules, lease clauses, and city regulations are a filter at step one, not a surprise at step ten. Landlord sign-off is the whole foundation of this model — nothing happens without it.
Setup is front-loaded, real work — research, landlord calls, furnishing, listing. After that it depends on your systems. Nobody here will promise you an hours-per-week number; anyone who does is guessing.
Because you’re fixing their biggest problem. Rent on the first from a business, booked or not. Professional cleaning on a schedule. A unit that stays maintained because your reviews depend on it. You’re not asking for a favor — you’re the best tenant they’ve talked to this month.
Two-minute form, then you pick your call time. Straight answers on the call — and if the math says "not yet," we’ll say that to your face.