Speakers

Jesse Vasquez draws from his knowledge, experience, and passion for the emerging business opportunity in the Mid-Term Rental market when mentoring hundreds of real estate investors, homeowners, and Short-Term Rental enthusiasts. After 18 years in corporate sales training and leading million-dollar healthcare teams while moonlighting as a Mid-Term and Short-Term Rental Operator since 2015, he left his high-earning 6-Figure W2 Healthcare Sales Management career last year to go all-in with AirVenture Hosting and AirVenture Academy. Based in Central Valley, California, he found his niche in operating unique STR/Mid-Term Rental homes specifically for traveling healthcare professionals. With solid foundations, ongoing process improvements, and a team now rallying behind him what started from two homes in 2020, he now has a growing owned and co-hosted portfolio of over twenty property listings all over California and Texas. With thoughtful intentions and actions, anyone can replicate this. His Accelerated MTR Blueprint Masterclass and Mentorship Program deep-dives into the ins and outs of the No-Vacancy, Fully-Booked Business-to-Business MTR Model. He is part of a growing community of action-doers making massive moves in the MTR space. He advocates diversification and recession-proofing your rental portfolio. It is true. Your property can be booked solid with the B2B Mid-Term Rental Model.

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Codie Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, a digital media company, educationbusiness, and investment firm with over 4 million subscribers. Codie also runs Contrarian Capital, a smallbusiness holding company focused on infrastructure for main street businesses.

She is a former private equity investor across Latin America, cannabis and micro-private equity deals. Priorto that she built a major Latin America investment business and held leadership positions at GoldmanSachs, State Street, and Vanguard. She started as a journalist, winning the Robert F. Kennedy JournalismAward and a Howard G. Buffett Foundation grant for border conflict.

She sits on the boards of the Permian Capital Hedge Fund, Magma Partners Chilean Venture Fund, and E-commerce Fuel Investment Fund. She has an MBA from Georgetown University, a master’s from ESADE andFundação Getúlio Vargas, and a BA from Arizona State University.

Amanda Han & Matt MacFarland are CPAs and tax strategists who specialize in helping people use real estate to save massive amounts in taxes and keep their hard earned money. They help educate investors on how to maximize tax write-offs, legal entity strategies, tax-efficient ways to access profit, how to use 401K money for real estate, and much more.

They are authors of the highly rated book Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor and they have been featured in prominent publications including the Forbes Finance Council, Money Magazine, Talks at Google, CNBC’s Smart Money Talk Radio as well as the BiggerPockets podcasts.

Today, Amanda & Matt have helped thousands of investors nationwide to save on taxes with proactive tax planning.

Sarah Weaver is an author, speaker, coach, real estate investor, and business owner. Sarah runs three businesses that serve both real estate investors and real estate agents.

She travels the country coaching real estate agents and hosting intimate retreats for investors. Talk about a dream life.

Invested Adventures hosts epic events for real estate investors all over the world. Sarah takes investors on trips like hiking Patagonia and exploring Tanzania on an African Safari. Arya Design Services helps investors analyze, furnish and launch their furnished rentals nationwide. The Sarah Weaver Mentorship Program serves investors looking to grow their portfolios no matter where they live.

Sarah owns 19 units in four states. This includes nine furnished rentals—all of which she self-manages from afar. Did we mention that Sarah is always traveling? She has traveled to 50 countries on six continents and has been fully nomadic since January 2019. Follow along on Instagram @sarahdweaver.

Rob Abasolo has been a real estate investor in the short-term rental space for the last five years. He recently quit his full-time job in advertising to pursue a career in real estate and content creation. In January 2020, he started the Robuilt YouTube channel—where he showcases his tiny places and unique spaces to an audience of over 200,000 subscribers. Rob is also the host of Bigger Pockets—the largest real estate podcast in the world. As of today, Rob owns 36 short-term rentals with plans to double his rental portfolio within the next year.

Soli Cayetano is the investor behind Lattes & Leases and your new friend on this wealth building journey. At 22 and fresh out of college, she bought her first rental property. She also discovered that she could reach her financial goals through real estate investing and was immediately HOOKED! Within 15 months she quit her 9-5 and replaced her W2 income with passive income from rental properties. Now she’s here to make your dreams a reality, too—one property (and latte) at a time.

Noble is the principal & co-founder of a hospitality brand, a real estate investor, an industry consultant, speaker, and best-selling author. Over the past six+ years, he has grown a portfolio of multiple doors across Texas consisting of owned assets and multifamily arbitrage units.

His diverse background spans several years in hospitality, technology, and sales & marketing. Noble has worked with brands such as Marriott, Hilton, IHG, and more. He worked in various capacities including guest services, conference services, audio-visual production, and technology.

Noble has recently started investing in multifamily assets and is currently pursuing multiple opportunities in apartment and commercial building ownership.

He currently coaches and mentors dozens of students in the short term rental and real estate industries. He focuses his training on the topics of prospecting, sales & marketing, generating direct bookings within multiple B2B verticals including the US military, local, state, and federal government contracts.

Noble also consults for real estate investors, syndication teams, land developers, and small business owners through his podcast and education agency, Hospitality Cashflow.

Noble’s fusion of high-energy and actionable takeaways keep his students engaged and ready to immediately execute effective strategies.

Jeff Hurst currently holds the position of President and CEO at Furnished Finder, a role he assumed in November 2023 at the invitation of the company’s founders. Prior to his current role, Hurst garnered extensive executive experience at Expedia Group, where he served in various capacities.

His most recent roles at Expedia Group included Chief Operating Officer of Expedia Brands and Co-Lead of Expedia Group Marketing. Before that, he held the position of President at Vrbo and played a crucial role as Chief Strategy Officer at HomeAway, overseeing the company’s successful sale to Expedia, Inc.

Before venturing into the vacation rental industry, Hurst worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, collaborating with consumer brands on corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and pricing strategies. Hurst’s educational background includes a master’s degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

A dedicated traveler, both for corporate purposes and leisure with his wife and two children, and an investment property owner, Hurst brings a wealth of personal experiences and a profound commitment to the mid-term rental industry to his day-to-day responsibilities.

Rafa has been in the short-term/mid-term rental space for 7+ years. Rafa is known as the king of arbitrage. He has built out 100+ short term rentals since he started. He began his journey with 5k and a credit card and now owns a 7-figure business. He has now become an expert on hosting, managing, and creating systems for a fully automated business that requires only a few hours a week of work.

Justin Miller is the Co-founder and CEO of Showplace. Showplace is the #1 platform that helps investors setup their rental properties for success and earn higher ROI and 5-star reviews. Prior to Showplace, Justin was the co-founder and President of Pillow, a leading short-term rental property management software company until it was acquired by Expedia Group (EXPE) in 2018. At Pillow, he helped managed over 800 STR properties in 10 markets. Prior to Pillow, Justin was the Co-founder and COO of Notehall, an education document marketplace before it was acquired by Chegg (CHGG) in 2011. Justin graduated from the University of Arizona with an Accounting degree.

When Henry married he quickly realized that working 50 hours a week was still not giving him enough income to provide his family with the life they deserve. After a late-night panic attack and some Google searches, Henry found that real estate investing was a powerful tool for building generational wealth. He immediately took action by attending local investor meetups, listening to podcasts, and telling everyone that he was an investor. Henry closed on his first investment property only 90 days later. Now he’s 6 years into his real estate investment journey, has over 100 cash-flowing properties, and flips about 20 houses a year. From the day his first deal closed, Henry has felt a deep responsibility to share this gift with as many people as he can. Henry can be found on Instagram, the BiggerPockets On The Market Podcast, and at various speaking engagements across the country.

Jeff has been in the vacation rental industry for nearly a decade. He has set up, managed, and/or operated over 250+ vacation rental properties–from cozy cabins in the woods to luxury mansions in Beverly Hills.

Additionally, Jeff has successfully grown several businesses and has a passion for interdisciplinary problem solving in emerging industries. He firmly believes that the further you push outside of your comfort zone, the larger that zone becomes.

With a background in Economics and Philosophy from Columbia University and a JD from UCLA School of law, Jeff spent three years as a lawyer practicing Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Cybersecurity before becoming an entrepreneur.

In his free time, Jeff enjoys playing music, eating tacos, and, of course, travel.

During her 7 years as an interior designer, she has been thoughtfully curating unique and beautiful spaces for private luxury homes, short and mid-term rentals and rehab properties. Hannah has traveled all over the United States and to Mexico to bring her design inspiration to clients who want beautiful spaces in the rental space.

Whether it is simple and classic or bold and vibrant, she has a passion for turning design ideas into reality. Her work as a Senior Interior Designer of luxury estates for Resort Style Vacation Homes brought the attention of seasoned travelers, and were showcased on The Bucket List Family YouTube and blog and the Bucket List Golf Trips’ Instagram account. Hannah is excited to evolve her career furthermore & bring her talent to Showplace as an Interior Designer.

Throughout her design career, she has performed at a high level due to her understanding of the construction and architectural design process which gives her a unique perspective when it comes to the interior design process. Luxury designs are curated and tailored to each person’s unique style while short and mid-term rental property designs seek to maximize and unlock the properties potential to gain the best return on investment.

When Hannah isn’t helping her clients to create beautiful spaces, she loves taking her 2 Mini Australian Shepherds on adventures around Arizona and spending time with friends.

Speakers

Jesse Vasquez

CODIE SANCHEZ

Amanda Han and Matt MacFarland

Sarah Weaver

ROB ABASOLO

SOLI CAYETANO

Noble Crawford III

JEFF HURST

RAFA LOZA

JUSTIN MILLER

HENRY WASHINGTON

JEFF ILOULIAN

HANNAH MCKERNAN