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About Zeona McIntyre
Zeona McIntyre has been an Airbnb host since 2012. After 10 years of managing short-term rentals across the globe, she has transitioned to selling Real Estate to investors looking to house hack or live for free. She is an avid Real Estate Investor owning a double-digit portfolio of short and medium-term rentals. In the fall of 2022, she will be releasing the book: “30 Day Stay. An Investor’s guide to Mastering the Medium-term Rental” coauthored with Sarah Weaver.
She teaches listeners how to achieve Financial Freedom through Real Estate on her Podcast: Invest2FI, cohosted with Craig Curelop. She has been featured on BiggerPockets, Mr. Money Mustache, NPR, Business Insider, and more than 50 podcasts. Zeona has been to 47 countries, she spends half the year in Boulder, Colorado and the other half traveling the world as an international pet and house sitter.
What You’ll Learn
In this episode we talk about:
- Zeona’s application for creating financial independence through real estate investing
- How Zeona initially had $2,500 a month of passive income within 2 years
- How she got into running an Airbnb
- Getting contracts through Furnished Finder – traveling nurse rentals
- Why she recommends you start real estate investing with a house hack
- What midterm stay is and why it can be advantageous
- How the pandemic led Zeona to try out midterm stays
- Steps to take to convert your short term rental to a mid term
- Differences in supplying costs for short term rentals vs mid term
- The experience of writing a book on mid term rentals for Bigger Pockets in 3 months