Ep 57 - Celebrating Growth and Little Wins While Building Your Airbnb Business with Justin Skinner

GUEST'S BIO Justin Skinner grew up in Springfield, MO, and played collegiate baseball. He owned a commercial photography and graphic design business with his wife when they got their invoices with short term rentals. They have been hosting for about five years now and are in the process of building a lake house short term rental on Table Rock Lake. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 05:04 Justin Skinner's introduction and biography 05:46 How Justin got into the STR industry 07:36 Justin shares his experience with his first deal while doing design and photography work  10:20 Justin's Airbnb story 13:25 How Justin and his wife does pricing 14:07 Justin shares how he interacts with his guests 15:11 E's personal experience about interacting with hosts during his stay in Spain 17:40 Justin talks about his team 18:13 How much time Justin spends on running his units 20:20 Thoughts about hospitality and personal touches 23:51 Types of guests that Justin's Airbnb caters 24:52 The can opener experience 26:45 Justin's units in Missouri 27:46 Sharing bad experiences on their Airbnb 29:37 Justin's 5-year vision 31:20 Insights about self-growth, goals, and success 36:19 Celebrating little wins 37:08 Acknowledgments to Justin 37:50 Where can people connect with Justin 38:36 E's message to Justin 39:47 Justin's #1 secret to success with STR NOTABLE QUOTES "A lot of people say that there's not a lot of opportunities, but the reality is that they are always around and it's just a matter of taking chances." - Emanuele Pani "We are all for growth, we just don't want to overload ourselves and get it into some time crunch" - Justin Skinner "When you look at your life through the shoulds of what other people are doing, you'll just end up being unhappy." - Emanuele Pani "We're content without being content." - Justin Skinner "You can go as big as you want but what is the why behind it." - Mike Sjogren CONNECT WITH THE GUEST Justin Skinner: Facebook | Instagram Prixel Creative LLC - https://www.prixelcreative.com/ Alpha Realty CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS Michael Sjogren: Facebook Group | Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin | Youtube https://linktr.ee/the_airbnbguy Clubhouse handle: @MichaelSjogren Emanuele Pani: Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin Clubhouse handle: @epanirealestate 2021 Goal Achiever Action Guide: www.strsecrets.com/2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices