Ep 88 - Home Automation for STRs with PointCentral's Jim Netska

GUEST'S BIO Jim Netska is Director of Sales at PointCentral and leads the short term rental markets division. He is an experienced sales leader, who has led large and small teams for Verizon, Cablevision, and most recently as VP Sales for Charter Communications, where he led various teams in the MDU and Smart Home space. Jim has an MBA from Dowling College and recently moved from New York to Florida. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE 02:39 AirDNA's Best Places to Invest in 2022 - https://www.airdna.co/blog/best-places-to-invest-in-us-vacation-rentals-2021-2022 04:37 Jim Netska's introduction and background 06:23 How Jim started with PointCentral 07:33 What is PointCentral 12:03 PointCentral's newest Smart Home solutions 14:48 Keeping your systems simple 18:48 Can PointCentral work with window air conditioners 19:51 PointCentral's next integration for home automation 21:44 PointCentral's target audience 24:14 How smart home grows an STR business 25:56 How PointCentral works with a nest 27:16 PointCentral's approach 28:55 Jim shares some tips for STR host/operators starting with smart home 33:39 How to deal with homeowners pushing back on smart homes 34:24 Delivering a consistent guest experience through technology 35:23 Homeowners vs Property Managers 36:32 Acknowledgments to Jim Netska 36:59 Where can people learn more about PointCentral and connect with Jim 37:32 Jim's #1 secret to success with STRs NOTABLE QUOTES "Think more long term of where you're going rather than just the quick and easy solution right now." - Mike Sjogren. "The only way you're going to survive on this business long term is delivering guest experience over and over and the only way to do that is through technology." - Emanuele Pani. "Technology allows you to repeat the system perfectly every single time." - Emanuele Pani CONNECT WITH THE GUEST Jim Netska: Email PointCentral: Website | Instagram CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS Michael Sjogren: Short Term Rental Secrets Facebook Group | Clubhouse | Instagram | Youtube | Facebook Page | Linkedin https://linktr.ee/the_airbnbguy Emanuele Pani: Clubhouse | Instagram | Facebook | Linkedin FREE MASTERCLASS TRAINING - https://www.strsecrets.com/masterclass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices