Ryan will be showing how to make this and a custom revenue management tool live at the Ai Summit. Grab your spot at the AI Summit: strsecrets.com/aisummit at just $497. Use the coupon : "PODCAST"

Every homeowner conversation starts the same way.

They want to know what their property can earn.

And if you can't answer that question fast, professionally, and with data behind it —

someone else will.

In this week's training, Mike sits down with STR Secrets coach Ryan Lefebvre to

demo the AI-powered comp analysis tool that's helping property managers turn more

conversations into signed contracts.

Ryan went from 1-2 comp requests a week to 10 a week — from realtors and investors

who now send him every new listing because he delivers branded, data-backed reports

in minutes, not hours.

In this episode:

→ The exact tool Ryan built using Claude that generates a full comp report in

2 to 10 minutes (vs. 20-30 minutes manually)

→ How to use conservative, base, and optimistic revenue projections to handle

any homeowner conversation on the spot

→ Why realtors are becoming one of the fastest referral pipelines for new

management contracts — and how to tap in

→ The AI rabbit hole warning: why building your own tools can quietly kill

your business growth

→ Mike's financial freedom math: exactly how much you need invested to hit

$100K a month in cash flow

→ Why arbitrage is a dead end — and what the data on the biggest arbitrage

companies actually shows

This is not theory. Ryan runs live comps during the session on real properties

submitted by the audience — you'll see exactly how the tool works in real time.

and we'll send it straight to you.

Ready to install this and a full AI system for your business live?

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro & Ryan Lefebvre's background

01:42 - From financial crime analyst to AI builder for STR

04:22 - How the comp tool works and what it produces

06:33 - Live demo: running an Airbnb listing in real time

09:26 - Interactive sliders and revenue scenario conversations

11:17 - How to handle bad comps and sparse markets

13:36 - Live demo: running a property address

17:34 - How the tool handles off-market or renovated properties

22:38 - Using comp reports to show homeowners the gap between unmanaged and managed

26:41 - AI Summit: what's being covered and who's speaking

29:04 - Ticket pricing and how to register

32:02 - Alex case study: 2 properties to 35 in one year

35:29 - The AI rabbit hole warning

38:00 - Using AI at any portfolio size

41:06 - Mike's financial freedom math ($8M at 15% = $1.2M/year)

44:46 - Why arbitrage is a dead model

49:27 - Should you replace your channel manager with AI? (No. Here's why)

52:45 - Q&A: summit details, recordings, revenue manager AI tool

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You're doing the work. You're managing the properties. You're showing up every day.

So why does it feel like you're spinning your wheels?

In this solo show, Chris Petzy and Emanuele Pani get raw about the real reason STR

operators stall out — and it has nothing to do with the market, your pricing strategy,

or your occupancy rate.

In this episode:

→ The 3 silent causes of business stagnation (and which one is quietly killing your

growth right now)

→ Why split focus will never equal scale — and the one decision Chris made that

changed everything

→ The identity gap: how to stop making decisions from who you've been and start

making them from who you're becoming

→ E's 5 daily affirmations that rewire how you start every single day

→ Why hiring for today's need is the biggest mistake scaling operators make

If the last six months didn't go the way you planned, this episode is your reset.

Ready to build the business that funds the life?

Apply to work with us: strsecrets.com/apply

Join use at the STR AI Summit — June 23-24 at the Freedom Factory in Beverly, MA. 100 seats only strsecrets.com/aisummit

Mike Sjogren spent over $5,000 in API credits in two months learning AI the hard way. And he wants to make sure you don't have to.

In this Portfolio Clinic training, Mike breaks down the top 10 AI mistakes that cost him real money — from not understanding context windows to memory file bloat to giving an agent 15 tasks at once and wondering why nothing got done. He then walks through exactly how STR operators should be using AI right now across three buckets: getting more properties, getting more bookings, and getting more time back.

He also shows how he rebuilt his Florida direct booking website in under a day for under $200 using Manus, how his AI agent scrapes top boutique hotel social media content overnight and delivers a morning brief, and why the goal is never to build your own software — it's to use AI as a bolt-on to everything you already have.

DM Mike on Instagram @mike.sjogren and comment PROMPT to get the free PDF of all the prompts he used to build his direct booking website.

STR AI Summit — June 23-24 at the Freedom Factory in Beverly, MA. 100 seats only.

strsecrets.com/aisummit

Free 6-step course for scaling STR operators: https://level.strsecrets.com/pc-book

STR Secrets FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/STRentalsecrets

Timestamps:

0:00 - Why Mike Is Doing This Training (And How Much It Cost Him)

2:15 - Mistake #1: Not Understanding Context Windows ($6 Per Message)

5:30 - Mistake #2: Memory File Bloat — Why AI Gets Dumber Over Time

7:45 - Mistake #3: Using Your Most Expensive Model for Everything

10:00 - Mistake #4: Broken Cron Jobs — How to Schedule Tasks That Actually Run

13:00 - Mistake #5: Treating AI Like an Employee Who Can Handle 15 Things at Once

16:30 - Mistake #6: Not QC-ing the Output

18:00 - Mistake #7: Trying to Build Your Own PMS or Pricing Tool

20:30 - The 3 STR Buckets: More Properties, More Bookings, More Time

23:00 - How to Use AI to Automate Your Entire Prospecting Pipeline

27:00 - How to Use AI to Get More Bookings Right Now

30:00 - How to Rebuild Your Direct Booking Website With AI for Under $200

36:00 - How Mike's Overnight Agent Scrapes Top Hotel Content Every Night

39:00 - The 10 Rules for Using AI Without Burning Your Budget

42:00 - How to Motivate Your Team to Use AI Without Fear

46:00 - Where to Start If You're Brand New to AI

48:00 - STR AI Summit: June 23-24 at the Freedom Factory

🎟️ Join us at the STR AI Summit — June 23-24 at the Freedom Factory in Beverly, MA.

Only 100 seats. Early bird: $1,497.

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Tying your identity to your door count is the fastest way to burn out—or worse. In 2008, Rod Khleif lost $50 million. He calls it an expensive "seminar."

In this episode, E sits down with Rod to discuss how he rebuilt his massive real estate portfolio by fundamentally changing his peer group and his mindset.

Today, Rod's students own over 260,000 units, and he has fed more than 160,000 children through his Tiny Hands Foundation. He breaks down the massive demographic shift he calls the "Silver Tsunami"—why the demand for senior housing is about to explode, and how his team is acquiring assisted living facilities for $40,000 a door.

He also shares a massive wake-up call regarding Artificial Intelligence, explaining exactly how his own marketing team is using Claude AI to replace 95% of their manual workload.

Connect with Rod Khleif:

Website: http://Rodkhleif.com

Podcast: Lifetime Cash Flow Through Real Estate Investing

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rod_khleif/

Free 6-step course for scaling STR operators: https://level.strsecrets.com/pc-book

STR Secrets FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/STRentalsecrets

Join us at The STR AI Summit is June 23-24 at the Freedom Factory in Beverly, MA.

100 seats only. Grab your ticket: https://www.strsecrets.com/aisummit

Most STR operators have built a great lifestyle business. But here's the hard truth: only 1 in 10 businesses will ever successfully sell. The rest close and walk away with nothing.

In this Portfolio Clinic training, Mike Sjogren breaks down exactly how STR management companies are valued — and what operators need to start doing right now to build a business with a real exit strategy.

He walks through the EBITDA formula, the exact valuation metrics used by C2G Advisors (the top M&A firm in the STR industry), why rental arbitrage and co-hosting businesses get little to no value from buyers, and why private equity has been quietly acquiring STR management companies since 2022.

He also introduces the Freedom Collective — STR Secrets' own roll-up model designed to give operators a share of the upside instead of selling to private equity at a discount. And he breaks down how AI agents can automate an entire acquisition pipeline from property data scraping to sales call booking.

Free 6-step course for scaling STR operators: https://level.strsecrets.com/pc-book

STR Secrets FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/STRentalsecrets

She thought it had to be one or the other.

Career or kids. No middle ground.

Then her daughter was diagnosed with leukemia at three years old.

And everything changed.

Jane Ng left corporate America to care for her daughter full time. Her daughter survived — but was left with a brain injury that means she will never be fully independent. Jane will care for her for the rest of her life.

So going back to a W2 was never an option.

Instead she found real estate. Then short term rentals. Then co-hosting. Then a coaching business helping other moms do the same thing.

Today she owns 4 STRs, co-hosts 11 properties, runs a coaching business — and is home every single day for her kids.

Here's what she shared in this episode:

→ How she bought her first out-of-state property for $50K while parked on the side of a road in New Orleans

→ Why STRs are one of the most powerful tax savings tools for stay-at-home parents

→ How she built a team that runs the whole operation — with just one weekly check-in call

→ How she structures her week so she is never tied to her phone

→ The mindset shift that stopped her from quitting when things got hard

→ How she uses AI to find her next STR market before she even talks to a realtor

→ Why hospitality — not just for guests but for cleaners, neighbors, and vendors — is her #1 secret

This episode is for every mom who thinks she has to choose.

She doesn't.

Connect with Jane:

Instagram: @theinvestingmom

YouTube: @theinvestingmom

Connect with us:

Free 6-step course for scaling STR operators: https://level.strsecrets.com/pc-book STR Secrets FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/STRentalsecrets

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:10 - Introducing Jane Ng: The Investing Mom

4:42 - How Jane's Daughter's Diagnosis Changed Her Life Forever

6:21 - Why Going Back to a W2 Was Never an Option

7:03 - Parked on the Side of a Road in New Orleans: The Moment Everything Changed

8:20 - From Long-Term Rentals to STRs: The 1031 Exchange That Started It All

9:18 - Why Her Daughter's Illness Made Her Braver in Business

11:39 - The Middle Ground: How STRs Let Her Be a Mom and an Operator

13:28 - The Identity Guilt That Holds Moms Back — and How to Get Past It

15:10 - Her Morning Routine: Up at 5:30, Kids First, Business Second

18:01 - Portfolio Overview: 4 Owned STRs, 11 Co-Hosted Properties, 3 Businesses

18:25 - Why the STR Tax Loophole Is a Game Changer for Stay-at-Home Parents

20:32 - How Co-Hosting Started: She Said No 6 Times Before Saying Yes

22:06 - How She Built Her Social Presence as a Self-Described Introvert

25:49 - How She Manages Everything: VA Structure, Weekly Check-Ins and Time Blocking

28:07 - How She Structures Her Week to Never Feel Tied to Her Phone

31:07 - Start Small: How to Build Good Habits Without Overwhelming Yourself

36:46 - How She Uses AI to Find Her Next STR Market

39:19 - Her #1 Secret to STR Success: Hospitality for Everyone