In this episode of the STR Investing Podcast, Taylor sits down with Pedro Rivera, Head of Customer Success at Summer OS, to explore how his unique background in hotel acquisitions and build-to-rent communities shaped one of the most powerful tools in the short-term rental space.
Pedro shares:
- The key differences (and surprising similarities) between hotel and STR investing
- What institutional real estate gets right—and wrong—about short-term rentals
- How Summer OS was born out of frustration with unreliable data and plug-and-play tools
- Why accurate competitive sets, lot size, and submarket awareness are critical for STR success
- What most investors miss when projecting revenue and tracking performance
- Why operators must keep their hands on the wheel—set-and-forget doesn't work
- What’s next for Summer OS, including real-time variance analysis and revenue trend forecasting
If you’re scaling your STR portfolio, building underwriting systems, or struggling to trust the data, this episode is a goldmine.
Explore Summer OS: https://www.summeros.com
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