The Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast #5: How She Makes $1.9M/Year at Age 28 on AirBnB
Today, I talk to Karen Bello. We discuss how she started as a personal assistant making minimum wage to starting her own Air BnB empire with millions in revenue. Enjoy!
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0:00 - Intro
0:45 - How Did She Become a Personal Assistant?
3:54 - What Did She Study in College?
4:07 - How Did Her Mindset Change?
6:02 - Rich Dad Poor Dad
7:40 - Transition After Being a Personal Assistant
9:22 - What Made Her Think She Could Start A Business?
10:25 - Working as a Therapist
16:00 - Airbnb Business
21:55 - Growing her Business in The First Year
23:18 - Getting The Confidence to Start
26:20 - Rental Arbitrage
30:53 - Managing Time Working Two Jobs
32:05 - Scaling Her Business
34:05 - How Does Cohosting Work?
40:02 - Profit From Year One
41:04 - Cohosting vs. Rental Arbitrage
45:05 - Balancing Two Full Time Jobs
46:10 - Where Did She get her Drive From?
48:30 - The Value of Networking
51:07 - 3rd Year Numbers
54:50 - How is The Business Now?
58:45 - Where Does She Want to Take The Business?
1:00:00 - What Does The Team Look Like?
1:01:27 - How to Find an Assistant
1:04:15 - What Does an Assistant do?
1:09:04 - Advice for Airbnb Businesses
1:12:30 - How Does an Advanced Person Learn?
1:16:15 - What's The Next Step?
1:20:52 - Focusing on Your Niche
Karen's Contact Information:
bhstr.com karen@bellohomesstr.com
336-459-9756
I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and former software engineer. I make videos about making it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. I post new videos regularly, run a tech interview podcast, and run an email newsletter (https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter).