Unlocked by Matt Landau
Unlocked is a podcast series that invites you to be a fly-on-the-wall as VRMB founder Matt Landau interviews some of the world’s most innovative vacation rental professionals. The goal of this podcast series is to share best practices and to remind vacation rental professionals that we have everything we need inside of us to succeed.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 183
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2024
Mighty from Within with Victoria O'Connell of GoLightly
Family First with Tom Goodwin of Mountain Laurel Chalets
Would You Eat the Berry? with Michael Skinner
Are Short-Term Rentals at the Tipping-Point of Causing our Neighborhoods to Disintegrate with Kelly Hill of Done Right Management
Kelly Hill of DoneRight Vacation Rentals/Casago Mcall has forged deep ties with her community and enjoys a sterling reputation but regulations have still come knocking. Her relationships give her a …
Dog-Fooding your Vacation Rental with Paul Waldschmidt of OwnerRez
Paul Waldschmidt of OwnerRez has spent the last ten years quietly building one of the best property management softwares in the industry. OwneRez barely advertises and yet they have a fiercely loyal…
The Local Hype Man with Miles Chew of Compass Resorts
Miles Chew of Compass Resorts is a marketing manager in the high stakes destination of Destin, Florida. In this interview Miles and Matt talk about being a marketing manager inside a hospitality com…
A 101 Short-Term Rental Research Update with Madeline List of Phocuswright
This episode features Madeline List, a senior research analyst at Phocuswright, the leading travel industry research platform. Our nacesent vacation rental movement isn't always well understood by t…
The Passion Train with Brittany Blackman of Breathe Easy Rentals
After working in the industry for nearly a decade, Brittany Blackman started Breathe Easy Rentals in the crowded Destin, Florida market. She quickly gained a foothold by providing a no stress hospit…
A New Galaxy with Jeff Brown of Loma Homes
Jeff Brown of Loma Homes is innvotating in a unique space within the vacation rental industry. In this episode we explore his themed home business, the tech used to power it, the bumps along the way…
What Makes Your Heart Race with Virginia Ivy of Ivy Vacations
Virginia Ivy is a hospitality pioneer. From opening a music venue in a dead part of Memphis to starting her current vacation rental business in the Arkansas Ozarks, she has earned ‘first mover statu…
Multi-Dimensional with Megan Carda of Lifestyle Properties Oregon
Megan Carda of Lifestyle Properties used her passion for her local community to build a network of connected businesses that opened the doors to Oregon's Wine Country. Not only does this create a ric…
Teaser: "Help, Don't Sell" Example with Megan Carda, Lifestyle Properties Oregon
Our next episode with Megan Carda of Lifestyle Properties drops this coming Thursday, March 10th.
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The House Model Always Wins with Graham Donoghue of Sykes Cottages
Graham Donoghue is CEO of Sykes Cottages, arguably the largest profitable vacation rental management company in the world. He brings a unique perspective to our industry, having presided over some of…
The Maker Society with Michelle Ruber, Shift Vacation Rentals
Michelle Ruber of Shift Vacation Rentals has not only built a thriving vacation rental business with her own properties, she has turned passion for her community into a way to give back and enhance g…
EP125: Season 8 Announcement & Moving Mountains
In this episode you'll get a taste of what's to come in the next season of Unlocked themed "First Mover Status" in which we'll interview owners and managers who are gaining HUGE advantages by being f…
EP124: How Airbnb Changed My Life: And Then The World
Evelyn Badia is a New York City based, five-star, Airbnb superhost. Through her online community and podcast she helps people become better hosts and use those hosting skills to build better financi…
EP123: The Long Game with Ryan Bailey, CEO of Track Hospitality Software
Travelnet Solutions Co-founder and CEO Ryan Bailey has been working since the early days of the internet to provide technology solutions for the hospitality industry. Their property management softw…
EP122: I Sued the City and Won
Theo Kracke is a true vacation rental advocacy avenger. Fed up with unfair regulations in his home town of Santa Barbara, he sued the city and spent a great deal of his time and money to create prec…
EP121: How Vacation Rental Hospitality Made My World Larger
Sallie Mitchell, formerly of Casa Mar Azul vacation rental in San Pancho, Mexico knows what it's like to plan for a dream, live with the realities of that dream, and ultimately exit the dream in a po…
EP120: Matt Roberts, CEO of Vacasa
Matt Roberts is the CEO of Vacasa, one of the largest vacation rental companies in the world. Matt was previously the CEO at Open Table -- the app that allows you to reserve tables at your favorite r…