Unlocked by Matt Landau

Ashley Kubiszyn is CEO of River Ridge Rentals in Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, and Keystone Colorado.

The company has been around for 20 years but Ashley took it over form her mother: conducting a f…

In this episode, Matt sits down with Jessica Sheedy Black -- a neighborhood advocate and regional leader of the Texas Neighborhood Coalition -- for a sobering look at the other side of the vacation r…

In this episode, Matt shares his big takeaways from Amy Hinote's Data and Revenue Management Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. 

The first, data and revenue management is THE JUICIEST way for …

Bruce Ikelheimer, a recovering rocket scientist, is currently at THE inflection point of vacation rental growth: profitable with his own 2 properties and now beginning to manage other homes, Bruce is…

This week Matt talks to Stacy Wesson of Cascara Vacation Rentals about the challenges of modernizing and running a family vacation rental business in an era of acquisitions and tech driven hospitalit…

Eric Broughton is the Chief Strategy officer of Inhabit IQ, which owns a number of vacation rental service providers and has frankly not always had the most forthcoming reputation in the vacation ren…

In this episode, Matt sits down with Alex Cruz of Welcome Home Club to talk about long term business health in a time of tempting short term moves.

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In this episode, Matt sits down with Linda Sylvester, formerly of Great Vacation Retreats, to talk about the complex realities of being acquired and the often unglamorous, difficult-to-scale practice…

In this episode, Matt sits down with Michelle Hodges of Meyer Vacation Rentals to discuss building on the legacy of a family enterprise and finding creative solutions to the massive staffing problems…

In the first episode of our Unglamorous season, Matt sits down with Rocio of Cleancio to discuss the challenges of vacation rental housekeeping and some actionable ideas for solving them.

This episod…

As a way to offset some of the unprecedented hype our vacation rental sector is experiencing, Season 7 of the Unlocked Podcast is going against the grain...pulling back the curtain...taking off the r…

In this episode, Matt reflects on Season Six and shares thoughts from our guests that come together to create a framework for configuring your vacation rental Magic Zone.

Darrell Looney and Sherry Woodhouse have refined ideas and practices for a level of hospitality we can all aspire to in the vacation rental industry.  This week they walk Matt through what goes into …

For our first in-person recording since early 2020, Matt sat down with Julie Brinkman of Beyond at the recent VRMA Connect event in Sandestin Florida.  Julie is part of a new wave of CEOs entering th…

This is a Quick Tips episode of Unlocked, where Matt shares actionable wisdom from VRMB Communities.

Most vacation rental professionals tend to over-work because they wear many hats.  Over-working is…

This week Matt and Jed Stevens of Koloa Kai  detail a six step program for building a sustainable and profitable vacation rental business and soft-launch the VRMB Accelerator Program.

This episode is…

In this episode Matt sits down with Andrew McConnell of Rented.com  for some must-listen industry analysis and...a few 'twerks'.

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This is a Quick Tips episode of Unlocked, where Matt shares actionable wisdom from VRMB Communities.

Have you ever come across a product whose presentation is so on point in that it subliminally suck…