Sarah Glidewell from The Karwells is an Airbnb investor, designer, and coach who focuses on teaching other hosts how to create properties with longevity. She has been absorbed by Airbnb and short-term rentals since 2018 when she started renting out her apartment to guests on weekends. Since then, she has dabbled in it all, from investing to consulting, arbitraging to designing, and everything in between. Short-term rentals have flipped her life upside down and given her a path to financial freedom, freedom of time, and her personal favorite, creative freedom. Currently, they are working on partnering with more of YOU – and capitalizing on the Midwest market – building a fleet of high-end, design-focused STRs.
[00:01 – 01:00] Opening Segment
- We welcome, Sarah Glidewell!
- She is an interior designer by trade and uses her design skills to create Airbnb properties
[01:01 – 23:34] Creating Experiences For Short-Term Rentals
- Started a mentorship program to build out a community
- Pivoted to interior design business for short-term rentals during COVID
- Investors are a hundred percent numbers driven
- Strategy from two perspectives: Investor brain and designer brain
- Creating experiences for people
[23:35 – 33:31] THE FINAL FOUR
- What's the worst job that you ever had?
- Working at a grocery store
- What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
- “How To Become Financially Independent On Airbnb” by Brian Page
- What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
- Sales in general
- What does success mean to you?
- Sarah Glidewell says, “It is that freedom of time and freedom of placement.”
Connect with Sarah Glidewell:
Website: The KarWells
Instagram: @thekarwells
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Tweetable Quotes:
“If we take care of the guest experience, then the ROI will follow.” – Sarah Glidewell
“Me being an interior designer by trade and wanting to find an avenue that kind of fit with my current gifts and talents and Airbnb was that answer.” – Sarah Glidewell
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