Episode #1,021 Put Your Vacation Rental on Autopilot with Hospitable: https://hospitable.com/biggerpockets-2/?utm_source=biggerpockets&utm_medium=referral Episode Show Notes: https://link.chtbl.com/BPRE Join BiggerPockets for FREE 👇 https://www.biggerpockets.com/signup?utm_source=owned_media Let Us Know What You Thought of the Show! https://www.BiggerPockets.com/Podcastfeedback Grab the Book, "Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth": https://store.biggerpockets.com/collections/all-books/products/short-term-rental-long-term-wealth?utm_source=owned_media Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area: http://biggerpockets.com/agentmatch See Dave and Garrett at BPCON2024 in Cancun! https://www.biggerpockets.com/events?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Investing in Short-Term Rental Properties: A Beginner’s Guide & How to Get Started: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/the-ultimate-guide-to-short-term-rental-properties?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with Garrett: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/garrettbrownre?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none Connect with Dave: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/davem27?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=none “Glamping” investments have slowly become massive money-makers in the real estate industry. What used to be someone setting up a tent and potentially a portable toilet for guests looking to get into nature has now become a full-blown luxury business that travelers will pay good money to get a taste of. One large glamping property allowed today’s investor, Garrett Brown, to replace his music producer job and reach levels of success most short-term rental investors can only dream of. Garrett owns a ten-acre piece of land in a lake town outside Houston, Texas. Even though many non-Texans won’t be familiar with the area, local travelers flock to it to escape the big city. Since buying the property, Garrett has made some serious expansions, such as building cabins (and even geo-domes) with WiFi, running water, and the creature comforts many of us don’t want to live without. Plus, Garrett is doing it all while getting most of his bookings directly from social media. That’s right, he has (mostly) cut out Airbnb and other middlemen booking platforms, so he keeps much more of the profit and even gets his guests to upgrade with “add-on packages” that make the deal even sweeter. You can do it, too, but you’ll need to hear how Garrett does it in this episode! 00:00 Intro 01:49 Music Producer to…Real Estate? 08:50 His First House Flip 11:50 Switching to Short-Term Rentals 18:11 Buying 10 Acres and Building Cabins 23:57 Can Anyone Do This? 30:21 Getting Guests Through Social Media 34:33 Start Small! 36:31 Learn from Garrett!