# 75: A Look Back on 2025 as a Short-Term Rental Owner and Branding Expert Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brand-market-podcast-turning-airbnb-listings-into-legacies-6727214/75-a-look-back-on-2025-as-a-short-term-rental-owner-and-branding-expert Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brand-market-podcast-turning-airbnb-listings-into-legacies-6727214/75-a-look-back-on-2025-as-a-short-term-rental-owner-and-branding-expert.md Podcast: [The Brand & Market Podcast - Turning Airbnb Listings into Legacies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brand-market-podcast-turning-airbnb-listings-into-legacies-6727214) Published: 2025-12-24T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://the-brand-and-market-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/a-look-back-on-2025-as-a-short-term-rental-owner-and-branding-expert Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/64c22608-f1ea-4057-ab8d-80c906f48215.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-brand-market-podcast-turning-airbnb-listings-into-legacies-6727214/episodes/75-a-look-back-on-2025-as-a-short-term-rental-owner-and-branding-expert Duration seconds: 2555 ## Resource Happy new year! 2025 was an incredible year of growth and upgrades for my short-term rental properties, as well as my business. In this episode, I’m taking a look back at the most impactful moments of my year and the lessons I’m taking into 2026. Time-stamps: My early 2025 rebrand (1:58) Hiring a podcast producer and a virtual assistant (5:54) Attending Level Up Your Listing (11:20) Beginning to dream again (15:50) Updates on The Commonwealth (17:12) Differentiating myself as a co-host (23:02) Honing in on my podcast with Soundboard Society (24:06) Giving The Commonwealth a design upgrade (28:39) Discovering Luna, our latest project (30:47) Investing in Action Academy (34:13) Looking ahead to 2026 (40:11) Mentioned in This Episode: Short-Term Rental Acquisition Checklist: brandandmarket.myflodesk.com/str-acquisition-checklist Elysian on Instagram: instagram.com/stayatelysian No Vacancy The Podcast with Natalie Palmer and guest Ali Haney: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/169-this-is-the-one-thing-that-will-make-or-break Join Soundboard Society with Gaffin Creative: gaffincreative.com/soundboard The Action Academy: actionacademy.com Connect with Ali: Book a discovery call with Ali: brandandmarket.17hats.com/p#/scheduling Website: brandandmarket.co Instagram: instagram.com/brandandmarket.co ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-brand-market-podcast-turning-airbnb-listings-into-legacies-6727214/episodes/75-a-look-back-on-2025-as-a-short-term-rental-owner-and-branding-expert/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brand-market-podcast-turning-airbnb-listings-into-legacies-6727214/75-a-look-back-on-2025-as-a-short-term-rental-owner-and-branding-expert.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.