{"podcast":{"title":"Get Paid For Your Pad | Airbnb Hosting | Vacation Rentals | STR Revenue Management","slug":"get-paid-for-your-pad-airbnb-hosting-vacation-rentals-str-revenue-management-740216","podcast_index_feed_id":740216,"rss_url":"https://feed.pippa.io/public/shows/5afc793a028014b853c89db4","website_url":"https://freewyldfoundry.com/pod","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5afc793a028014b853c89db4/1753719475553-c1ecbd18-acf0-47cc-b3a6-543fa460f6a3.jpeg","author":"Freewyld Foundry","episode_count":718,"summary":"Get Paid For Your Pad is the go-to podcast for Airbnb hosts , short-term rental operators , and vacation rental entrepreneurs who want to scale smarter, earn more, and stay ahead of industry shifts. Hosted by Jasper Ribbers, Eric Moeller, and Kaye Putnam from Freewyld Foundry, this podcast delivers actionable tips on Airbnb pricing strategies , revenue management , direct bookings , listing optimization , and guest experience . You'll hear from real hosts, property managers, and industry pros who share behind-the-scenes insights, lessons learned, and the systems they use to grow profitable STR businesses. Whether you're managing one property or one hundred, you'll walk away with practical strategies to increase occupancy, boost profits, and build a sustainable short-term rental brand. Tune in weekly to learn how to thrive in today’s competitive Airbnb market, and get paid what you’re worth. Freewyld Foundry offers revenue and pricing management (RPM) services to the top 1% of STR hosts. Learn more and request a free Revenue Report: https://www.freewyldfoundry.com Hosted on Acast. 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Freewyld Foundry’s Revenue & Pricing Management service is driving an 18% performance lift for $1M+ STR operators, even in down markets. If you’re managing 15+ listings and want a free pricing audit,  apply here → Most STR operators track revenue religiously. They check their dashboards daily, celebrate when numbers go up, and panic when they dip. But here’s the problem: they’re often tracking the wrong metrics, tracking them incorrectly, or comparing numbers that can’t actually be compared. In this episode, Jasper Ribbers pulls back the curtain on how Freewyld Foundry tracks performance across 3,000+ listings managing $153M in annual bookings. You’ll discover why your “total revenue” number is lying to you, how to make fair comparisons when your portfolio changes monthly, and why beating last year isn’t good enough if the market grew faster than you did. This is the exact system we use to manage revenue for operators doing $1M+ in annual bookings. You’ll learn: Why net rental revenue beats total revenue as your North Star metric (and how cleaning fees distort your performance by 50% or more) The three comparison angles you need for accurate performance tracking (vs last year, vs previous months, vs market) How to identify which units are actually “comparable” year-over-year (12+ months of data is just the starting point) Why you need separate dashboards for comparable and non-comparable units Which KPIs actually matter for decision-making (occupancy, ADR, RevPAR, market penetration index, RevPAR index, booking window, length of stay) We also talk about: How to use PriceLabs Market RevPAR YoY percentage to measure market performance Why calendar blocks of 7+ days kill your visibility on the remaining days The Combined Listings fe…","meta_description":"Want to outperform the market? 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