The STR Sisterhood Podcast
If you’re an ambitious woman who’s looking to have a 5-star STR business on your hands without having to sacrifice the things you love, then tune in today for all the goodness!
The STR Sisterhood
Whether you’re brand new to Airbnb or an experienced Superhost, you’re giving yourself the gift of financial freedom and FUN when you’re in the short-term rental space. On this show, it’s all about you and your short-term rental journey. You’ll hear actionable advice from industry experts as well as stories from real women about their experiences, achievements, frustrations, and challenges…and how they’ve managed to turn their short-term rental business dreams into reality.
Recent Episodes
#206 AI for Airbnb Hosts: How Ana Shapiro Multiplies Herself at Chillin Away
October 13, 2026 #206 AI for Airbnb Hosts: How Ana Shapiro Multiplies Herself at Chillin Away "It's passive income until the cleaner is running late, until the guest is checking in early, and until the hot tub has decided to act up." That's how Ana Shapiro, founder...
#205 Start Before You’re Ready: Laura Sides on Building a Short-Term Rental Lifestyle Around the Life You Want
October 06, 2026 #205 Start Before You’re Ready: Laura Sides on Building a Short-Term Rental Lifestyle Around the Life You Want Laura Sides was sitting on a Florida beach in the early days of the pandemic, reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, when it clicked that she didn’t...
#204 The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Hospitality with Daniella Morganelli
September 29, 2026 #204 The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Hospitality with Daniella Morganelli A guest at one of Daniella Morganelli’s rentals couldn’t get the gas grill working and mentioned they had charcoal, so Daniella ordered a charcoal grill from Walmart...
#203 Off-Grid Short-Term Rental Lessons From Kristen Sluiter, Host of Pole Bridge Penny
September 22, 2026 #203 Off-Grid Short-Term Rental Lessons From Kristen Sluiter, Host of Pole Bridge PennyKristen Sluiter runs an off-grid short-term rental forty miles from the nearest power line, and she found the tiny house that started it all on Facebook...
#202 Stop Waiting for Perfect: Ramya Mehta on Building a Short-Term Rental Design Business
September 15, 2026 #202 Stop Waiting for Perfect: Ramya Mehta on Building a Short-Term Rental Design BusinessRamya Mehta had her logo, her color palette, and her Instagram grid sitting on a to-do list before she’d let herself call Yellow Tulip Designs a real...
#201 Airbnb Business Systems: The One Thing Your PMS Was Never Built to Do
September 08, 2026 #201 Airbnb Business Systems: The One Thing Your PMS Was Never Built to DoA family spent an entire week of their Myrtle Beach vacation parking two miles from the condo they’d booked. In this solo episode of The STR Sisterhood, Stacey St. John...
#200 Episodes Later: The Biggest Lessons About Short-Term Rental Success with Stacey St. John
September 01, 2026 #200 Episodes Later: The Biggest Lessons About Short-Term Rental Success with Stacey St. JohnEpisode 200 of the STR Sisterhood landed on my birthday, and I consider it a gift to have had 200 conversations about short-term rental success with...
#199 Short-term rental hospitality: what actually makes a great host, with Jodie Odlin
August 25, 2026 #199 Short-Term Rental Hospitality: What Actually Makes a Great Host, with Jodie OdlinJodie Odlin manages quintessential little cottages in the Cotswolds — the same English village where King Charles lives — from her home in Australia, and we...
#198 How Traci Capraro Built a Short-Term Rental Portfolio From One Tax Appointment
August 18, 2026 #198 How Traci Capraro Built a Short-Term Rental Portfolio From One Tax AppointmentTraci Capraro was sitting in her CPA’s office doing her annual taxes when she heard the sentence that changed her life: “Oh boy, you’re going to owe a lot of money...
#197 From the UK to Texas: Mastering Remote Short-Term Rental Management with Joanna Woods
August 11, 2026 #197 From the UK to Texas: Mastering Remote Short-Term Rental Management with Joanna WoodsJoanna Woods didn't set out to build a transatlantic hospitality brand; she just needed a home base in Grapevine, Texas, so her son could compete in...
#196 When Growth Stops Serving You: The Short-Term Rental Pivot That Changed Everything with Leah Yuhasz
August 04, 2026 #196 When Growth Stops Serving You: The Short-Term Rental Pivot That Changed Everything with Leah YuhaszPulling into her church parking lot last August, Leah Yuhasz, an Emerald Coast real estate agent and property operator, found herself completely...
#195 How Maddie Malek Scaled Her Short-Term Rental Co-Hosting Business by Dropping Perfectionism
July 28, 2026 #195 How Maddie Malek Scaled Her Short-Term Rental Co-Hosting Business by Dropping PerfectionismWhen Maddie Malek launched Nomad Vacation Rentals, she looked her very first client in the eye and admitted she had absolutely no idea what she was doing....
YOUR HOST
Stacey St. John
“It’s my mission to help women worldwide to turn their real estate dreams into reality and start living a life they love.”
If you let her, Stacey is going to help you turn your short-term rental goals into reality without having to sacrifice your family, your free time, or your sanity!
In a nutshell: Wherever you are in your journey…whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, whether you’re stuck, or whether you’re simply looking to scale your already-successful short-term rental business, Stacey will help you move your STR dreams forward, upwards, and beyond anything you can imagine!
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