Can’t break into real estate investing? Maybe you don’t have enough money to buy a rental property or the track record of a confident investor. Thankfully, there’s a way to make money in real estate without owning rentals, and it could even help fund your first property. Today’s expert makes $20,000 in monthly cash flow with this strategy—Airbnb co-hosting!
Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! Today, we’re joined by one of BiggerPockets’ resident short-term rental experts, Garrett Brown. Garrett has owned everything from normal long-term rentals to unique stays in hot vacation markets, but one of his favorite “investing” strategies doesn’t even require you to own rental properties. The best part? With some research, people skills, and passion for hospitality, any rookie can build a profitable co-hosting business from scratch in just a few months!
Garrett shows you exactly how to do just that in today’s episode, step by step. You’ll learn where to find clients, what to charge for your services, and how to make your fledgling business stand out in 2026. Garrett even shares his go-to tools and software that make co-hosting a breeze!
Ashley:
We all want to make money, and today we have another real estate related revenue opportunity for rookie investors that doesn’t involve buying a property.
Tony:
Today, we’re bringing on the host of the BiggerPockets Bigger Stays YouTube channel to break down the lucrative world of Airbnb co-hosting. Garrett Brown is going to walk us through his step-by-step blueprint of how you can start up a co-hosting business and how to be successful.
Ashley:
This is The Real Estate Rookie Podcast. I’m Ashley Kehr.
Tony:
And I’m Tony J. Robinson.
Ashley:
Before we welcome Garrett, I wanted to share today’s sponsor and one of the tools I use for my own real estate investing. They say real estate is passive income, but if you spend a Sunday night buried in spreadsheets, you know better. We hear it from…