Live Let Thrive Podcast

Airbnb, PadSplit, Corporate Rentals, Arbitrage, and Live Let Thrive cover all the creative ways to rent out your properties to maximize profits. We also cover creative ways to buy properties. Come along for the ride and have some fun along the way!

Podcasting since 2017 • 347 episodes

Live Let Thrive Podcast

Latest Episodes

Buy a Quad, Live in One, Repeat — 20 Doors in 5 Years

Myka's advice to anyone starting today: buy a two-bed one-bath quad, live in one unit for a year, then go buy the next one. Four units still falls under single-family financing. Do that five years straight and you're sitting on 20 doors before ...

September 23, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 352 • 1:18:36

PadSplit Changed the Rules Overnight — 22 Days of Empty Rent

PadSplit changed its booking window to 30 days without warning hosts - Myka discovered a guest booked 22 days out, leaving a room empty with zero revenue. He and Steve break down what that means for cash flow when you're counting on six rents f...

September 09, 2026 • Episode 351 • 59:56

Airbnb Held His Payment — Then the Guests Vanished ($2,600 Gone)

Airbnb held Steve's $2,600 payment on a 48-day booking, then cancelled the reservation after the seven-day hold window ended. When he arrived at the house, the guests had vanished—no cars, AC turned off, and 96 degrees inside. He suspects they ...

September 02, 2026 • Episode 350 • 56:40

DFW Is Getting Ugly: We’re Done With 1–2 Bedroom Arbitrage

Myka and Steve announce they're done with 1-2 bedroom arbitrage in DFW after years of profitable operations. With the market shifting - houses sitting for months, price cuts everywhere, and midterm bookings drying up for small units - they're p...

August 28, 2026 • Episode 349 • 58:22

The Claude Dashboard That Runs My Entire Rental Business

Myka walks through the custom Claude AI dashboard that manages his entire rental operation - from pulling live Price Labs data and calculating optimal Airbnb/Vrbo discounts based on local market conditions, to connecting with QuickBooks for P&L...

August 26, 2026 • Episode 348 • 13:47