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Wes Connell

Wes Connell

Short-term rental investor and Vodyssey community member whose top-1% Airbnb was featured on Shawn Moore's Vacation Rental Revolution podcast.

Sep 25, 2026

5:49
But as you started diving in, did you come into it knowing where you wanted to own something? Or did you, so you came in like, or were you like, I'm open to anything?
5:58
Yeah, to me, the big thing is the lifestyle asset and then the tax benefits.
6:04
I had, fortunately, some high-earning years the last couple years, and I'm, like, staring down what is almost a seven-figure tax bill.
6:10
And I'm like, man.
6:12
And as I learned, you know, what drew my attention is that there are cost segregation studies with short-term rentals and the legislation last July where if you could be a material participant and have this active business, you could use, like... you know, deductions from the real estate to offset your W-2 income.
6:31
And to me, that was like, this is a no brainer.
6:34
But what's interesting is like a week or two into the program, I'm like going through the trusted partners and I discover Kevin and Mike at the Revo Taxpayer Advocacy.

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