Sep 17, 2026 · 38 min · 16 segments
**Summary** In this episode of Capital Hacking, host Josh McCallen shares a re-release of his interview on Cash Flow Ninja with MC Laubscher. They examine shifting dynamics in commercial real estate…
No, incredible.
And I've seen there's an art to this and the art and science of just incredible hospitality firsthand at some of your properties.
So let's talk a little bit about the properties, historic properties.
What is going on there? What are some of the trends? What are some of the exciting things? What are some of the less exciting things? What's going on? So
We just did a whole report on this, not because everybody's looking into it, but because, but because I think it's, it's really interesting what the big money's doing in boutique hotel and what the normal Airbnb investor, because you and I know a hundred great people that got into Airbnb investing and they did it over the last six, seven, eight years.
And it actually worked for a very long time, but a lot of them are telling us their stress is in owning a small portfolio of investments in Airbnb.
Well, what I... what I find to be curious is that the direct at the retail active investor world, there's a lot of gurus teaching people how to get into boutique hotel for the first time.
Well, isn't it curious that they've gone to the hotel world? Well, in my quick webinar on that, I shared three cool statistics that are happening about boutique hotels.
And one of the guys who I know who's one of the top, you know, let's say a lot of experience in it at a very high level, he said, here's the problem with Airbnb right now.
It's an arms race to add more amenities to each house, which makes it questionable whether you're even going to get a return.
Because The more things you keep adding to each house, the more breakage, the more problems, the more, by the way, the more hate, right? You add that extra jacuzzi, that extra XYZ game or thing, and it doesn't work when you get there, you want a refund.
No, incredible.
And I've seen there's an art to this and the art and science of just incredible hospitality firsthand at some of your properties.
So let's talk a little bit about the properties, historic properties.
What is going on there? What are some of the trends? What are some of the exciting things? What are some of the less exciting things? What's going on? So
We just did a whole report on this, not because everybody's looking into it, but because, but because I think it's, it's really interesting what the big money's doing in boutique hotel and what the normal Airbnb investor, because you and I know a hundred great people that got into Airbnb investing and they did it over the last six, seven, eight years.
And it actually worked for a very long time, but a lot of them are telling us their stress is in owning a small portfolio of investments in Airbnb.
Well, what I... what I find to be curious is that the direct at the retail active investor world, there's a lot of gurus teaching people how to get into boutique hotel for the first time.
Well, isn't it curious that they've gone to the hotel world? Well, in my quick webinar on that, I shared three cool statistics that are happening about boutique hotels.
And one of the guys who I know who's one of the top, you know, let's say a lot of experience in it at a very high level, he said, here's the problem with Airbnb right now.
It's an arms race to add more amenities to each house, which makes it questionable whether you're even going to get a return.
Because The more things you keep adding to each house, the more breakage, the more problems, the more, by the way, the more hate, right? You add that extra jacuzzi, that extra XYZ game or thing, and it doesn't work when you get there, you want a refund.
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