The Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast

Today, I talk to Karen Bello. We discuss how she started as a personal assistant making minimum wage to starting her own Air BnB empire with millions in revenue. Enjoy!

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0:00 - Intro

0:45 - How Did She Become a Personal Assistant?

3:54 - What Did She Study in College?

4:07 - How Did Her Mindset Change?

6:02 - Rich Dad Poor Dad

7:40 - Transition After Being a Personal Assistant

9:22 - What Made Her Think She Could Start A Business?

10:25 - Working as a Therapist

16:00 - Airbnb Business

21:55 - Growing her Business in The First Year

23:18 - Getting The Confidence to Start

26:20 - Rental Arbitrage

30:53 - Managing Time Working Two Jobs

32:05 - Scaling Her Business

34:05 - How Does Cohosting Work?

40:02 - Profit From Year One

41:04 - Cohosting vs. Rental Arbitrage

45:05 - Balancing Two Full Time Jobs

46:10 - Where Did She get her Drive From?

48:30 - The Value of Networking

51:07 - 3rd Year Numbers

 54:50 - How is The Business Now?

58:45 - Where Does She Want to Take The Business?

1:00:00 - What Does The Team Look Like?

1:01:27 - How to Find an Assistant

1:04:15 - What Does an Assistant do?

1:09:04 - Advice for Airbnb Businesses

1:12:30 - How Does an Advanced Person Learn?

1:16:15 - What's The Next Step?

1:20:52 - Focusing on Your Niche

Karen's Contact Information:

bhstr.com karen@bellohomesstr.com

336-459-9756

I'm Aman Manazir, a career coach and former software engineer. I make videos about making it as a computer science student and landing your dream job. I post new videos regularly, run a tech interview podcast, and run an email newsletter (https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter).

What is The Software Engineering Accelerator Podcast?

Aman Manazir is a software engineer who's worked at companies like Amazon and Shopify. In this podcast, he interviews successful engineers to break down strategies and tools they used to land their dream jobs.

In addition, Aman focuses on helping listeners improve their lives through topics in entrepreneurship, self-improvement, and technology.