020 – Yin Lin of Sage Vacations – Vacation Rentals As a Group Experience

Show Notes

Short-term vacation rentals for groups…

Yin Lin, Founder/COE of Sage Vacations (a private real estate company with 10 vacation properties across the country, and partnering with institutions and investors to acquire, develop, and commercialize its property investments) and Founder of SheWorx (global collective of ambitious high-growth female entrepreneurs redefining leadership) joins Thomas Kutzman and Scott Pollack in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser. Presented by Prevu.

In this episode:

• Lin discusses acquiring and commercializing residential property, undervalued property values
• Distributing them on short term rental sites
• Developing a short term rental portfolio.
• There is a demand for large spaces for groups who cannot get same experience in standard hotel rooms
• Looking at lesser known cities with high regional tourism, emerging cities
• The experience of a space needs to be great, and the people feel the sense of community
• Creating great experiences, and getting buy-in from the community for creating a network
• Creating more bespoke developments which cater to the needs of the audience
• How short term rentals have changed the vacation model, and the future of it depends largely on regulation
• Why professionalism of short-term rentals reduces risk all around
• How Lin got into the business
• Part of Lin’s inspiration in building her business and portfolio is wanting to help women build wealth through real estate
• What marathons have meant to Lin in understanding herself and her potential
• Running in 5 continents so far, and what about Ironman competitions

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