Landlord Diaries - The Monthly Rentals Podcast
Most landlords learn through trial and error. Landlord Diaries gives you the cheat codes for getting into monthly (mid-term) rentals and learning how they actually work.
Expert hosts Kelly Bailey and Katie Lyon reveal the secrets to finding success in the monthly rental game. They talk with real landlords who have figured it out, so you can learn real strategies on investment, property management, and building real estate income without the chaos of short-term rentals or the headaches of long-term leases.
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Landlord Diaries - The Monthly Rentals Podcast
The Accidental Landlord Who Put $100K Into Her Dad's House and Never Looked Back
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What do you do when you inherit a house you never planned to keep, sink $100,000 into renovations, and fall in love with a property 1,000 miles away? You figure out how to keep it without it becoming a financial burden.
In this episode of Landlord Diaries, Brenna De Wilde shares how she inherited her father's home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, completed a full gut renovation mostly by herself, and chose mid-term rentals on Furnished Finder over Airbnb and long-term leasing. What followed changed how she thinks about retirement, real estate, and what it means to be a landlord.
Whether you are a new landlord, a real estate investor exploring mid-term rentals, a short-term rental host frustrated by Airbnb fees, or someone building toward financial freedom through real estate, this episode delivers a real story with real numbers and real lessons.
What you will learn in this episode:
- Why she skipped Airbnb and chose mid-term rentals instead
- How out of state landlording is more manageable than most people think
- Why mid-term tenants treat your property differently than long-term renters
- How returning tenants can anchor your calendar and reduce vacancy stress
- What she underestimated about managing a rental property remotely
- Why mid-term rentals require only four tenants per year on average
- How to find out if your market works for monthly rentals using Furnished Finder's free Market Insights tool
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome to Landlord Diaries
0:30 Inheriting a house and sinking $100K into it
3:00 Why she skipped Airbnb from the start
4:25 The moment she decided not to sell
6:45 Choosing Furnished Finder over Airbnb
9:00 How her tenants improved her property
10:30 Why MTR tenants treat your home better
13:00 Brenna made the furnishing process personal
15:45 Using vacancy gaps to maintain the property
17:00 When she knew this strategy worked year round
20:15 Tenants so good she refunded their cleaning fee
21:45 How she handles returning seasonal tenants
24:55 How the Furnished Finder calendar works for landlords
25:30 Her tenant screening process
27:45 Why landlords have more control on Furnished Finder
28:35 How her dad's home became her retirement plan
31:10 Advice for brand new monthly rental landlords
32:50 The part of out of state landlording she underestimated
36:15 Modernizing rent collection with Baselane
37:15 How to know if your market works for monthly rentals
39:25 What would your dad say if he saw the property today
41:10 One renovation mistake she will never make again
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