Debate rages about the cost v. value of a professional property management partner for your short term rental holdings.

Fouad Bazzi weighed that decision for himself and his personal holdings, and decided the best strategy was to spin up a brand new business dedicated to supporting his own needs as an owner.

The Owner Hosts were born shortly thereafter.

Join us as Fouad talks about his view of the short term rental market, the common traps buyers fall for when jumping in the game, the biggest financial realities of STR ownership and how to keep up with constant changes in the marketplace.

This episode is not tax advice. It’s an educational discussion intended to clarify how mechanisms function, where assumptions often break down, and what tradeoffs deserve more attention before capital moves.

Bonus depreciation and the short-term rental tax classification are often discussed as powerful tools for reducing taxable income—but they’re rarely examined in the full context of how they influence real estate investment decisions.

In this episode of The Capital Shift, we walk through how bonus depreciation works, why short-term rentals are treated differently under the tax code, and where investors commonly misunderstand the requirements and consequences of using these strategies.

The conversation explores how tax efficiency can shape asset selection, operational complexity, and long-term outcomes—especially when the tax benefit becomes a primary driver of the decision.

With more than 6 years experience accumulating RSU's since joining Google Cloud in 2020, Melisa Burnett joins us for a discussion about her stock-grant strategy, how the laws of compounding worked in her favor and the vehicles she's leveraging in her current stock holdings for the sake of additional real estate assets