Unlocked by Matt Landau

EP41: Technology's Point Person with Sean Miller

Aug 21, 2019

Sean Miller is the President of PointCentral, the sponsor of this podcast. And I just want to say up front that including him in the series was not required or part of the sponsorship contract or anything: Sean's just a really interesting and smart guy...someone I was really curious to learn more about.

I had the chance...

EP40: Short Term Rent, Long Term Win with Matt Hoffman

Aug 14, 2019

I've known Matt Hoffman for what feels like an eternity. I remember talking to him back when I was running my vacation rental business in Panama in 2008 and his passion and enthusiasm for vacation rentals has not faded since...if anything they've sharpened.

Matt is the Senior Vice President and Product Leader...

EP39: The Noise Captain with Christine Saba

Aug 7, 2019

There are certain people in our industry who, when you meet them, you just kinda get excited about everything. Christine Saba is one of those people. Christine is technically the Head of Growth at Noiseaware, which is the fire alarm for noise. But her roles and responsibilities tend to spill over into all kinds of...

EP 38: Vacasa Buys Wyndham Vacation Rentals

Jul 31, 2019

In this experimental podcast format, I am to address one subject matter that has the industry buzzing and break it down for our listeners.

[Note: Our normal interview podcast schedule sponsored by our friends at PointCentral will not be interrupted.]

This episode addresses Vacasa's recent acquisition of Wyndham Vacation...

EP37: Voice Activation with Dana Young

Jul 31, 2019

Dana Young is one of those people who is just unyieldingly passionate about technology. But so are a lot of people. What makes Dana unique is the way he is applying that obsession -- specifically with voice activated devices -- to the vacation rental space. He got started in our industry managing a property with...