STR Like The Best by Michael Chang

Conversations with the best short term rental investors and business leaders in the world. We explore their ideas, methods, and stories to help you better invest your time and money.

STR Like The Best by Michael Chang is a business podcast hosted by Michael Chang, with 68 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Michael Chang hosts STR Like The Best by Michael Chang, a business show with 68 episodes published.

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  Episode #68

  Why Meta & Goldman Employees Are Buying $1M+ Airbnbs (It's Not What You Think)

  Nov 8, 202527 minS0

  <p>USE MY 5-STEP LITMUS TEST TO SEE THE PROFITABILITY OF A POTENTIAL PROPERTY: https://strlikethebest.com/litmuspod</p><p><b>Q4 2025 Market Update: What's Actually Working Right Now</b></p><p>Most people think high-income professionals are buying Airbnbs for cash flow. They're wrong.</p><p>In this episode, Michael and Liz reveal the real reason why employees at Meta, Amazon, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs are aggressively buying $750K-$1.5M short-term rental properties and it has everything to do with the tax code.</p><p><b>We break down:</b></p><p>How to legally offset $300K+ in W2...

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  Episode #67

  67. Raising Entrepreneurial Kids: Reputation, Likability & The “Right Room” Strategy

  Oct 24, 202531 minS0

  <p>LEARN MY STR INVESTING & STRATEGIES 🔥 https://coaching.strlikethebest.com/7figureexit?utm_source=yt<br/><br/>Part 4 — Taipei Series<br/>Part 3 explored how mentorship, consistency, and STR tax strategy turned business growth into leverage and legacy. Part 4 dives into how those same principles shape parenting, raising kids with judgment, integrity, and emotional intelligence in an AI-driven world.<br/><br/>1. From business lessons to family values, why reputation, patience, and presence matter more than rules.<br/><br/>2. Teaching likability, empathy, and good manners as early superpowers for building lifelong relationships.<br/><br/>3. Building trust and teamwork between siblings, how shared responsibility, famil...

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  66. Leading Airbnb Operators: Cut Your Tax Bill LEGALLY, Use Savings To Buy More Airbnbs, Grow Cash Flow

  Oct 17, 202539 minS0

  <p>LEARN MY STR INVESTING & STRATEGIES 🔥https://strlikethebest.com/wealthyt</p><p>Part 3 — Taipei Series<br/>Episode 2 showed how humility, metrics, and defined roles turned conflict into scale, systems + a global team protecting marriage and ROI; Episode 3: dives into building our media/education engine (mentors, consistency) and how STR tax strategy (incl. 100% bonus depreciation) lets high-earners buy cash-flowing assets and cut taxes.<br/><br/>Episode Highlights:<br/><br/>1. From zero followers to a global brand—how mentorship and daily consistency fueled growth.<br/><br/>2. Turning STR experience into education, helping high-income earners build wealth and save six figures in taxes.<br/><br...

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  Episode #65

  65. Building Together: How We Run a Business as a Couple (Without Burning Out) - STR Like The Best

  Oct 10, 202538 minS0

  <p>LEARN MY STR INVESTING & STRATEGIES 🔥https://strlikethebest.com/wealthyt<br/><br/>Part 2 — Taipei Series<br/>In the previous episode, Michael and Liz shared how systems, tech, and a global team let them run ~40 STRs remotely. In this part of the series, they continue the conversation, diving into how they work together as a married team, balance decision-making with data, and turn early conflicts into a scalable structure.<br/><br/>Episode Highlights:<br/><br/>1. Offloading guest comms to a global team + PMS/AI to remove emotion and reclaim focus<br/><br/>2. Switching from per-bedroom to whole-unit stays for better ops, guest...

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  64. Husband & Wife Power Duo: How We Run 40+ Airbnbs Remotely With a Global Team - STR Like The Best

  Sep 26, 202523 minS0

  <p>LEARN MY STR INVESTING & STRATEGIES 🔥 https://strlikethebest.com/wealthyt<br/><br/>From Taipei, Michael and Liz show how systems, tech, and a global team let them run ~40 STRs remotely, reclaim family time, and help clients save taxes while scaling. <br/><br/>Episode Highlights:</p><p>1. Hands-off weekly hours, kids immersed with family and mandarin</p><p>2. Staff across 5 continents and working collectively to run 95% of business operation</p><p>3. The renewed 100% bonus depreciation spiking client deals. </p><p>They close on why sharing their playbook grows an abundance-minded network and tee up the next episode on exactly how they split...

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