Hosts Myka and Steve are back on Live Let Thrive with fresh stories, big laughs, and game-changing real estate tips. They kick things off with how a broken AC turned into a bold move — jumping back into house hacking and using the PadSplit model to turn spare rooms into serious monthly income. You’ll hear how they’re designing spaces, managing tenants, and keeping properties running smooth without constant cleaning crews.Plus, they share money hacks — from business lines of credit and credit car...
Aug 15, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 327
This new episode of Live Let Thrive is a powerful blend of real talk, real estate strategy, and the personal journey behind it all. Myka and Steve are back together, catching up after time apart, and diving deep into what it really means to find your passion. They open up about how real estate became more than just a business — how it turned into a creative outlet, a source of purpose, and a path to helping others.Steve shares his latest project: launching a PadSplit house in Arlington, Texas. H...
Jul 31, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 326
In this solo episode, Myka returns fresh from Vegas and drops some powerful insights for short-term and mid-term rental investors. He breaks down the real risks behind Airbnb’s new policies, why relying solely on OTAs for midterm bookings is a dangerous game, and how AI (like ChatGPT) is a goldmine for entrepreneurs who know how to use it right.He also discusses scoring major Prime Day furnishing deals, why arbitrage is losing its luster, and how he and Mahogany are scaling their duplex play in ...
Jul 18, 2025•21 min•Ep. 325
Myka flies solo this week while Steve’s away, dropping unfiltered insight into today’s buyer’s market, why some long-term rentals no longer cash flow, and how the Midwest and Deep South are still winning. He breaks down his latest duplex deal, utilizing business lines of credit and HELOCs from Wells Fargo and PNC, and discusses why self-management is crucial right now. From DSCR lending risks to the truth about AirDNA projections and STR tax loophole traps—this is a masterclass for investors nav...
Jul 18, 2025•28 min•Ep. 324
In this episode, we dive deep into the real-world challenges and wins of rental arbitrage — from setting up properties the right way, managing client expectations, and dealing with utility bills that can make or break your profits. Hear firsthand about the importance of investing in quality furniture (without breaking the bank), staying budget-smart, and building the right team — including cleaner and maintenance “unicorns” that keep your operations smooth. We also get real about life behind the...
Jun 25, 2025•59 min•Ep. 323
On this episode of Live Let Thrive, hosts Steve and Myka dive deep into creative ways to launch and grow your real estate or side hustle—even if you're low on cash. From using rental deposits to furnish a unit, to negotiating smart owner-finance deals, to overcoming analysis paralysis, this one’s packed with mindset shifts and real-world cheat codes.No fluff, just game. Tap in and get inspired to take action.LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.comLiveLetThrive@gmail.com@LiveLetTrive on the so...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 322
Ready to level up your real estate game? This episode breaks down how to keep your bookkeeping tight with the Profit First method, unlock great loan options like Wells Fargo’s 6% BELOC, and save thousands with smart financing strategies like DSCR loans. We also get real about the importance of choosing the right clients—and why sometimes the best move is to simply say “no.” Plus, a heads-up on dodging shady online “gurus” pushing overpriced courses. If you want honest, practical advice to grow y...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 321
Myka and Steve are back with a loaded show that includes dealing with 1st of the month stress. Should you Duplex or Triplex? Timeshare Arbitrages, and Sooooooooo Much More. LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on the socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Myka's Management Company: Sharebnb.com Looking for a great Arbitrage? Click here! https://zfrmz.com/zIRCwmIDcwNcZ5LXSiJ4 or visit Lo-Casa.com and tell them Li...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 320
Myka and Steven are talking shop. How adding bedrooms improves profitability, house hacking to accumulate properties, convincing sellers to seller finance and the art of virtual staging. This and a lot more, LIVE LET THRIVE YALL!!!!!!!LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.comLiveLetThrive@gmail.com@LiveLetTrive on the socials!Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.comMyka's Management Company: Sharebnb.comLooking for a great Arbitrage? Click here! https://zfrmz.com/zIRCwmIDcwNcZ5LXSiJ4or vis...
May 07, 2025•57 min•Ep. 319
Myka and Steve dig into the customer experience and providing outstanding customer service which leads to the ability to charge a lot more. Also, we discuss the benefits of wiring every room with ethernet cable and how to setup pad split common areas, all this and more, LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!!!!LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.comLiveLetThrive@gmail.com@LiveLetTrive on the socials!Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.comMyka's Management Company: Sharebnb.comLooking for a great Arbit...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Justin King from PadSplit hops on the podcast and tells us all about the amazing new way landlords (and arbitragers) are renting out their homes by the room on PadSplit and making great money! Not only that, they are also helping to solve the housing crisis in America. So much great info, take notes and schedule a call with Justin himself! LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!!LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.comLiveLetThrive@gmail.com@LiveLetTrive on the socials!Steve's Management Company: ArgestRental...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 317
This week Myka and Steve are back with some stimulating conversation, we cover Pad Split, renting your Airbnb by the room. Are home warranties worth it? World Cup 2026 is coming, how will Airbnbs do? And dealing with an April slowdown? All this and so much more, LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!!LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.comLiveLetThrive@gmail.com@LiveLetTrive on the socials!Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.comMyka's Management Company: Sharebnb.comLooking for a great Arbitrage? Clic...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 316
Today Steve and Myka talk about the value of being on VRBO and Booking.com and how you can safely make good money on those platforms. How Tariffs will affect housing prices and interest rates. The inaccuracy of AirDNA, and so much more, let's Go! LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!!LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.comLiveLetThrive@gmail.com@LiveLetTrive on the socials!Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.comMyka's Management Company: Sharebnb.comLooking for a great Arbitrage? Click here! https://...
Apr 12, 2025•59 min•Ep. 315
Myka and Steve are BACK to talk everything STR/MTR/LTR! We discuss lucrative government contracts for big mid-term bucks. Buying houses with swimming pools, picking up already furnished Airbnb Arbitrages for a great price and will Tariffs mixed with high inflation, lead to more domestic travel and staycations as opposed to international travel? All this and more, LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!!LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.comLiveLetThrive@gmail.com@LiveLetTrive on the socials!Steve's Manageme...
Apr 03, 2025•58 min
Stevie Stacks and Money Myka are BACK! After a long hiatus. And we discuss the out of control Squatting Situation on Airbnb and how to prevent them from infiltrating and taking over your place! Plus so much more Short Term and Mid-Term Rental Fun! LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on the socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Myka's Management Company: Sharebnb.com Looking for a great Arbitrage? Click here! h...
Jan 11, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Stevie Stacks is back to talk everything Airbnb/Corporate Rentals starting with how to save a ton of money while setting up your airbnb/corporate rental. We also talk sky high long term rental prices, Deleting useless Airbnb apps and the importance of good accounting. All this and sooooo much more, LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on the socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Looking for a great Arbitrage? C...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Stevie Stacks is back with more tales from his crazy STR/MTR journey including removing dead cats from an arbitrage, why it's best to cancel bad guests quickly, why renting appliances may be better than buying and sooooo much more. LLT Y'all!!! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on the socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Looking for a great Arbitrage? Click here! https://zfrmz.com/zIRCwmIDcwNcZ5LXSiJ4 or visit Lo-Casa.com and tell ...
Oct 10, 2024•52 min
Another loaded episode of LLT comes at you from Stevie Stacks! We talk the joy of cleaners & maintenance, both can sink your business quickly. How getting those early bookings/reviews is critical, Seller Financing your Airbnb property and so much more, LLT Y'ALL!!! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Remember to subscribe to @Liveletthrive on YouTube, iTunes, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, or whe...
Sep 25, 2024•58 min
Stevie Stacks is back to update you on his journey of chaos and STR! How creating a 4th bedroom at a house spiked his bookings big time. Selling off Arbitrages. Turo vs Traditional rental car companies, how upselling makes all the difference. LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Remember to subscribe to @Liveletthrive on YouTube, iTunes, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, or where...
Sep 20, 2024•47 min
It's not always a gimme who's supposed to take care of which maintenance needs, Stevie Stacks helps guide you through the "expensive" world of Arbitrage Maintenance. It could make or break your business! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Remember to subscribe to @Liveletthrive on YouTube, iTunes, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, or wherever you listen to podcasts for the full episode! Keep living, le...
Sep 16, 2024•59 min
Join Steve on the new episode of LiveLetThrive as we dive into balancing the challenges of Short-Term and Mid-Term Rentals (STR/MTR) while unlocking new opportunities. Now's the time to explore rental arbitrage and maximize your potential! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Remember to subscribe to @Liveletthrive on YouTube, iTunes, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, or wherever you listen to podcasts f...
Sep 04, 2024•55 min
For this week's episode, Steve covers the 7 stages of buying a short-term rental, plus a ton of other STR/MTR/Corporate Rentals topics. It’s a packed episode as usual. LIVE, LET THRIVE, Y'ALL!!! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Remember to subscribe to @Liveletthrive on YouTube, iTunes, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, or wherever you listen to podcasts for the full episode! Keep living, letting, an...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min
The OG Myka is back on this exciting, semi-drunken episode of LLT! We go deep on Slumlord Arbitrage Owners who don't wanna fix anything and end up wrecking your money! Thanks Evolve for sucking and sending so many clients our way. Get on Linked In for Corporate networking and why is Hood Food way better?! This and tons more, LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com @LiveLetTrive on the socials! Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.comMyka's...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Stevie Stacks vents and lets it all out in this episode. He talks the good, the bad and the ugly about the STR world, and how to improve it. Also he speaks on being grateful and appreciative for all the good in STR and mending fences with great friends of the past. We're all in this together y'all, to LIVE LET THRIVE!!! LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals.com Remember to subscribe to @Liveletthrive on YouTube, iTunes, iHear...
Jul 19, 2024•47 min
Teonna has been in the game for a while and has the knowledge to prove it. She makes money with houses, cars, arbitrages and more. Accountant by trade (specializing in STR Accounting) and serial entrepreneur, you will learn all the ins and outs of the share economy on this episode. Live Let Thrive y'all!!! Teonna's info: @Teonna.theBoss @YourVirtualBookkeeper www.YourVirtualBookkeeper.net LLT info: Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com Steve's Management Company: ArgestRentals...
Jul 10, 2024•42 min
Airbnb guests are getting out of control. They are cancelling for made up reasons and demanding full refunds OR ELSE! Here's how to handle these situations. Also, busy season pricing. Going 100% Corporate. Home buying with STR/MTR numbers and so much more! LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL! Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com www.TheMuseCoffee.co use code LLT for 20% off!!! Steve's Management Company: www.ArgestRentals.com Steve's Cell: 469-754-9553 (hit me up!) Remember to subscribe to...
May 24, 2024•37 min
Johnson Crutchfield is a multifaceted entrepreneur, educator, and real estate expert. With a family and faith-focused approach he has been able to amass a 30 million dollar portfolio and has started other successful businesses as well. Get the notepad out for this one. LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!! Johnoson's info: Website: https://www.grabthemap.comTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@grabthemap (1000 followers)YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@grabthemappodcast (11,500 subscribers)Instagram: https://www...
May 15, 2024•46 min
David Pere takes us on his journey from full time military life to jumping full boar into real estate investing. From house hacking, VA purchasing to taking down Big Hotels and everything in-between, His journey will definitely inspire you to dream BIGGER! LIVE LET THRIVE Y'ALL!!! David's info: www.frommilitarytomillionaire.com Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com www.TheMuseCoffee.co use code LLT for 20% off!!! Steve's Management Company: www.ArgestRentals.com Steve's Cell: ...
May 08, 2024•49 min
OG Myka Artis, LLT Co-host, returns to talk shop on LLT! We talk creative finance, STR/MTR, Arbitrage, networking, breaking free from Airbnb and More! Live Let Thrive Y'all!!! Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.comLiveLetThrive@gmail.comwww.TheMuseCoffee.co use code LLT for 20% off!!! Steve's Management Company: www.ArgestRentals.comSteve's Cell: 469-754-9553 (hit me up!) Myka's Info: @mykaArtis @sharebednbreakfast Click our Link Tree for Podcast News! https://linktr.ee/liveletthrive #airbnb #airbnbho...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Stevie Stacks tells a crazy story about an Airbnb check-in glitch that granted early access to a guest waaaaay before check-in time and it led to chaos, accusations, and police being called out! Oh, and the guest was a true PSYCHO, which didn't help things. Good info on fixing glitches and dealing with Psycho Guests. Gotta keep Living, Letting, and Thriving Y'all! Hit us up! www.LiveLetThrive.com LiveLetThrive@gmail.com www.TheMuseCoffee.co use code LLT for 20% off!!! Steve's Management Company:...
Apr 26, 2024•50 min
