In this episode of The Co-Host Bros Podcast, Matt Codd and Austin Spitzenberger sit down with Phillip and Kate Munoz, a husband-and-wife team who turned a single beach house idea into a growing short-term rental portfolio and management company.

Their journey started in 2020, when Phillip — already investing in long-term rentals — started listening to STR podcasts and convinced Kate (while she was very pregnant) that they should jump into vacation rentals. The pitch? A beach house.

That one decision launched them into a business that has since grown to six personally owned STR properties and more than a dozen co-hosted homes, operating across Florida’s beach markets and the Smoky Mountains.

As their experience grew, Phillip noticed a recurring problem:  ...