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I manage 134 Airbnb rentals.

Here's how I use the 'rent-to-rent'
strategy to earn a passive income
without having to buy property.

Kiera Fields Feb 9, 2022, 6:13 AM

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Ryan Luke used the rental arbitrage, or rent-to-rent

strategy, to scale his Airbnb portfolio faster. Ryan Luke

Ryan Luke used a lease-option deal to get

a property he could rent out in March
2019.

Having not found a tenant, he put the

rental on Airbnb – within days he made
thousands in bookings.

Luke now runs his Airbnb business full

time and has 134 properties across the
UK and Dubai.

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Within seven months from putting my

`rst lease option on Airbnb, I was
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