M&A 101: The Fundamentals

M&A has come to short-term rentals, and the calls are already coming in. This session catches you up: what's pulling private equity and the big operators into buying property management companies, what makes one worth buying, and the vocabulary a deal runs on, EBITDA, multiples, earnouts, gross booking value, in plain language. You'll leave understanding why a call or a letter might have come to you, and able to read an offer for what it is instead of figuring it out when it happens.

Who You'll Learn From

Colin Carvey

Founder & CEO, Revedy

Colin ran 88 acquisitions as Head of Growth at Vacasa, tripled its growth, and helped take the company through a $319M Series C. After 20+ years in financial services, he now runs Revedy, whose platform lets investors predict the real yield, occupancy, and ADR of a property before they buy it.

Zac Monahan

Principal, Z to A Consulting Solutions · COO, Bungalow

Zac has spent over 20 years in operations, the last 11 in property management, leading the acquisition of 200+ management companies across the US, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. He now advises operators and investors on acquisitions and runs single-family and co-living operations at Bungalow.

Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Host

Storyteller. Connector. Nerd.

Kathleen is a fractional CMO for several vacation rental companies and the CMO of VRNation. She's passionately curious about the forces shaping the industry.