From $50 in His Bank Account to a 140-Key Hotel in Italy | Emanuele Pani E83

Episode notes

What happens when you find a deal that could change everything, but you've drained your bank account just to close it? In this episode, you'll hear exactly how one operator went from cleaning parking lots to owning the building, and what that journey taught him about risk, focus, and building a business that doesn't need you in it every day. A vertically integrated hospitality operator who built an 84-door portfolio across two countries and is now pursuing a 140-key historic hotel in Sardinia, Italy, joins us to share how he thinks about scaling from short-term rentals into boutique hotels. Emanuele Pani's path from maintenance guy to multi-market operator is full of hard-won lessons most investors learn too late.

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