Speakers & Sponsor | Build STR Wealth Live: Rock the Smokies
Speakers & Sponsor

Who You’llLearnFrom.

This lineup is built around people who wake up every day thinking about the same problems you do, just at a different scale.

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Bill FaethBill Faeth
01
Host · Creator, Super Properties

Bill Faeth

Bill has spent more than three decades building companies and investing in real estate, and he carries every one of those years into the stories he tells from the stage. He’s the creator of the Super Properties framework and author of the upcoming book Two Extra Steps: a playbook for taking the small, uncomfortable actions most people avoid and compounding them into extraordinary results.

At the Bootcamp you’ll hear exactly how Bill thinks about market cycles, portfolio construction, and squeezing more profit and more peace of mind out of every move. Not the version he’d post online, the version he actually uses.

02
Host · STR Market Authority

Avery Carl

Avery has guided investors into some of the country’s most popular short-term rental markets, the Smokies chief among them, more times than she can count. She’s lived through the booms, the slowdowns, and the myths that refuse to die even when the data has already buried them.

Her role at the Bootcamp is to give you a clear, unvarnished look at what’s really happening on the ground: not from headlines, but from offers written, deals closed, and properties actually performing or quietly struggling right now.

Avery CarlAvery Carl
Steve SchwabSteve Schwab
03
Founder & CEO, Casago

Steve Schwab

As the founder of Casago, Steve oversees property management at a scale that forces systems, structure, and standards into existence. What feels like chaos to a small operator looks like a recognizable pattern to him, he’s seen it 40,000 times.

He’ll share what he’s learned operating at that level, and more importantly, how you can lift the right pieces into your own business without overcomplicating the thing you actually enjoy running.

04
The Mortgage Shop · Title Sponsor

Brenna Carles

For most investors, the road to the next property runs through a single door: lending. Brenna leads the team at The Mortgage Shop, and they live in the world of short-term rental loans every single day. They know what underwriters are nervous about right now, what they’re genuinely excited to see, and how the smartest investors prepare long before it’s time to close.

During the Bootcamp, Brenna and her team turn that perspective into guidance you can act on: how to present your file, what to get in order now, and how to keep financing from being the quiet thing that kills your next deal.

Brenna CarlesBrenna Carles
Patryk SwietekPatryk Swietek
05
Founder, The Cohost Company

Patryk Swietek

Patryk built The Cohost Company by saying yes to the right things and no to the wrong ones. At the Bootcamp he’ll talk openly about what it actually looked like to go from “I’ll take any door I can get” to a cohosting business with intention: clear contracts, pricing that makes sense, and expectations set in a way that protects everyone.

His story lands hardest if you’re in that in-between stage: not quite a big management company, but well past “this is just a little side gig.”

Title Sponsor

The Mortgage Shop

Throughout the event, you’ll find The Mortgage Shop team at the back of the room, in the hallways, and at the tables between sessions. They’re not just a logo on the program.

They’re here to answer questions, look over scenarios with you, and help you build a financing strategy that doesn’t rely on guesswork. If you’ve ever wished you could sit down with someone who genuinely understands STR lending and just ask all your “dumb” questions, this is the room to do it in.

Five Operators, One Room

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Three days. Your seat is the only thing missing.

Build STR Wealth Live
Rock the Smokies
July 24–26, 2026 · The Ramsey Hotel & Convention Center · Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
General Admission — 2 days, July 25–26 · VIP — 3 days, July 24–26
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