{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How to Build Peace-of-Mind Into Your Business: The Story Behind Lodgering with Oscar Rubio","description":"What if the stress, chaos, and hidden workload of managing your property while living abroad could be replaced with clarity, control, and peace of mind? In this episode, I sit down with Oscar Rubio, founder and CEO of Lodgering, a SaaS platform designed to solve one of the most emotionally taxing problems in real estate and mobility: managing a home from thousands of miles away. Oscar shares the deeply personal journey that led him from overworked \u201cone-man orchestra\u201d to leading a scalable, global platform used by institutions, homeowners, and relocated professionals. We explore the messy realities of mobility\u2014overbookings, lost bookings, endless emails, operational burnout, and stressful overseas incidents\u2014and how Oscar transformed years of painful, unscalable work into a streamlined, AI-powered ecosystem designed to give every user what they truly want: safety, clarity, and peace of mind. This is a conversation about resilience, reinvention, and building a business that supports your life\u2014not the other way around. On This Episode 01:10 \u2014 The early days: visiting properties in person, doing everything manually, and learning relocation from the ground up 01:50 \u2014 Building multiple companies in Madrid\u2026 until COVID nearly shut everything down 02:23 \u2014 The turning point: digitizing every process into a scalable ecosystem\u2014Lodgering 02:49 \u2014 Kyle introduces the idea of a multi-sided marketplace and asks Oscar how Lodgering works 03:14 \u2014 Oscar explains why Lodgering is a SaaS, not a marketplace\u2014and why connecting platforms multiplies value 03:39 \u2014 Kyle frames Oscar\u2019s entrepreneurial journey as a story of scaling through repeated reinvention 04:11 \u2014 Oscar explains why experience is both \u201cyour enemy and your ally\u201d when building a company 04:36 \u2014 Why resilience and learning from mistakes define long-term entrepreneurial growth 05:02 \u2014 Kyle asks about the real problems faced by Oscar\u2019s ideal clients 05:33 \u2014 Oscar describes hearing from CEOs: \u201cyou digitalized all our pains\u201d 05:59 \u2014 Where the chaos really begins: managing 6+ booking platforms with no centralization 06:10 \u2014 The consequences: overbookings, underbookings, lost revenue, missed emails, and zero visibility 06:45 \u2014 Kyle presses for more specifics\u2014and Oscar breaks down the true operational pain points 07:00 \u2014 Tenant issues, contracts, payments, incidents, and too many tools stitched together 08:00 \u2014 Why moving abroad is inherently stressful\u2014and how Lodgering reduces that emotional load 08:41 \u2014 Kyle reflects on the \u201cpart-time job\u201d hidden inside what should be passive income 09:07 \u2014 Oscar reveals the burnout facing operational teams and why they often quit 09:59 \u2014 The chaos spiral: missed calls, unanswered emails, confusion between owners, tenants, and institutions 10:11 \u2014 Kyle clarifies the definition of \u201crelocated\u201d\u2014midterm stays of 1\u201311 months 11:06 \u2014 The mid-term rental boom: engineers, students, and global project workers 11:25 \u2014 The hidden burden for international offices and HR teams 12:00 \u2014 Kyle asks what makes Lodgering truly different 12:20 \u2014 Oscar reveals Phase 2: integrating AI to anticipate needs, automate proposals, and match services 13:13 \u2014 Kyle explores the benefits: saving time, saving money, protecting reputation 13:49 \u2014 Oscar describes how incident data helps predict, prevent, and budget issues 14:45 \u2014 Lodgering as a system for increasing occupancy, reducing operations costs, and improving decisions 15:00 \u2014 Kyle summarizes what users want: safety, clarity, peace of mind 15:21 \u2014 Oscar shares Lodgering\u2019s internal philosophy: \u201cWe Do Care,\u201d emphasizing empathy, not just technology 16:15 \u2014 Kyle begins the emotional story-mining process\u2014inviting Oscar to recall core moments 17:08 \u2014 Oscar\u2019s breakthrough realization: booking emails in spam, endless paperwork, and unscalable chaos 18:32 \u2014 Kyle asks what Oscar\u2019s life looked like during this period 18:45 \u2014 Oscar shares honest details: 13\u201314 hour days, weekends preparing agendas, work as a \u201chobby\u201d 19:25 \u2014 Golf: the only thing that finally pulled him out of work mode 20:10 \u2014 Kyle connects his experience to the emotional journey of Oscar\u2019s clients 20:36 \u2014 Oscar discusses ambition, effort, and the endless drive to improve 21:14 \u2014 Kyle asks for the contrasting future moment\u2014when things finally aligned 21:50 \u2014 Oscar shares his dream: entrepreneur support, family time, and golf 22:30 \u2014 What has already changed: hiring an executive team, stepping into strategic leadership 22:55 \u2014 Leaving behind the \u201cone-man orchestra\u201d 23:09 \u2014 Kyle retells Oscar\u2019s story live\u2014emotional, vivid, narrative form 26:43 \u2014 Oscar reacts: \u201cYou crossed my mind\u2026 that\u2019s exactly my story.\u201d 27:14 \u2014 Oscar reflects on the interview experience\u2014\u201cdifferent in the best way\u201d 27:28 \u2014 Where to find Oscar and learn more about Lodgering 27:55 \u2014 Closing the episode ","author_name":"The Story Engine Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/podcast.thestoryengine.co\/","html":"