Part One: Getting Started, From Idea to Income. A practical, personal guide to entering the shortlet business as an agent, a host or an investor, written by Joy O. Amadasun of Held Olive Realty Co.
22 chapters · Written from four years of hands-on experience
“This book is dedicated to everyone who started with nothing but a phone and a dream. Every agent working tirelessly, every host answering guest calls at midnight, every investor who took a chance on shortlets in Nigeria. This is for you.”
Not theory. A first-hand account of building a shortlet business in Nigeria, from the first booking to a trusted network of 500+ agents.
“You are not just linking people to houses, you are connecting them to peace of mind, soft life and special memories.”
“Hospitality is not about luxury. It is about how you make people feel. And the ones who feel something will always come back.”
“Structure will always beat vibes. You can have the nicest energy, but if your process is scattered, your results will be too.”
Starting with no property, just a phone and the drive to connect guests to homes.
Managing a space, a brand and a guest experience, from one unit to several.
Funding apartments and building the right team to manage them well.
Before Shortstay Abuja became a name people knew, it was just a phone and a quiet fire to make something out of nothing. For four years, Joy didn’t own a single apartment. She connected guests to homes, marketed spaces she had no keys to, and learned the business from showing up daily rather than from books.
In 2025 she got the keys to her first unit, already carrying years of hands-on lessons and real leverage. This book is that blueprint: what worked, and how you can make it work for you.
No. Chapter II is built around exactly this. You can start as an agent, a host or an investor, and the book walks through all three roles.
The lessons are drawn from running a shortlet business in Abuja, with a dedicated chapter comparing Lagos and Abuja so the frameworks apply more broadly.
It’s an ebook, Part One of The Shortlet Blueprint, written as a personal, practical guide rather than a formal course.
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No. Nothing can guarantee that. The book shares what worked, the mistakes to avoid, and a realistic path, but the results depend on your own effort and consistency.
Part One covers getting started. Systems, scaling, automation and long-term wealth are planned for a future part.
Part One: Getting Started, From Idea to Income — 22 chapters written from real, hands-on experience.
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You do not need to compare your pace to anyone else. Every host you look up to had a first listing, a first guest, a first mistake, and grew from there.
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