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Sep 14
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Luxury Short Term Rentals with Fahad Far...

Victor Menasce
About this episode

Fahad Farhat is based in Toronto where he specializes in luxury short term rentals. This conversation breaks the mold on what you think of short term rentals. He manages more than $30M of properties in Florida, Vegas, Muskoka, Toronto and several other key locations.

To connect with Fahad, visit ffrealtor on Instagram or visit his website at artofgreatness.co.

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