Author: Nick and Shannan Copland

We didn’t come from wealthy families or real estate backgrounds. Our story is shaped by a simple desire for more freedom and time with our family. After getting our start hosting unique rentals in California, a move to the Pacific Northwest led us to accidentally discover the midterm rental niche when travel nurses began booking our house-hack unit for months at a time during the Covid pandemic. The cash flow and stability far outperformed anything we’d seen with short-term rentals. So we doubled down. We didn’t use partners or fancy financing. For us it was just discipline, hustle, and reinvesting everything back into the business. Before long, those midterm rentals replaced our W-2 income and gave us back something even more valuable than cash flow: our time. Today, we run MTR Authority to help others build businesses that create freedom. We focus on building income streams where you can choose how you spend your days, be present with your family, and build real, lasting wealth through simple and proven strategies.