Bright living room with a balcony view of a suspension bridge

By the founders of The Flex

The short-term rental playbook behind The Flex

Free training to start. A strategy call to scale.

Who's behind it

Built by the founders of The Flex and Base360.

The Flex founded
2019
homes
400+
revenue
£10M+
cities
7
Raouf Yousfi and Michael Buggy, co-founders of The Flex

Raouf Yousfi & Michael Buggy

Co-founders, The Flex · Base360

From a few London apartments in 2019 to a multi-city operation — and the software built to run it.

  • Forbes 30 Under 30
  • Y Combinator
  • Entrepreneur UK
  • TechCrunch

Pick your starting point

Two programmes, one playbook, built from the exact steps we used at The Flex.

Two ways in

Balcony with breakfast overlooking a Lisbon street

Launch · Learn how to start

Course, live sessions and templates to open your first units.

Start your first rental business, safely

Register for the free webinar

Free 45-min webinar · seats limited

Scale · Grow your operation

12 weeks: weekly group sessions, a monthly 1:1 with a founder, the operator community and full Base360 access.

Turn a few units into a real company

  1. 01Monthly 1:1 with a founder
  2. 02SOPs that remove manual work
  3. 03Base360 included
Book a free strategy call

20–30 min · qualified by a 4-question form

Rooftops and the Seine in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the distance
12weeks

Not another guru course

You can learn this a few ways. Here is what each one leaves out.

Our take

Flex Academy

Built by the founders who run 400+ homes, with live sessions and a monthly 1:1.

Playbook

the exact steps we used at The Flex

YouTube

Free and endless, but nobody puts it in order for you.

Free

tips, but no path from first unit to a real business

Cheap courses

Recorded lessons you finish on your own.

Alone

no one to ask when something breaks

In their words

Reviews

What it was like to learn the playbook and run it for real.

Zoe
ZoeLaunch graduate, Lisbon
I had never hosted a guest. Twelve weeks later my first flat was live, and I knew what to do when the first problem showed up.
Sid
SidScale member, Paris
I already ran four units. The monthly 1:1 helped me fix pricing and my margin went up within a month.
Rebecca
RebeccaLaunch graduate, London
Clear steps, no fluff. I stopped guessing and started following a checklist that already works.

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