Why I started Haven Stay Managing
My wife and I have owned a short-term rental on the Big Island of Hawaii since 2018. We bought our first home there in 2017 and lost it to the volcano a year later. We started over, bought our second, and have been renting it ever since.
We've learned this business the hard way. We've carried the mortgage with no bookings coming in. We've rebuilt our customer base from zero after losing the first house. We've sat through the COVID lockdowns when the island was closed and nobody was coming. We've also seen what happens when the listing is running well, when the photos are right, the pricing is sharp, the calendar stays full, and the property genuinely pays for itself.
The difference between those two states isn't luck. It's whether someone is paying attention to the listing like a business instead of a hobby.
That's the firm I'm building. Most owners I talk to don't need someone to take their property over and skim 20% off the top. They need someone who has actually lived in their shoes and can help them earn more, stress less, and run their listing like the income source it can be, while staying the host of record.
We work alongside owners, not over them. We don't take possession of properties, don't collect rent, and don't sign on owners' behalf. We help owners get better at what they're already doing.
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