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How We Manage
We take
the cleaners, the Airbnb disputes, the pricing, the hassle — and yes, the plungers —
so you can have a paid vacation.
How we manage

Stewardship is better than management.

The word steward is a thousand years old. Before anyone put it on a business card, it meant the person trusted to keep someone else's hall. Ward of the house. Trusted with the keys, the hearth, and the reputation of the family that lived there.

We are your neighbors. We own homes on Airbnb just like you. We will care for your home like it's our own.

A slick platform can't drive by your house and notice a porch light that's burned out. A foreign call center isn't going to inspect after every cleaning to make sure your home is up to the standard your guests expect. A fancy chat bot isn't going to catch the small trickle leak on your hot water heater. We catch things like that because we care. We physically go to your house and approach it with love, as if it were our own home, because as a steward it is our home.

That is why stewardship is better than management.

The eight steps.

Everything that happens between the Discovery Call and your first guest check-in. If your home is ready to go, we can have you live in as little as 24 hours — though a full setup, done right, usually takes closer to 30 days.
01

Your Property Report.

We pull real comparable-property data in your neighborhood — occupancy, nightly rates, seasonality — and send you a Flourish Property Report with a realistic revenue range for your property. ~48 hrs · PDF report · Yours to keep either way
02

Discovery Call.

A free 30-minute conversation. We learn your property, your goals, and your timeline — and tell you, honestly, whether STR is right for this home. ~30 min · No pressure
03

Onboarding & Styling Meeting.

If you'd like to move forward, we collect a $500 deposit. Then we meet at the property for a thorough walkthrough (about two hours) and cover every part of the home:
(a) Maintenance list — everything that needs to be handled before going live.
(b) Upgrade recommendations — we'll guide you toward high-ROI improvements.
(c) Legal & compliance — permits, lodging tax, HOA, insurance.
Everything goes into a single onboarding checklist. You choose what to handle yourself and what you'd like us to take care of.
~2 hrs on-site · $500 deposit · You pick the lane
04

Decorating & Outfitting.

Design is a critical part of a successful Airbnb. Depending on what your house needs, we can refer you to designers we work with or handle it in house. Everything from dishes to bedding needs to be purchased — we can take care of it, or hand you the list and you can shop it yourself. In-house or referred · Done-for-you or DIY
05

Deep Clean.

Once maintenance is complete and the house is fully decorated, our cleaning team does a full deep clean — so the property is spotless the moment the camera comes out. Pro cleaning team · Top-to-bottom
06

Photo Shoot.

Professional photography — the single highest-ROI marketing asset your listing will ever have. Drone and video where it helps. Pro photographer · Drone & video optional
07

Listing Goes Live.

Your listing goes live across the major booking platforms and our direct-booking channels. The dynamic pricing engine starts. From there it's live operations — every message, every check-in, every cleaning, every repair, every review. We handle it, in your neighborhood, with real people, 24/7. Your phone stays quiet. Every day · No contracts · Block dates anytime to stay in your own home — no charge
08

Flourishing.

Regular owner updates and ongoing communication. A property that pays for your life, not the other way around. Forever, if you want

Ready when you are.

It starts with a free property report for your address — real numbers, usually within minutes. No pressure. Just the truth about your home.

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What's Included

Full service means
full service.

Revenue

Make the Money

  • Dynamic pricing engine
  • Channel optimization
  • On-platform SEO
  • Length-of-stay strategy
  • Revenue reporting
  • Listing A/B testing
Guest Experience

Earn the Reviews

  • 24/7 guest messaging
  • Check-in & check-out
  • Welcome gifts & local guides
  • Issue resolution
  • Damage & dispute handling
  • Review response & reputation
Property Care

Protect the Home

  • Professional cleaning
  • Post-stay inspections
  • Maintenance coordination
  • Smart home & noise sensors
  • Vendor network
  • Twice-a-year deep cleans
Marketing & Design

Win the Click

  • Professional photography
  • Interior staging consult
  • Listing copywriting
  • Drone / video content
  • On-platform SEO
  • Refreshed photos as needed
Compliance

Stay Legal

  • STR permit filing
  • Lodging tax registration
  • County rule research
  • Insurance coordination
  • HOA liaison
  • Neighbor relations
Owner Experience

Keep You Informed

  • Monthly financial reports
  • Quarterly strategy calls
  • Direct cell # for our team
  • Owner stay blocking
  • Annual tax packet
  • Real humans, 24/7
Trust & Safety

No Surprises

  • Guest screening
  • Party-stop technology
  • Platform damage protection
  • Chargeback defense
  • Emergency response
  • Noise-monitoring devices
Stay Flourish Difference

The Part No One Else Does

  • Locally owned & operated
  • Same team. All properties.
  • Local vendor loyalty
  • No middleman layers
  • Contract, but no lock-in
  • You can call Andrew.
Pricing

Transparent. Aligned.
Always on your side.

We only earn when you earn. Percentage of revenue — so every pricing decision, every guest, every review matters to us as much as it does to you.
Three ways in
Your home. Your call.
Tap any line item for details
Basic
18%
Management Fee
Most Popular
Pro
30%25%
Management Fee
Hands-Off
35%30%
Management Fee
The essentials — in every plan

Our pricing model reviews your competitive set in real time — factoring in booking pace, occupancy trends, competitor rate movements, local event calendars, and search-rank signals across the OTAs to set your nightly rate. We optimize for RevPAN (Revenue per Available Night), which measures total calendar return rather than any single night's rate. The model tunes three variables together: nightly rate, minimum length of stay, and lead-time-based rate fencing. On discounted long-stays, we run a displacement check to make sure the booking earns more than the higher-yield short bookings it would block. Every published rate is reviewed by a person on our team before it goes live.

Our pricing algorithm pulls real-time short-term rental data across your market and moves your nightly rate with demand: holidays, local events, seasonal shifts, last-minute booking windows. A person on our team reviews every price before it goes live. We optimize for revenue per available night, which grades your whole calendar instead of one big Saturday. In practice we'll often stretch your Average Length of Stay to cut vacancy. An empty night pays zero.

We have a team dedicated to customer service and guest relations. Guests have direct access to our team at any point during their stay. We answer all the questions guests have, including how to use the TV remote.

We work with an accountant and CPA to ensure your money goes to the correct places, and is organized in the correct form to make tax season a breeze.

We assess potential guests coming to your property for safety, cleanliness, and reliability before any booking is confirmed.

Each property boasts unique features and surrounding places that offer more to the guest than just a place to sleep. We build custom guidebooks for each listing so guests are in the know about the attractions in the area.

Airbnb regularly updates its ranking algorithm. Our team is on the cutting edge of these changes — we run in-depth research and testing to see what causes properties to rank the highest. Your home's ranking is directly linked to how much revenue it makes. Airbnb hides properties from potential guests that don't rank well. The boost in SEO and subsequent revenue our team generates often covers our management fees on its own.

Short-term rental guests don't operate on a business schedule. When something goes wrong at 11pm — a missing key code, a broken air conditioner, a noise complaint — we answer. Our team covers overnight and weekend hours so no guest is stuck and no owner gets a 2am phone call.

We protect guests, neighbors, and your space alike by watching out for unauthorized parties. You purchase a Minut sound sensor and subscription; we handle the setup, monitoring, and response.

We help you set up exterior security cameras (Wyze) around your property and monitor footage when incidents are reported — check-in disputes, damage claims, suspected unauthorized guests. Cameras are exterior-only, in compliance with Airbnb and Washington State privacy law. Owner purchases the cameras; we handle the setup and monitoring.

A smart lock at your front door means every guest gets a unique code that activates on arrival and expires at checkout, so you never hand off a key, lose a key, or rekey between guests. We manage the code roster for every booking and do unlocks for guests who forget their code.

Everything in Basic, plus —

Booking taxes are collected and remitted automatically by the platforms; we provide resources — and a referral to a CPA or bookkeeper — to navigate King and Snohomish County requirements so you stay in compliance.

We work with local designers and other creatives to offer our clients top-tier design input for your space. We identify areas in need of touching up, resulting in a big impact on overall listing performance.

Our relationships with brokers who specialize in STR insurance help you make the best decisions about protecting your real estate. We deeply care for the safety of your assets.

Deep review of your live listing — photos, headline, description, amenities, pricing floor, and calendar strategy — measured against your top comps in the market.

We keep your cleaners up to date on the cleaning schedule for your home. If a guest extends their stay or a last-minute booking comes in, we call the cleaner directly so everyone stays on the same page and nothing slips. When a cleaner's car breaks down we step in and get a backup cleaner. We log videos after every cleaning so if a guest complains we know if they're making things up to get a discounted rate. You never have to deal with the stress of cleaners — that's our job.

Prefer to use our in-house cleaning team rather than trying to find one? Our vetted, trained crew handles turnover cleans to Airbnb 5-star standards — laundered linens, restocked essentials, and video documentation after every stay. Optional; you can also keep your existing cleaner.

Every 6 months, a member of our team walks the entire property — inside and out. We check for wear-and-tear, safety issues, appliance function, smoke and CO detectors, and anything that might affect the next guest's experience or your long-term property value. You get a written report with photos and a prioritized fix-list.

Running a top-performing STR requires keeping the property in superb condition. Our team coordinates all maintenance needs for your property — vendor selection, scheduling, and quality check — so you can relax knowing things are taken care of.

If a guest leaves a bad review, we contact Airbnb directly and fight to get it removed. If any damages happen to the property, or a guest tries to dishonestly obtain a refund, we handle the entire process. We are your advocates. You don't have to make a single phone call.

We have boots on the ground so you can rest assured — if anything is needed for your property to function at an elite level, one of our local managers will take care of it.

Everything in Pro, plus —

Third-party guest verification adds an extra layer beyond Airbnb's built-in checks — identity confirmation, prior rental history, and risk flags. Runs automatically on every booking. Adds friction that keeps the wrong guests out and gives the right ones nothing to notice.

For Hands-Off owners, we supply the full smart-home stack at no cost — keyless smart lock, Wi-Fi router, and Minut noise/occupancy monitor — installed and configured. Everything is owned and maintained by Stay Flourish and stays with the home while it's under our management. Homeowners on lower tiers can add these items at cost.

Between every guest, our team restocks the essentials — coffee, tea, paper products, dish soap, hand soap, salt and pepper, dishwasher tabs, dryer sheets, and laundry detergent. You never get the 'is there enough toilet paper?' text again, and your guests never write a review saying they had to run to the store. Supply costs are paid for by Stay Flourish!

Once a month, Andrew Nutt blocks 45 minutes on his calendar just for you. Bring anything — a property you're underwriting, a listing you're second-guessing, a deal on the table, a design question, a question about the market, a question about your own portfolio strategy. It's your call. Fourth-generation carpenter, 15+ years operating STRs, exclusively yours for the hour.

Under the Hands-Off tier, we absorb the small stuff — light bulbs, batteries, air filters, cleaning supplies restock.

We offer furniture damage coverage up to $10,000 per customer per year — so a broken lamp or a wine-stained sofa doesn't come out of your pocket.

No contracts.
Leave with 30 days notice, anytime.
No hidden fees.
Setup, onboarding, reporting — included.
You stay free.
The house is still yours. You, your family, and your friends can stay whenever it's not booked — at no cost.
Owner first.
We don't take referral fees from vendors.

Which tier fits your home?

Get your free property report, then a free Owner Strategy Session — we'll listen to your goals and tell you honestly which tier makes sense, or if none of them do.

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Common Questions

What every owner asks us.

What if my house gets trashed?+
How involved you are depends on your tier. On Hands-Off, you might not even know something broke — we replace it, cover it through our furniture damage coverage or the platform's protection, and only loop you in if you want to know. On Basic and Pro, we still run the whole process end-to-end — screen guests, document the damage, file the claim, resolve it — you just approve the outcome instead of chasing it down.
What if friends or family want to stay at my house?+
Free. It's still your home — you, your family, and your friends can stay whenever it isn't booked. Just block the dates on the calendar — it won't cost you anything. Most owners keep their favorite weeks and holidays for themselves and let the property earn the rest of the year.
Do you manage mid-term rentals too?+
Yes — we manage mid-term rentals as well. If a 30-plus-day furnished stay is the better fit for your property or your goals, we'll run it on the same systems and the same hands-on care we bring to every home.
How do you handle noise complaints / angry neighbors?+
We're local, so a real person answers — day or night. Depending on your tier, noise-monitoring devices can flag a gathering before it becomes a problem. But the bigger piece is that we get to know your neighbors on a first-name basis. We drop off holiday baskets. We let them know we're on their side — they can call us before they call anyone else. We take being a good neighbor very seriously, and we look for ways to help them. They're the first line of defense, and we treat them like it.
Can I leave if I'm not happy?+
Always. There's a contract, but no lock-in. If you want the house back, we block the calendar so no new bookings come in — and as soon as the last reservation checks out, it's all yours. We'd rather earn your business every month than trap you in it. Life changes: sometimes you need to sell, sometimes you need to move back — we want your options open.
Will you tell me honestly if my property isn't a good fit?+
Yes — and sometimes we do. We only make money when you make money, so there's no upside in putting you into short-term rental if the numbers or the location don't support it. If a long-term lease or a different play is the smarter move, we'll say so on the call. Andrew owns both long-term and short-term rentals himself, so he can help you decide which is right for your property.
How is this different from Vacasa or Evolve?+
We're locally owned and operated — not a national call center. The same team runs every property we manage, we own short-term rentals here ourselves, and you get a direct cell number for real people in your county. You won't deal with middleman layers or rotating account reps.
Do you take referral fees from cleaners, handymen, etc?+
No. We don't take referral fees or kickbacks from any vendor — cleaners, handymen, contractors. Instead, you get our preferred pricing across our vendor network. Real example: a water leak that would cost a homeowner $15–20K on their own, we've had handled for $5K — because of the relationships we've built and the volume of business we send those vendors. Our only incentive is keeping your property earning and your costs down.
Where do you serve? Do you manage out of state?+
We manage properties across the United States. Every tier of service is available in our home market, the greater Puget Sound region. For properties outside the Puget Sound region we offer our Basic package — remote-friendly management without the on-the-ground extras that only make sense where our local team operates. Short-term rental rules vary a lot by city — see our city-by-city guide for the specific requirements where you own.
Before you decide

Two things worth reading first.

What management actually costs

The real fee ranges, what a fee covers and what it doesn't, and why a lower percentage isn't automatically cheaper.

Read the pricing page →

Why we keep maintenance in house

A repair in a short-term rental has about five hours to happen. What that means, and the 10:14 p.m. call that explains it.

Read the maintenance page →

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