Meet the Community | Introduce Yourself

Hey Hospitable community!  
 

• 🎤 Name - Mindi Irvine
• 📍 Location - Live in Walla Walla, WA - cohost in multiple markets in the PNW as well as Indianapolis, Seminole, FL and Asheville, NC 
• 📅 Number of years hosting - 8 years 
• 🤝 What you do: Owner, self-manager, co-host, property manager, industry vendor, cleaner etc. - Operations Director of our cohosting company, Oasis Escapes, which I manage with my son, our Marketing Director, Alex Irvine
• 🏡 Number of properties managed - 22 (Including our owned properties)
• 🎨 Interesting fact about you - I was a PT practice owner for 30 years before exiting the health field and starting up a new business - Interestingly enough I was able to keep the name - Oasis 
  We went from Oasis Physical Therapy to Oasis Escapes Management  (ha ha)! 

Hey there! Long time listener, first time caller :-)

• 🎤 Tom Beerley
• 📍 Ocean City, MD
• 📅 5 years hosting
• 🤝 Self-manager + property manager + co-host
• 🏡 12 properties managed (6 of our own; 1 for family; 5 for clients)
• 🎨 Interesting fact about me: I can drive with one knee

Hello 👋 Linda here:

I have been hosting since 2019.

I currently manage 15 properties with 7 in Spokane, WA and 8 in Kellogg, ID at the Silver Mountain ski/mountain bike resort. 
 

I currently reside in San Vicente, Mexico about 40 min from Puerto Vallarta. My husband son and I moved here 2 years ago.

We live to travel and love to scuba dive. We have definitely increased how much traveling we do since moving here and are only restricted by our son’s school schedule.

We have found that guests are generally great or really bad and there is not much for middle ground on that but luckily (knock on wood) we haven’t had too many terrible guests over the years and luckily we have had generally good luck with Airbnb reimbursement thus far.

• 🎤 Name: Tracy McDonald
• 📍 Location: hosting in Nags Head, NC
• 📅 Number of years hosting: Hosting since 2019
• 🤝 What you do: Owner, self-manager
• 🏡 Number of properties managed - 2
• 🎨 Interesting fact about you - I retired from the fire department last year. 

Hi everyone!  Glad to be here!

🎤 Tracy Simmons

• 📍 Location: Milledgeville, Georgia

• 📅 Hospitable User Since: March 2024

• 🤝 Host Status: Owner, Self-Manager & Co-Host (Started self-managing my own treehouse & tiny house; Airbnb reached out last year to become a co-host, and I now manage for 6 owners!)

• 🏡 Properties Managed: 8 total

• 🎨 Background & Story: Prior to property management, I spent years working in education, university career programs, bookstore operation, and payroll. I pivoted into short-term rentals and property management so I could build a flexible business close to home, spend quality time with my husband Jeff, and stay connected with our growing family and grandkids!

Hey everyone! Glad to be part of this community.

I’m an active Hospitable host and the co-founder of Jubilee Property Partners. Looking forward to learning from everyone here and helping where I can.

🎤 Hilary W.
📍 California, USA  
📅 Hosting for 4+ years, love using Hospitable for our Guest Messaging and Operational work
🤝 Owner / Co-host / Property Manaager
🏡 1 property, with a second and third coming soon  
🎨 I am a hula and tahitian dancer

Looking forward to connecting — especially around guest experiences, cleaner workflows, and the small details that can guarantee a 5-star review!

• 🎤 Kosby Carrico
• 📍 Delaware, OH & Lake Gaston, NC (www.thedelawaresuites.com)
• 📅 Number of years hosting: 3
• 🤝 What you do: Owner & Operator of 4 STRS & 1LTR, looking to co-host more!
• 🎨 Interesting fact about you:  I once flew the Fuji Blimp over Las Vegas!

Hi! I’ve been doing Airbnb a couple years when I’m away from my house in LA. Just joined hospitable to diversify channels.

Hi everyone! 👋

🎤 Ashley Prince
📍 Rochester, Michigan
📅 5+ years hosting, and on Hospitable since the very beginning
🤝 Owner and self-manager, together with my husband Matt
🏡 3 properties: Merry Mermaid Tree House on Anna Maria Island, FL (pool, spa and a rooftop for sunsets), Higgins Lake Sunrise Cottage up north in Michigan (lakefront with a seasonal guest cottage), and Mountain Modern, a ski condo steps from the gondola in Steamboat Springs, CO
🎨 Fun fact: Matt and I are both doctors raising our kids in Michigan, and we run our homes the way we love to travel: spotless, fully stocked, and a real person answering messages.

Lately I've been using Claude with the Hospitable MCP to audit and fix our channel setups (we just got Booking.com dialed in), and I'm happy to share what's worked for a beach house, a lake house and a ski condo. Looking forward to learning from all of you!

• 🎤 Adam Blood
• 📍 Live in Bradenton, FL- Host in DE, MD & SC
• 📅 Number of years hosting: 8
• 🤝 What you do: Owner, STR Arbitrage, Property Manager & Co-host next
• 🏡 Number of properties managed: 10
• 🎨 Interesting fact about you: I started hosting by long traveling during the summer and renting our home.

Hi Everyone!

• 🎤 Kathryn Durden
• 📍 Lynchburg, VA
• 📅 Number of years hosting: 6
• 🤝 What you do: Own and manage
• 🏡 Number of properties managed: Own 7 units, manage an additional 9 with 2-3 hopefully launching early next year (our specialty is duplexes and design/setup of new properties)
• 🎨 Interesting fact about you: I have a Master’s degree in Social Work and I’m training for my first ultramarathon👟

• 🎤 Keith
• 📍United Kingdom
• 📅 2 years hosting.  
  🤝 Owner, and self-manager,.
• 🏡 Number of properties managed 2 sometimes 3.
• 🎨 Interesting fact about you.  I am filling this in for Hospitable Rewards.  Yes thats me!  

Hi everyone,

I’m Ttravi_Victor,  our company is part of the Hospitable Partners community. Excited to be here and get to know how hosts in this group are running their properties.

A bit about why I’m here: I spend my days thinking about AI search traffic, direct booking revenue, guest experience, reviews, and how hosts turn great stays into repeat bookings, so these are the kinds of conversations I’d love to jump into. If you’ve got questions in that space, or just want to compare notes on what’s working (or not) for you, I’m happy to help however I can.

Looking forward to being part of the discussions here — feel free to tag me if there’s ever something in my wheelhouse I can weigh in on. 😊 
Victor

Hello Community! Huge fan of Hospitable. Besides of course helping me scale my STR business, it’s played a huge part in my creative work with automations, integrations, systems, and so much more. 

• 🎤 Sam Esecson
• 📍 Seattle, WA
• 📅 Number of years hosting: 8
• 🤝 What you do: Owner, host, co-host/manager - weatherwood.co 
• 🏡 Number of properties managed: 20-25
• 🎨 Interesting fact about you: i’m also a touring musician 

Hey guys! My name is Josh West and I own www.strs.rentals! I recently transitioned out of the insurance industry after 11 years and have jumped into STR management full time! Hope to connect with some of you! 

​@Sam Esecson , 25 properties is quite a portfolio!

We work with companies just like yours, providing AI Digital Co-Hosts that handle guest communication, reservations, and day-to-day housekeeping and maintenance operations alongside your team.

And the best part? We help give you back your most valuable resource — time to spend on what you love, including your music! 😎

Given your interest in automation and integrations, I think we’d have a lot to talk about. Happy to connect and exchange ideas!

Feel free to reach out directly or schedule a call at your convenience.

Email: lana.u@polydom.ai

Calendar: https://calendly.com/lana-u-polydom/30min

Hello all!

• 🎤 Edward Silva
• 📍 Charlottesville, VA
• 📅 1 years hosting
• 🤝 Self-manager
• 🏡 4 properties managed (12 unique listings)
• 🎨 Interesting fact about me: I grew up farming almonds in California.

I am in the phase of my property manager journey where I’m looking to really integrate AI into a lot of the SOPs and processes my team and I have built. Welcome any feedback on who does this really well!

​@Travi_Victor please turn your bot off. It's not appropriate to be spamming every post on the community introductions page. 

​@Petra Podobnik 

Thanks for the heads up ​@Tom Beerley. 💜

Hi ​@Travi_Victor! I moved your intro post to our Introductions thread here, as we keep all introductions in one place. Otherwise, as you can imagine, things could get a bit messy.

I'm not sure how your bot is set up, but if you could turn it off here, that would be amazing. Thanks!

• 🎤 Sarah Severson
• 📍 Zion National Park (Hurricane, Utah)
• 📅 Number of years hosting: 3
• 🤝 What you do: Owner - zionpostcardhouse.com
• 🏡 Number of properties managed: 1 for now 
• 🎨 Interesting fact about you: I’m originally from Chicago but have lived in Utah for the last 10 years. Our primary home is in a charming town called Midway where Hallmark movies are filmed!