Documented, not improvised.
Four disciplines run every week on every property. Below is what each one actually involves, how the first three weeks go, and where our scope ends.
Revenue — priced weekly, against the real comp set
Anyone can book July. The extra revenue lives in the shoulder weeks, the orphan gaps between bookings, and the compression events nobody else priced for — a festival, a wedding weekend, an early fall colour peak. Minimum-night rules and gap rules are tuned monthly rather than set once.
Marketing — the listing is rebuilt, not maintained
Photos re-ordered, title and opening lines re-cut for whoever is searching that month. A property's own brand, domain and direct-booking site, so it accumulates an audience instead of renting one.
Hospitality — staged from a checklist
Stocking lists, linen standards, arrival messaging, mid-stay checks and a review-response routine. The fortieth stay of the season looks like the first because it's the same document, not the same mood.
Maintenance — preventive, on a schedule
StayReady's 200-point inspection runs on a cadence rather than in response to a complaint. Most managers can only coordinate a repair after a guest reports it. We can perform the work before the guest arrives, which is the difference between a maintained property and a managed one.
Install
| Window | What happens |
|---|---|
| Days 1–3 | Baseline visit and 200-point inspection. Condition documented with photographs. Access, utilities, accounts and insurance confirmed. |
| Days 4–10 | Comp set built. Pricing model installed. Listing rebuilt — photo order, title, description, amenities audit. House rules written. |
| Days 11–17 | Property brand and direct-booking site stood up. Guest technology installed — smart lock, thermostat, noise monitoring, StayFi guest Wi-Fi, TouchStay guidebook. Guest message sequence loaded. Cleaning and turnover standards documented with your cleaner or ours. |
| Days 18–21 | Any deferred maintenance found in the baseline scheduled or completed. Calendar opened. First weekly pricing review runs. |
What we run
Listings and channels
Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Google Vacation Rentals and your own direct site, kept in sync.
Pricing and calendar
Weekly review, seasonal strategy, minimum-night and gap rules.
Guest communication
Inquiry through post-checkout, including the awkward ones. Answered by a person.
Guest agreement
A rental agreement signed by every guest through OwnerRez, on top of the platform's terms.
Turnovers and standards
Scheduling, quality checks, restocking, linen.
Preventive maintenance
Inspections and the work that follows from them.
Compliance
Tourist rooming house licensing, room tax and municipal permits tracked.
Reporting
A monthly statement and a quarterly review of what moved and why.
What we don't
We don't hold your money
You keep your own accounts and guest funds are paid to you directly. We invoice monthly.
We don't sign leases
Baylake is a hospitality and marketing agent, not a property manager or a broker.
We don't spend without asking
Anything over $500 on your behalf needs your yes first.
We don't lock you in
Month to month. You own the accounts, the brand and the guest list, and you can take them.
We don't take every property
If the analysis doesn't show real upside, we'll say so.
Start with the number.
The Revenue X-Ray tells you what the gap on your property is before you decide anything else.