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Tanya Keller: The creative genius behind Rent Responsibly’s expanding audience
Feature photo: Tanya Keller (center) with team Rent Responsibly at a team retreat in Breckenridge in June 2023. If you have ever browsed the posts and stories of the Rent Responsibly Instagram page, you have seen the artistic touch of brand manager Tanya Keller....
Rolf Blizzard’s voyage to the Seven Cs of Vacation Rental Advocacy
Rolf Blizzard grew up on a hog farm in the eastern part of North Carolina. Days on the farm started early, were filled with hard manual labor, and provided a clear idea of the basic effort it took to produce a stable, sustainable, and affordable meal - one of life’s...
Lawrence Phillips: Making Black travel safer and unapologetic with Green Book Global
When Lawrence Phillips left his consulting job in 2015 to travel around the world, he mapped his route through 30 countries based partly on feedback from other travelers who were Black. Finding out what he could expect as a Black traveler in a particular destination...
John Hildebrand: Ambassador for all Arizona vacation rental hosts
Feature Image: John Hildebrand, Hilde Homes and Dana Lubner, Rent Responsibly “Reading, let alone reading in public, is like the biggest fear on Earth to me,” said John Hildebrand, founder of Hilde Homes. He has dyslexia. “In school, when I had to do public speaking,...
Garrett Dobbs: The tech guru behind Rent Responsibly short-term rental alliance services
Feature Image: Lindsey Montoya and Garrett Dobbs at a team retreat in Breckenridge, CO in June 2023. Garrett Dobbs, Director of Product at Rent Responsibly, has a motto: “Business interest and social interest are not exclusive to one another, and it is the task of the...
How Natalie Palmer and Tatianna Taylor-Tait leveled up the vacation rental industry’s focus on design
Like Natalie Palmer’s other 24,000 Instagram followers, Tatianna Taylor-Tait appreciated Natalie’s humorous, reality-filled posts on vacation rental hosting. Tatianna is a host, coach, and interior designer in Vancouver, British Columbia. Natalie’s posts often...
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Vacation rental advocate to Virginia Beach City Council, Elaine Fekete is making it happen
After an abrupt loss of income in 2009, Elaine and Mark Fekete faced a choice: either short-term rent their home year-round in Sandbridge Beach, a coastal neighborhood in Virginia Beach, or leave the community. Vacation rentals in Virginia Beach had not ever crossed...
New vision: How Heidi Lawson redesigned her life and community with a Baja, Mexico vacation rental
When Heidi Lawson stumbled upon her dream beachside home in the small resort community of Punta Pescadero in Baja, Mexico, she had a feeling that she’d never experienced before – a complete sense of belonging and destiny. “When I walked in the front door, I was like,...
Hostē: From short-term rental novices to leaders in responsible renting and property management
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C2G Advisors: built on trust and integrity
When Jacobie Olin and his siblings were growing up, their chores often included stripping beds and taking out the trash at vacation rentals. They were early lessons in values like service, teamwork, and commitment, things that would eventually come full circle in...
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Matt Trevino: Winning hearts and minds in a war over Oahu short term rentals laws
“I served in the U.S. Army for 21 years, and I had to abide by a lot of different policies and rules,” said veteran Matt Trevino. “I didn’t serve as a medic in Afghanistan just to have my property rights taken away from me.” After overseas deployments in Iraq and...
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