Who does the testing.
Reviews written by hosts and owners who test managers and tools against real listings.
Every review follows how we test and our editorial policy.
Elin Hartley
Editor-in-chief
Spent nine summers turning over cottages between Wells and the midcoast before starting this journal from Freeport. She grades host tools the way a harbormaster grades moorings: on what holds in bad weather.
Reuben Tolan
Management & fees
Has hired, fired, and re-hired managers for family properties in two Maine towns, and kept the invoices. He writes the fee tables and reads every contract's exit clause first.
Sadie Marsh
Software & automation
Self-manages a year-round listing near Portland and refuses to score any tool she has not left running through a full turnover cycle, including the February one.