For owners
You own the land. We'll run the business on it.
Foothold operates rural property end to end — the rental, the guests, the turnovers and the ground. You keep the asset and the decisions. We take the work.
You might be in one of these four situations.
01
You've been self-managing, and you're done
The listing works. The reviews are good. What is not working is that you are the front desk, the housekeeper's dispatcher, the pricing analyst and the person who drives out when the water heater quits. You do not need convincing that the property earns. You need it to earn without you in the middle of it. We take the operating job whole — listings, pricing, guests, turnovers, maintenance — and send you one statement a month.
02
You have a building that could be a stay, and no idea where to start
There is a structure on the land that is either sitting unused or half-finished. You suspect it could be something, and you have no appetite for figuring out beds, permits, photography, pricing and channels from zero. We do the whole build: name and design direction, sourcing and styling, photography, listing copy, launch — then run it.
03
You bought land you love and can't keep up with
The house is fine. The land is the problem. Pasture is going ungrazed, the orchard needs attention, the blackberry is winning, and the fence has three sections you have been meaning to get to since 2023. We manage the ground on a written seasonal plan — grazing, orchard, water, fence, trails — whether or not you ever rent a night.
04
You're not local, and the place needs someone who is
You live in Portland, Seattle, or further out, and you use the property yourself a handful of weekends a year. You do not want guests. You want the place checked, the vendors coordinated, the pipes not frozen in January, and the beds made and the stove lit when you arrive on a Friday night in the rain.
How it works
Four steps, in this order.
- 1
A conversation
Thirty minutes, by phone or at a table. You describe the property and what you want out of it. We say plainly whether it's a fit and what we'd do first. No cost, no site visit yet.
- 2
Property assessment
We walk the place. Buildings, beds, water, septic, access, drive, fence, pasture, orchard. It includes a zoning and use screen — county code, overlays, dwelling history, and what short-term rental use requires where you are. You get the read whether or not you hire us.
- 3
Proposal and agreement
One document: what we'd operate, what it earns on our projections, what we charge, and what stays your responsibility. Term, notice period and termination in plain sentences. You take it to whoever you need to.
- 4
Launch
A dated plan working backward from the first bookable night — styling, photography, listing build, pricing, and the first season's land plan. Then we run it and you get a statement each month.
What we handle
- Listings, channels and direct booking
- Nightly pricing, reviewed weekly
- Every guest message, from inquiry to review
- Turnovers, housekeeping and linens
- Maintenance response and vendor dispatch
- Supplies, consumables and restocking
- Damage documentation and claims
- Pasture, orchard, fence, water and trails on plan
- Monthly reporting and reconciliation
What stays yours
- Ownership, title and mortgage
- Property taxes and insurance
- Capital projects and major systems
- Final say on rate floors and blackout dates
- Permits held in your name
- Approval on any spend above an agreed threshold
Fees
Stated plainly, per offering.
Land stewardship is priced separately from rental operations and never folded into the management percentage. It is the part of this work most likely to get quietly dropped, so we keep it on its own line.
- Rental operations
- 22% of gross booking revenue for a single building, 20% when we run more than one on the same property. No management fee in a month with no bookings. Full-service managers in Oregon generally sit between 15% and 35%; we price mid-range because rural properties carry real drive time and the land work is billed on its own line, not hidden in the percentage. Confirmed in writing after the property assessment.
- Branding & launch
- A one-time project fee of $6,500 to $14,000, scoped to the property — a one-bedroom cabin sits at the low end, a four-bedroom farmhouse with outbuildings at the high end. Furnishings, linens and photography are billed at cost with receipts, not marked up. Waived to $3,500 when it comes with a rental operations term of a year or more.
- Land stewardship
- A written seasonal land plan is $1,200 one time, and yours to keep whether or not we do the work. Ongoing care is a monthly retainer by acreage: $450 under 10 acres, $900 for 10 to 40, $1,600 for 40 to 150, and quoted above that. Grazing seasons, orchard years and fencing projects are scoped on top. Always priced separately from rental operations and never folded into the management percentage.
- Estate caretaking
- A monthly retainer set by visit frequency: $500 for twice a month, $850 weekly, $1,500 for two visits a week or a property with livestock, water systems and outbuildings to check. Vendor work is passed through at cost with the invoice attached.
Property inquiry
Tell us about your property.
Five minutes. Enough for us to know whether we're a fit and what we'd look at first.
Questions owners ask