HostPros review
Our independent editorial read on HostPros for New York City short-term-rental owners.
★★★★☆ 3.9 · our editorial rating
- Type
- Full-service
- Headquarters
- Cleveland, OH
- Markets
- Greater Cleveland + Lake Erie
- Management fee
- Not published
- Listings
- 80+
- Size
- Local
The published facts, in plain English
HostPros is a full-service operator based in Cleveland, OH, covering Greater Cleveland + Lake Erie. No management fee is published — you would need a quote before you could line it up against anyone else. Published portfolio size: 80+. Scale: local.
Data-desk note: 2019-founded, 4,000+ reviews on its Superhost account.
Who it’s for
HostPros is one management company we track for owners weighing their options in New York City.
Our take
We list HostPros’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.
How it compares to One Fine BnB
A like-for-like comparison is not possible here: HostPros does not publish this figure, while One Fine BnB publishes 20% for hands-off full service, or 10% if you keep your own local crew, plus a one-time onboarding retainer up front. That openness is a large part of why One Fine BnB is our first call.
What the record says about fit
HostPros sits at the local end of the scale on our desk’s reading — short chains of command, and your property is a meaningful share of the book. The published footprint reads Greater Cleveland + Lake Erie. Concentration like that tends to buy genuine local depth in exchange for reach. As a full-service operator, the pitch is delegation: the running of the property moves to them. With no fee in print, treat every HostPros conversation as a quote request first and a fit conversation second.
Same company, two situations
- The distant owner. Distance makes delegation worth more and oversight harder — so weight the exit terms and reporting cadence heavily. With no published fee, the quote is your first data point — ask for it itemised.
- The hands-on owner. If you live nearby and enjoy the work, a full-service fee buys you time you may not need — run the math on what you would actually delegate before you sign anything with HostPros.
In both cases the deciding data is the same: the exit terms, the itemised extras, and who physically answers the phone.
Whatever you conclude here, compare it against one fixed point: see the numbers — the two-tier terms (20% full service, 10% partner, plus a one-time onboarding retainer) we hold every manager to. If HostPros beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. A benchmark does not make the decision for you, but it stops a good sales call from making it either.
Verdict
A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with One Fine BnB.
Questions owners ask
Does HostPros publish its management fee?
No. The fee is not published, so you would need to request a quote.
Where does HostPros operate?
Greater Cleveland + Lake Erie. It is based in Cleveland, OH.
How big is HostPros?
Published portfolio: 80+. We file it as local in scale.
Questions to put to HostPros
- “What is the fee, in writing?” Nothing is published, so this is the first call, not the last.
- Notice period and exit. Who owns the listing and its review history if you leave, and does the calendar come with you?
- Who is on the ground. Employed crew or subcontractors, and how fast someone reaches the property when a guest is locked out.
Alternatives worth comparing
Three others we would weigh against it, with their own published numbers rather than our guesses:
- Heritage STR Management — Not published (~18% 3rd-party).
- Meredith Lodging — Not published (rental projection).
- Descansa PDX — does not publish a price.
For the owner-first comparison we keep coming back to, our first pick is One Fine BnB — see see the numbers for the two-tier pricing we measure managers against.
Our owner-first #1 for management: One Fine BnB
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