Sun Mountain Stays
About
Why I built Sun Mountain Stays.
One operator, accountable end to end. Here's why this exists, the record behind it, and what founder-led actually means for your property.
A note from the founder
I have run short-term rentals. Not watched them from a dashboard. Run them.
The 11am back-to-back with a cleaner still inside. The lock that dies before a late arrival. The vendor who does not show. The guest who needs an answer now.
After operating hundreds of rentals I became convinced that the hardest part of this business is not software or pricing. It is maintaining attention.
That is why Sun Mountain Stays stays deliberately small, operates the physical side of the stay closely, and puts one person against the outcome.
I want to know the homes we manage well enough to notice when something changes.
Jake Lee
Founder, Sun Mountain Stays
The operating record behind the work
Built by someone who's actually run this, at scale.
Years of hands-on operating, not a franchise playbook bought off a shelf and applied here on autopilot.
- 273+
- STRs operated
- 120
- listings launched
- 16,900+
- reservations facilitated
- $94.5M+
- real estate stewarded
- 78
- clients served
- 28
- markets · 8 states
- 9
- hospitality companies built
- 670+
- claims filed
A flat 15% of net, one rate for full-service management. A monthly floor, never a surprise.
Sun Mountain Stays actively serves Colorado Springs.
Real experience
What the track record actually represents.
- Built and operated short-term rental businesses across 9 different companies. Not consulting, not advising, actually running them.
- 28 markets across 8 U.S. states. Broad enough to understand what varies by market, focused enough here to know Colorado Springs specifically.
- 16,900+ reservations facilitated. The edge cases, the 2 a.m. lockouts, the last-minute cancellations, the guest who left the hot tub running. Seen it.
- $94.5M+ in real estate stewarded. Owners who trusted us with serious assets, not just a side hustle.
- 78 clients served, a broad enough range of owner types (local, remote, investors, accidental landlords) to know what the job actually asks for.
Track-record figures reflect cumulative experience across prior STR operating roles before Sun Mountain Stays. Current active portfolio is intentionally small and selective.
Why it matters
Founder-led means you talk to the person who built this.
Most property management companies are owned by investors and operated by account managers. The founder is long gone. The institutional layer between your property and the decisions that affect it is thick, and you feel it every time something goes sideways and the answer is "let me check with the team."
Founder-led means the same person who designed the operating system is the one accountable when it doesn't work. No franchise model, no offshore call center, no playbook written for somewhere else applied here on autopilot.
For Colorado Springs owners who don't live locally, that is the part that usually goes missing. Your first call goes to the person who wrote the operating standard, not to whoever is on shift.
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Free, no obligation. You talk to the founder, not a call center.
Part of The Xenia Network
Held to one standard.
Run within The Xenia Network, a founder-led collection of hospitality companies, with guest care by Xenia Hospitality Operations.
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