Yellowtail: a Big Sky home, one winter, $30,000 net.
Yellowtail sits in Big Sky’s Meadow Village, directly on the Arnold Palmer-designed Big Sky Resort golf course. Four bedrooms, three baths. A private sauna. Nordic ski access from the back door. Lone Peak fills the view from nearly every room.
A property that deserved a manager who’d treat it that way.
John owns Yellowtail. When Snowy Peaks took over management, the goal was simple: run it the way a home on a golf course with a Lone Peak view deserved to be run — priced right, cared for properly, with someone who actually answers when a guest calls.
The work behind the number.
Every guest inquiry, every message, every issue during a stay — Nick handled directly. No call center standing between a guest and a fast answer. Pricing ran through Wheelhouse for market data, adjusted by hand for what the algorithm alone wouldn’t catch — a home this close to both golf and Nordic skiing has a demand pattern worth watching closely.
The listing runs across Snowy Peaks’ full distribution — Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, Google, and direct — synced through one inbox so nothing gets missed between channels.
The kind of detail a call center never sees.
Yellowtail has a garden room — a sunlit hallway lined with more than twenty plants. Nick tends them personally. Not because it’s in a contract. Because it’s part of what taking care of someone’s property actually means.
$30,000 net. First winter.
In its first winter season under Snowy Peaks management, Yellowtail paid John $30,000 net — after Snowy Peaks' flat 25% commission and cleaning fees.