DFW Realtor
Licensed realtor serving the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Follow @cornelius.realtor.
Now onboarding: 2 properties
Now onboarding: 2 properties
I'm Cornelius Thomas, a Dallas-Fort Worth realtor and rental operator. I manage short-term, mid-term, and long-term rentals with the same hands-on systems behind my five-listing Airbnb portfolio.
273 reviews combined across Cornelius's and Dianna's profiles. Fair Park Gem is co-hosted with Dianna, a Superhost. Also experienced managing long-term rentals for professional athletes while they travel.
I sell the homes, host the guests, and run the cleaning crew. Nothing gets lost between vendors, because I stay accountable from listing to turnover.
Licensed realtor serving the Dallas-Fort Worth market. Follow @cornelius.realtor.
Superhost operating the five-listing portfolio on this page across Irving, Dallas, and Hurst, with 268 reviews and a 4.88-star weighted average across the three rated listings.
Founder and CEO of Precision Turnover Services, the turnover company that handles cleanings for my properties.
Need turnover cleaning? Visit Precision Turnover ServicesAirbnb and vacation-rental owners who want pricing, guest messages, reviews, turnovers, and maintenance handled without giving up visibility.
Furnished-rental owners serving corporate stays, traveling professionals, relocations, and insurance stays who need steady communication and reliable turns.
DFW landlords who want hands-off tenant communication, move-in and move-out coordination, maintenance dispatch, and local eyes on the property.
These five Airbnb listings are the proof behind my approach: disciplined pricing, guest communication, turnover coordination, and maintenance dispatch, applied to every stay length.
Photos are illustrative of the standard, not shots of these exact homes. Use the live links for real photos and reviews.
Irving portfolio
Guest Favorite
Co-hosted
Group bookings
Newest addition
Near World Cup venue. Full details coming.
Short, mid, and long-term rentals each need a different operating rhythm. The pricing reflects the work behind each one.
Full management for nightly, Airbnb-style stays, with hands-on pricing and guest care.
Launch + Pricing: $750 setup, then $250/mo or $25 per booking to run the day-to-day yourself.
Ask about short-term managementFull service for 30+ day stays serving traveling professionals, relocations, and insurance placements.
Example: $2,500/mo rent at 15% is $375/mo. Same $750 Launch + Pricing setup applies.
Ask about mid-term managementFull management for 6 to 12 month leases, with local oversight for the full tenant relationship.
Example: $2,000/mo rent at 10% is $200/mo, plus the one-time leasing fee.
Ask about long-term managementClear terms: owners cover cleaning as a pass-through, plus mortgage, taxes, and insurance, and approve pricing floors. One-page agreement, 30-day exit for either side.
This calculator reflects the 20% short-term Full Management plan. Drag the slider to your property's monthly gross and the comparison updates live.
Typical DFW 3-bedroom grosses around $3,200 a month. Your mileage varies by neighborhood, season, and how well the calendar is priced.
The benchmark
$160/mo less in your pocket
$320/mo less in your pocket
At the $3,200 benchmark, choosing 20% over a 30% manager keeps an extra $3,840 a year in your account. The 20% includes scheduling and quality-checking turnovers through Precision Turnover Services. The actual cleaning charge is a separate pass-through expense paid by the owner.
The same operating system, adapted to short-term, mid-term, or long-term rentals.
Clear lines from day one, in the one-page agreement.
Fifteen minutes on your property, stay length, goals, and current numbers. If we are not a fit, I will tell you straight.
Everything in plain writing before any work starts: the fee, who handles what, and the 30-day exit for either side.
Positioning, photos, house rules or lease-ready details, arrival or move-in guidance, and pricing from live comps.
I coordinate the first clean or move-in, then keep communication, pricing, maintenance, and turnovers moving.
I am accepting two new properties for the first 60 days. That protects the standard on the five listings I already run and co-host, and the two that come next.
No 14-page management contract. The deal fits on a page, signed before any work begins.
Your coverage must match how the property is rented. Short-term rentals require proper STR insurance before I take them on.
If it is not working, either of us can walk in 30 days. I would rather earn the renewal than lock you into one.
Every new property gets the full build and my personal attention. Two at a time is what doing it right looks like.
No. I manage short-term stays, furnished mid-term stays for corporate travelers, traveling professionals, relocations, and insurance needs, plus long-term rentals across DFW. My Airbnb portfolio shows the systems I have already built, and I adapt those systems to the stay length your property needs.
Because my overhead is a laptop, a pricing routine, and my own cleaning company, not an office and a sales team. I run and co-host five listings at this model, so I price management the same way. The fee includes turnover coordination through Precision Turnover Services. The actual cleaning cost is billed separately as a pass-through owner expense.
Precision Turnover Services, my own cleaning company. I schedule the work, keep the standard consistent, and quality-check the turnover. The owner remains responsible for the actual cleaning expense, which is passed through separately from the management fee.
Every week I review your calendar against comparable listings nearby and what is happening in DFW: Cowboys home games, State Fair, concerts, holidays. Your floor is yours to set. Inside that, I move rates so slow Tuesdays fill and big weekends earn what they should. On my own Lone Star Hideaway that means a working range of $225 to $495, not one flat rate all year.
You get a local operator who is physically here. Guest messaging, turnovers, restocks, and maintenance dispatch all happen on the ground in DFW. You keep final say on pricing floors and major repairs, and the 30-day exit means you are never stuck.
Proper rental insurance for the stay length, including STR coverage for short-term rentals, plus any HOA or city requirements for your address and a quick call. I handle the setup, pricing, and turnover coordination from there.
I already run and co-host five listings. Capping intake at two for the first 60 days lets me prove the system on your property the same way I run mine, instead of scaling fast and coaching from a dashboard. When those two are humming, I will open the next spots.
Yes. That is the Launch + Pricing plan: $750 setup, then $250 a month or $25 per booking for ongoing pricing guidance. It works for short, mid, or long-term rentals. You get the rental launched right and pricing or rent grounded in real comps, while you keep the day-to-day. If it later makes sense to hand over the keys, the setup already counts.
Fifteen minutes. Bring your address, the stay length you are considering, and your current numbers, if you have them. I will tell you honestly what your property can do.
Ironwood Property Management · Led by Cornelius Thomas · Irving, Dallas, and Hurst, Texas
