Josh Hatter
Founder & CEO, Curated Vacation Properties

Corporate America refugee. Hospitality operator.

Sharing what has worked for me… and what hasn't.

I spent nearly 20 years in corporate America before going all in on hospitality real estate. Today I run a luxury vacation home management company and a boutique hotel brand, and I share the playbook, the tools and the numbers along the way.

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Josh Hatter
4x
Inc. 5000 honoree, 4 years running
140+
Listings under management
15
Homes added in 2026
$9.7M
Gross Booking Value (GBV) in 2025
9
Individual luxury brands powered by CVP
The story

Five years running two jobs. Then one exit.

I built CVP on nights and weekends for five years before I left corporate America on December 19, 2021. That year CVP booked $1.5 million in reservations for owners who trusted us with their homes.

  1. 2002–21Nearly 20 years in corporate America.
  2. 2005Bought my first home, a $149,980 new-build ranch. When I moved out I owed more than it was worth, so I rented it long term until I could sell.
  3. 2012Bought my first property in downtown Charleston.
  4. 2016Founded Curated Vacation Properties while still in corporate.
  5. 2021Left corporate for good. Full time on hospitality.
  6. TodayCVP across Charleston, Isle of Palms, Folly Beach and Savannah, plus The Trouvaille Collection of boutique hotels.
Companies

What I'm building

Founder & CEO · Since 2016

Curated Vacation Properties

Hospitality-first management for luxury homes, coastal rentals and boutique inns in Charleston, Isle of Palms, Folly Beach and Savannah. We power nine owner brands, including four inns. Every booking engine runs on our platform. Four consecutive years on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies. Formerly Coastal Vacation Properties.

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Co-founder & CEO · Since 2022

The Trouvaille Collection

Boutique hotels with a sense of discovery. Trouvaille is French for “a lucky find.” The Ashley and The Nicholas are two 9-bedroom inns in downtown Charleston. The Present is a 16-key boutique hotel in Savannah. Each property runs its own brand and booking engine on the CVP platform.

Visit trouvaillecollection.com
Where CVP owners live

A Charleston company with owners in 13 states and London.

Most of the people who trust us with their homes don't live here. Fewer than 4 in 10 of our 50 owners are in Charleston.

Map of the United States with 13 states highlighted where CVP owners live, plus London, UK
Where owners live, by state. As of October 2026.
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What I write about

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MARKET
Where STR is headed
Where the STR market is heading, with real data.
DEALS
Yes, no and why
Why we took on a home, or walked away.
AI & DASHBOARDS
How we run lean
The AI workflows and custom dashboards behind CVP.
TOOLS
What we added and cut
Tools we added, tools we cut, and what it saved.
FOUNDER
Lessons learned
Leaving corporate, growth milestones, hard lessons.
The Entrepreneur's MBA

170+ books. Every one rated, ranked and reviewed.

Everything I've read since 2018, with my favorite quote, the best idea, the worst idea, and who should read it.

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Featured in Inc. 5000 Best of Charleston 2025 ABC News 4 GoBundance Podcast The Inn Crowd Podcast