The people behind the scores.

No anonymous reviews, and no AI pretending to be a host. Meet the owners and managers who actually run the tests behind Trauth Review.

Walt Brenner

Editor-in-chief

Rented out two Cincinnati duplexes for a decade before starting Trauth Review to end the guesswork owners face.

Priya Nair

Management & fees

A former Superhost across Northern Kentucky who digs into what full-service managers actually cost an owner.

Cole Whitfield

Software & automation

A self-managing host on the Ohio side who runs every tool on live listings before it earns a grade.

Why we sign every review

Anonymous review sites are easy to run and easy to buy. Ours are signed because a name attached to a score is the cheapest form of accountability there is — if we get a fee or a feature wrong, you know exactly who to write to, and we publish the correction.

What that covers

Between them, the team maintains 94 management-company reviews and 74 host-software reviews, plus the two rankings those pages feed. Every one lists what the provider itself publishes — and says “not published” where a company keeps a number to itself, rather than inventing one to fill the table.

What we do not do

We take no payment for placement, run no affiliate-commission programme, and do not accept gifts or trades in exchange for coverage. No company sees a review before it goes live. The full standard is on our editorial policy, and the scoring itself is set out on how we test.