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From a Dream to the Front Page: HeavenlyRez Featured in The Hammonton Gazette
Seeing HeavenlyRez in print for the first time makes being No. 1 feel a little more real.
Ocean City, New Jersey • HeavenlyRez • 2026
Our first newspaper feature — a milestone we will never forget.
There are moments in building a company that you imagine might happen someday.
And then there are moments you never quite picture until they are sitting right in front of you.
For us, this was one of those moments.
We opened a copy of The Hammonton Gazette and there it was:
The Hammonton Gazette
“Ocean City’s HeavenlyRez Named No. 1 Airbnb Management Company in U.S.”
Our name. Our team. Our story. Our No. 1 ranking.
Printed on an actual newspaper page.
It may sound simple, but seeing HeavenlyRez in print for the first time felt completely surreal.
We have spent the past several weeks celebrating the news that AirDNA ranked HeavenlyRez the No. 1 Property Management Company in the United States for 2026. We have shared it with our team, our homeowners, our guests, our friends and the Ocean City community.
But there was something about holding that newspaper in our hands that made us stop for a moment.
It made everything feel real.
And more than anything, it made us incredibly grateful.
From Ocean City to No. 1 in the Country
Last year, AirDNA ranked HeavenlyRez No. 1 in the Ocean City and Atlantic City market for 2025.
At the time, that recognition meant so much to us.
Ocean City is where HeavenlyRez was built. It is where we live, where our team works, where our homeowners have trusted us with their properties and where thousands of families have chosen to spend some of the most meaningful weeks of their year.
We were incredibly proud to be recognized here at home.
Then came 2026.
This time, the recognition was not simply local.
Not just Ocean City.
Not just our region.
HeavenlyRez was ranked No. 1 in the entire United States.
Even now, writing those words feels a little unbelievable.
As Kim shared when the rankings were announced:
“After the sixth spot was announced, I smiled at him and said, ‘We’re top five.’ We would have been thrilled to get the number two spot. But when we weren’t announced as number two, we held our breath and waited for the name HeavenlyRez to be announced.
— Kim Resnick, Co-Founder
And then it was.
We hugged. Kim cried. Our team celebrated together.
That moment will stay with us forever.
But seeing that story printed in The Hammonton Gazette gave us another moment we will never forget.
The Headline Is About HeavenlyRez. The Story Is About So Many More People.
When you see a headline saying “No. 1 in the United States,” it would be easy to think about the award itself.
We think about the people behind it.
We think about our team answering guest messages in the middle of the night.
We think about cleaning teams preparing homes between families.
We think about inspections happening before guests arrive.
We think about linens being washed, folded and prepared.
We think about maintenance calls, welcome kits, concierge requests, beach gear, luggage, groceries and all the countless details that happen behind the scenes.
We think about our homeowners who trusted us with something incredibly important to them.
And we think about more than 2,000 five-star reviews from guests who trusted HeavenlyRez with their Ocean City vacations.
As Kim has said from the beginning:
“Our focus is always hospitality first, for owners and for guests.”
— Kim Resnick, Co-Founder
That sentence sounds simple.
But in many ways, it explains everything.
What No. 1 Looks Like Behind the Scenes
Today, HeavenlyRez manages more than 110 vacation rental properties in Ocean City, New Jersey, with a team of more than 20 people supporting our owners and guests.
110+
Ocean City Vacation Rentals
2,000+
Five-Star Guest Reviews
<6.5 min
Average Guest Response Time
24/7
Guest Support
Our operation is centered around the 5,800-square-foot HeavenlyRez Hospitality Hub in Somers Point, where many of the systems behind each stay come together.
We maintain 24/7 guest support with an average response time of less than 6.5 minutes.
Every turnover follows our three-point certification process covering:
We provide full linen service and standardized hospitality amenities across our portfolio, along with guest services such as pre-stocked groceries, private chefs, luggage assistance, golf cart rentals and beach caddy setups.
Guests may never see most of that work.
And that is exactly the point.
Our job is to handle those details so they can focus on being together.
That is what hospitality means to us.
Growing Without Losing What Made HeavenlyRez Special
The newspaper feature also reminded us just how far the company has come.
HeavenlyRez began with our own Ocean City beach properties.
In 2020, after selling one of those homes, the new owners asked us if we would continue managing it for them.
That simple question helped start the company we know today.
The portfolio grew largely through homeowners telling other homeowners about us.
But growth brought challenges.
At around 44 properties, we reached a point where the business could no longer operate the way it had when we were small.
Steve was still involved in nearly everything — owner conversations, guest communication, vendor issues and daily operations.
Something had to change.
We began building systems.
Documenting processes.
Hiring people who cared deeply about hospitality.
Creating dedicated roles.
Investing in operations before it always felt financially comfortable to do so.
And learning that growing a company is not simply about adding more homes.
It is about building an organization capable of caring for those homes at the standard you promised.
Steve often says:
“Nobody gives you a national ranking for a good pitch deck. This one is decided by families who paid their own money, stayed in our homes and then said what they thought. That is the only scoreboard we have ever trusted.
— Steve Resnick, Co-Founder
That is why this particular recognition means so much.
Built in Ocean City
There is another part of the newspaper headline that matters deeply to us.
It begins with:
“Ocean City’s HeavenlyRez…”
We love that.
Because no matter how large HeavenlyRez becomes or how far our story travels, this company belongs to Ocean City.
We did not build HeavenlyRez by entering market after market across the country.
We chose to go deeper here.
To know this island.
To know its homes.
To build relationships with local homeowners.
To understand what families expect when they come down the shore.
To invest in local operations.
To build a hospitality company around one community.
As Steve has said:
“We are not a national brand that parachuted into a beach town. We live here, and every one of these homes belongs to a neighbor or an owner who trusted us with it. Ocean City is not a market to us. It is the whole company.”
— Steve Resnick, Co-Founder
And as Kim put it simply:
“It is an honor to represent Ocean City.”
— Kim Resnick, Co-Founder
Seeing “Ocean City’s HeavenlyRez” printed above a national No. 1 headline made that pride hit a little differently.
#1 in the Country.
Built in Ocean City.
Our First Newspaper Feature
This is also a milestone for another reason.
It is the first time HeavenlyRez has been featured in a newspaper.
There is something wonderfully old-fashioned about that in a world where most news arrives through a phone screen.
You can scroll past a post.
Close an email.
Swipe away a notification.
But a newspaper feels different.
You hold it.
You see the headline printed in ink.
You imagine someone sitting with their morning coffee, opening the paper and unexpectedly finding your company’s story inside.
For two people who started by simply trying to take good care of a few Ocean City vacation homes, that feeling is difficult to describe.
Surreal is probably the closest word.
And humbling may be the most important one.
The Recognition Has Our Name on It — But It Belongs to All of Us
When we look at the newspaper clipping, we see HeavenlyRez.
But we also see everyone who helped us get here.
Our team.
Our homeowners.
Our guests.
Our vendors and partners.
Our Ocean City community.
This milestone belongs to all of you.
Our Homeowners
Every homeowner who trusted us with a key.
Our Guests
Every guest who left a thoughtful review.
Our Team
Every team member who solved a problem nobody else ever knew happened.
Our Ocean City Community
Every person who believed that HeavenlyRez could become something bigger.
Steve and Kim have always believed that a company is ultimately the people behind it.
As Kim said following the AirDNA announcement:
“We are only as good as our entire team as a whole. We have the best team in the world, and that’s why we made it to the number one spot.
— Kim Resnick, Co-Founder
We mean that.
A Newspaper Clipping We Will Keep for a Very Long Time
There will be more milestones.
More properties.
More guests.
More owners.
More challenges.
And hopefully, many more reasons to celebrate.
But there will only ever be one first newspaper article about HeavenlyRez.
We think this one might end up framed somewhere in the Hospitality Hub.
Not simply because the headline says we are No. 1.
But because it represents a moment in time.
A reminder of where we started.
A reminder of how far our team has come.
And a reminder to never take any of it for granted.
We are incredibly proud.
We are still a little overwhelmed.
And above everything else, we are grateful.
To The Hammonton Gazette, thank you for telling our story.
To Ocean City, thank you for giving HeavenlyRez a place to call home.
To our homeowners, thank you for trusting us.
To our guests, thank you for your feedback, your reviews and for choosing our homes for your vacations.
And to our HeavenlyRez team — this headline belongs to you.
We may be No. 1 in the country, but we know exactly where it was built.
Right here in Ocean City.
With love and gratitude,
Steve & Kim Resnick
Founders, HeavenlyRez
About HeavenlyRez
HeavenlyRez is a vacation rental management and cohosting company based in Ocean City, New Jersey, founded by Steve and Kim Resnick. HeavenlyRez manages more than 110 short-term rental properties in Ocean City and has earned more than 2,000 five-star guest reviews.
The company provides 24/7 guest support, full linen service, a three-point turnover certification process, concierge services, interior design and centralized hospitality operations through its 5,800-square-foot HeavenlyRez Hospitality Hub in Somers Point, New Jersey.
AirDNA ranked HeavenlyRez the No. 1 Property Management Company in the United States for 2026, following its No. 1 ranking in the Ocean City and Atlantic City market in 2025.