North Carolina Cottages was voted Gold status in the category of Property Management in Wilmington, North Carolina in 2025 by CommunityVotes! We first want to say thank you for voting. It means so much to see the efforts behind North Carolina Cottages be recognized by customers and the surrounding community. Mikey and Jesslyn have built this business from the ground up. Beginning with their own Airbnb as newlyweds, living downstairs and renting out the top, to now expanding their family to include two little boys and their business to include many more properties and business partners. The heart behind North Carolina Cottages is to share the love of Wilmington with others. To have this mission be reflected back to the business brings great joy!
North Carolina Cottages Difference
What does North Carolina Cottages do differently than other property management and vacation rentals? Well, we’re so glad you asked.
→ NCC creates many different levels of service, from design consultation and staging to complete year-round boots-on-the-ground professional management.
→ NCC team intimately knows the successes and losses of vacation rentals in Carolina Beach from their own real estate portfolios. This infuses experience and care into our goal-oriented plans with a client and property. Our strategic plans are not created by someone in an office a few hours away. They are created by local experts who have a deep knowledge of the steady business that summer at the beach brings as well as the lull of wintertime.
→ Manages cleaning and inspection between each guest’s stay.
→ Nearly 50% of guests return annually. NCC prides itself on recurring guests and therefore recurring revenue for its clients.
→ Curates thoughtful articles (just like this one!) so that guests feel they have a local guide to build their itineraries and excursions around the area.
→ NCC has a website with reach. We implement marketing and SEO strategies to reach a nationwide clientele and have over one million website impressions each month.
→ We provide all of these metrics for you in an owner portal so that you can be as involved or carefree as you want.
→ We have a local revenue team that assesses your property value and finds ways to maximize your rental and property potential.
→ Software integration so that lock passcodes are changed immediately upon check-in and check-out, pricing adjusts based on the season with local events and holidays in-mind, and your reach expands beyond Airbnb and VRBO, into other Online Travel Agencies (OTAs).
→ For guests, we pride ourselves on a familial level of hospitality. This includes clean spaces, around the clock support in case of emergencies, a digital guestbook for every property and specific to every guest, movie and spa night packages for comfort and ease, and a sense of being ready to jump in and serve whenever needed.
Most importantly, we at North Carolina Cottages value relationships with both our clients and guests. This is the key to our success. Building relationships with local property owners allows us to align our goals for a vacation rental and ensure success for each owner. This intention and care seeps its way into the guest experience as well (alongside all of the very intentional touches put into a property for guests). The feeling of hard work paying off and being recognized is always a welcomed one. From North Carolina Cottages to our clients, guests, local storefront supporters, and beyond, thank you so much! We’re looking forward to temperatures rising along with business in the next several months. We’re going to make 2026 the best year in professional management that Carolina Beach, and the surrounding area, has ever seen!
