About the Owner
Hi, my name is Dewayne Kirkman. I am the owner and manager of Lazy Acorn Rentals. I have been renting out homes in Cadillac since 2008. About a year after I purchased the “Lazy Acorn Cabin,” a friend suggested I rent it out when I wasn’t using it.
“The location on the snowmobile trail and the privacy of the woods is somewhere I bet people will pay to enjoy.”
A few weeks later I started investigating the opportunity and figured why not help pay the taxes. Since then, I purchased two waterfronts on Lake Mitchell (The Blue Gill and The Yellow Perch) with the thought that I could make a business out of this. Now the three properties are rented to over 125 different families every year, with many return guests who come back again and again.
I live in Traverse City with my wife, Bethany, and our kids, Connor and Chloe. Either my wife or I travel to the properties between each renter to restock and clean. I handle most of the repairs and improvements, and every year we do something major to a property as funds allow. In my spare time I am a Realtor and a developer. I complete between 30–60 transactions a year helping people find their new home, sell their old one, or secure a permanent vacation location. I’m also heading up the building of homes in Western Meadows, a subdivision in Rapid City, MI, near Torch Lake.
Any extra spare time is spent with my kids—soccer, gymnastics, school band, or trips to the beach. We keep a pontoon (not for rent) at The Yellow Perch that we personally use between renters and after cleaning is complete. The kids really enjoy tubing and swimming at the sandbar.
Hopefully we can talk or meet sometime!
— Dewayne