What this publication is

Invest in the Gorge is an independent web publication covering the Red River Gorge, Kentucky property market and the visitor economy that drives it — cabin investment, land, short-term-rental rules by county, seasonal patterns, and destination guides written with a surveyor’s preference for verifiable fact over promotion. It is researched, written, and published by one person: Marcos Gil, a licensed Kentucky REALTOR® with Keller Williams Commonwealth, based in Beattyville. That dual role — publisher and practicing agent in the market covered — is disclosed on the pages where it is relevant, and stated here plainly for any journalist evaluating the source.

How the site handles numbers

The editorial rule here is simple: no invented statistics. Market figures on this site are sourced and dated — the market report carries current third-party short-term-rental data with its source and date attached — and where numbers are volatile or unverifiable, pages say so and point to primary sources instead of estimating. Regulatory content, like the county STR rules guide, is framed as a starting point with instructions to verify current rules, because county policy changes. Journalists citing this site should cite the underlying source and date wherever one is given.

Available for comment

I am available to reporters and researchers for comment and background on: the Red River Gorge property and cabin market; Kentucky rural short-term-rental trends and county-level regulation; cabin and land-buying economics in gateway communities around public land; and the intersection of tourism and small-town housing in eastern Kentucky. I speak from active practice in this specific market, not as a national data service — where a question needs data I do not hold, I will say so and point toward better sources. Opinions are mine, not Keller Williams’ or any MLS’s.

Coverage and citations

In the interest of the same honesty applied everywhere on this site: this page lists no press logos today. Coverage, citations, and interviews will be listed here as they happen, with links — not before. Journalists have permission to quote from Invest in the Gorge with attribution and a link; the photography and data presentations may be reused with credit unless a page notes a third-party source, in which case clear it with that source. If you cite market figures, please carry through the date and source attached to them, since stale numbers misrepresent a small market quickly.

Media contact

The fastest route is a call or text to (859) 310-1209 — I answer my own phone — or a written inquiry through the contact page with your outlet and deadline. Background on me and on why this site exists is at about. I can generally respond within a business day, faster on deadline. For interviews in the field, I am based in Beattyville and regularly work throughout the Gorge counties, so on-location conversations at the places being written about are usually easy to arrange.

Common Questions

Is Invest in the Gorge affiliated with a media company?

No — it is independently published by Marcos Gil, a licensed Kentucky REALTOR® with Keller Williams Commonwealth. It is a practitioner-published market publication, and that interest is disclosed rather than hidden. Editorial opinions are the publisher’s own and not those of Keller Williams or any listing service.

Can I republish charts or data from the site?

Quoting with attribution and a link is welcome. Market data on the site originates from cited third-party sources with dates attached — carry the source and date through in your piece, and clear any substantial reuse with the original data provider. For anything beyond quotation, ask; the answer is usually yes with credit.

What can you speak about on the record?

The Red River Gorge property market, Kentucky cabin and land economics, rural short-term-rental regulation and trends, and tourism-adjacent housing in eastern Kentucky — from active local practice. I do not offer return predictions or investment promises on or off the record, and I will decline questions better answered by data services or attorneys.

Read the current sourced numbers in the market report or learn the publisher’s background at about.

Last updated: August 14, 2026