Vacation Rental Management 411

Renting a room or an entire home to guests for short stays can be profitable, or it can create loss and liability. Understanding and applying proven strategies can benefit you and your guests. This book presents best practices for vacation home / short-term rental management, including an overview of this industry, regulations, accounting, marketing, reservations, guest and neighbor relations, maintenance, housekeeping, design, decor, security, technology, opportunities, challenges, and more! This is a valuable resource for all hosts, as well as the approved textbook for college courses, industry seminars, and the STR certification course. Whether youve been renting your home for years or are new to this emerging industry, there is much within these pages to help you become a better STR host. If you think you cant learn any more about the short-term rental business, think again. You can! This book runs the gamut of advising you how to operate a short-term rental with professionalism and class! This is a must for anyone in the hospitality industry; I highly recommend this small investment to better your business (Mike Jensen, longtime vacation rental host and travel broker, Fine Travel Experiences). The vacation rental class and the valuable information in this book exceeded my expectations! Learning guidelines and standards are essential to professionalizing this emerging industry (Paula Caballero, realtor, property manager, and international STR host). Often the most complicated of issues unravel unless a new course is achieved through education and open communication. Once everyone is educated on an issue and is willing to discuss it rationally, a compromise can be found (Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman, city of Las Vegas).

Author and speaker Christine Hrib Karpinski takes readers through all the steps necessary to purchase and rent out a vacation home. This book contains practical, hands-on advice that shows the reader how to do it without property management companies so you can keep 100% of the income. Not only will you have realistic strategies for your renters to pay your mortgage -- you will also enjoy several weeks a year in that little slice of paradise with your friends and family. Discover the secrets of successful vacation home owners: Choosing the best property for you; Different financing options available; Organizing all rentals, paperwork, money and maintenance; Advertising for quick results; Identifying and avoiding "bad apple" renters; Maintaining your property from a distance; And much more!

'BREAKING ALL THE RULES: HOW TO RENT YOUR VACATION HOME' has Everything You Need To Know for Preparing, Managing, Pricing, Tracking and Organizing Your Rentals, Advertising, Handling Inquiries, Screening Potential Renters, and Maintaining your Vacation Rental Property. -Turn Your Vacation Home into a Valuable Asset -Create Most Desirable Vacation Rental in your Area -Get Higher Rental Income -Less Vacancies -Qualified Tenants -Guaranteed to learn how to make the most of your vacation rental.

A new book just hitting the marketplace will be a welcome guide to many cash strapped owners of vacation and second homes in this difficult real estate environment. Making Money on Your Vacation Rental Home is the title of this detailed “how to†book recently published by Howard Jones, a CPA and licensed real estate broker who has owned and managed his own vacation rental homes. Subtitled An Essential Handbook for Managing Your Short Term Vacation and Resort Rental Property for Maximum Enjoyment and Profit, this comprehensive 400 page handbook includes a chapter by chapter guide for rental home owners who wish to take advantage of the new opportunity that has emerged in recent years to self manage their rental homes by using commercial rental web sites. Besides covering owner rental management, specifics are provided on related topics such as maintaining the necessary computer resources and the tax implications for buying, selling and owning vacation homes.

Have you been toying with the idea of investing in vacation or short-term rentals for a while and have possibly started, but the initial experience hasn't been so great? And are you looking for a guide that will help you get started with vacation rentals confidently, knowing fully well how to keep your costs low, maximize profits, give your guests an amazing experience, and more? If you've answered YES, keep reading... You Are About To Discover Exactly How To Create A Real Profitable Vacation Rental Business, Avoid Common Pitfalls, And Achieve Impressive Levels Of Success! As more people choose to stay in vacation/short term rentals over hotels and short term booking platforms keep becoming more popular, the time to get into the short term rental business has never been better. Think about it, when the pandemic is over, more than ever, people will want to visit places they have wished to visit, and the trend will continue into the foreseeable future. The fact that you are here means you are already sold to the idea of investing in short term rentals, as you've seen how it can transform ordinary people to 'hotel' owners, accepting guests from all over the world for short term stays in their properties. Perhaps you are here looking for answers to all the questions in your mind... What do you need to understand inside out if you really want to set yourself up for success from the beginning? How do you market your property so you can have a steady stream of guests? How do you increase the chances of guests having a great experience that makes them leave positive reviews? How do you manage the business effortlessly so it does not disrupt your other schedules while ensuring you keep your profits high? How do you keep your costs low and maximize income and profits? If you have these and other related questions, this book is for you, as it covers 6 golden rules that, if implemented well, will ensure you excel at short term rental business. More precisely, you will learn: - The things you need to know as you get started in the short term rental space to set your business up for success - Some cost items you need to know about regarding vacation rentals and why you should know about them - Powerful creative tips on how to keep your expenses low - How to maximize your income by applying 5 powerful strategies proven to work - How to reduce the burden of managing your short term rental off your shoulders without spending a fortune while at it - Effective ways to optimize your property protection plan - How to take it further and scale your business - Mistakes you should avoid along the way to keep your business going and profitable - And much more! Even if you've never invested in anything closely related, this book will teach you everything you need to know to excel at short term rentals.

Renting Your Recreational Property for Profit contains everything you need to know to rent out your cottage/condo/holiday home professionally and profitably, with minimum stress. Author Heather Bayer guides you from the first tentative step of deciding to open up your vacation home guests, to what you will need to have in place before they arrive--and everything in between.

In this all-new, updated edition, author and speaker Christine Hrib-Karpinski takes readers through all the steps necessary to purchase and rent out a vacation home. This book contains practical, hands-on advice that shows the reader how to do it without property management companies, and keep 100 percent of the profits. It offers realistic strategies to create a situation in which renters pay the mortgage, while still allowing the owner several weeks a year in that little slice of paradise.

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