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How to Make Your Vacation Property Work for You!: The Quick and Easy Guide to Advertising, Renting, Managing, and Making Money from Your Second Home
How to Make Your Vacation Property Work for You The Quick and Easy Guide to Advertising Renting Managing and Making Money from Your Second Home Author:Alfred Glossbrenner, Emily Glossbrenner If you own a second home, you have the potential to boost your annual income by literally thousands of dollars by turning it into a vacation rental that earns money when you arent using it. In this book-and-CD package, youll learn exactly how to do it. Even if youre already using your second home as a vacation rental, the book ... more »can help you maximize the income it generates each year. It doesnt matter where you want to be along the spectrum of possibilities: 1. If youve never offered your property as a vacation rental before, youll find all the tools, tips, and information you need to save thousands in commissions by handling everything yourself. It really isnt that hard to do. 2. If you prefer to have a rental agent or property manager take care of everything for you but arent quite satisfied with the number of bookings youre getting, youll discover ways to inexpensively promote your property to prospective renters from all over the world--and how to negotiate lower management commissions on the business that you bring in. 3. Or maybe youd rather steer a middle course by handling the marketing and bookings yourself and buying cleaning and maintenance services from a property manager or from some local firm. That, too, is a viable option. Whatever course you choose, youll find everything you need in this book/CD package. Designed as a complete "Vacation Property Owners Toolkit," the package consists of a 320-page book in a three-ring binder, and a CD containing crucial rental forms and checklists that you can customize and print out for your own use. The CD also contains a collection of Windows programs selected to help you manage and market your vacation property easily and effectively. And, by the way, after youve applied what youve learned, you can probably reduce or completely eliminate any current print-advertising expenses. The approach described in this package really is that powerful.« less