Share VRS002 – Getting Started in Vacation Rental with Mike Bayer In this episode of the Vacation Rental Success podcast my son, Mike Bayer, shares his experience of buying and setting up his Lake Ontario cottage for rental, and what he […]
Share Pleasing Guests From The Start – A Pura Vida Experience Each year we rent a vacation home for our February vacation. We can be fairly specific in our needs but I am usually swayed by terrific photographs and great reviews. […]
Share VRS001 – Launching the Vacation Rental Success Podcast Well, after weeks of learning, setting up a mass of equipment with more knobs and dials than I’ve ever seen outside of Blake’s Seven (that’s a reference to a show […]
Share How We’ve Made $30K/Year Renting Our Primary Residence as a Vacation Home This is the first in a series of guest posts by owners sharing their unique stories. Robert Kiyosaki, author of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series, created a bit of […]
Share How negative reviews can bring positive results I am sure we all get that sinking feeling when something unforeseen happens while guests are in our property. We do our utmost to make it beautiful; have it well […]
Share Gadgets to Manage Your Rental Remotely This guest post is by Beth Stockwell at the Home Away Community. Though some owners and property managers live reasonably close to their vacation rentals, there are many that […]
Share Warm up Your Winter Vacation Rental Marketing Christmas is over; 2013 is fast approaching and if you have vacancies for January, February and March, it’s time to get them filled. Unless you are blessed with a property […]
Share Top 8 Vacation Rental Lessons I’ve Learned – Guest Post by Matt Landau When I first started in the vacation rental business, I knew next to nothing. I was on vacation. I met some Dutch businessmen. I looked at some contracts. And […]
Share Vacation Rental Staging – Bathrooms Getting great photos of your bathroom can be challenging and many people don’t include them in a listing. In fact, an owner mentioned to me recently that since the room […]
Share Tweaking Windows 8 & the Art of Pleasing Guests I think I have got it! In fact, after a month of frustration, reading manuals, tweaking this and tweaking that, I understand (sort of) how it all hangs together. Windows […]
