Don’t want to hire and pay a property manager or real estate agent to help you find tenants? Well, then you’ll need to learn how to rent vacation properties yourself. Thankfully, I’ve got a great resource for you.
How to Rent Vacation Properties
Christine Karpinski knows how to buy, rent and manage rental properties from personal experience. She shares her tips and hands-on advice in her book, How To Rent Vacation Properties by Owner: The Complete Guide to Buy, Manage, Furnish, Rent, Maintain and Advertise Your Vacation Rental Investment.
Early on in her career, Christine learned that vacation properties don’t always generate a profit. In fact, a large part of the potential profit gets eaten up by the cost of hiring a property manager.
Therefore, she decided to learn the tricks of the trade and find out how to manage vacation rentals herself. Hence, she could keep that profit for herself.
Acquire her tried-and-tested real estate skills simply by reading her $10 book. She leads real estate entrepreneurs through the process in her step-by-step guide.
Want more information on managing real estate rentals? Read this article: How to Manage Rental Properties. Also, check out the helpful video below.
How to Rent Vacation Properties
Vacation Rentals Websites
Finding customers to rent out your vacation properties is easier than ever before, due to the plethora of vacation rental websites.
Essentially, they help advertise your properties for you, so you don’t have to be a salesperson too.
Below, I’ve listed some examples of these sites where you can list properties available to rent.
If you want to know more about finding good renters, read this: how to screen tenants.
Vacation Rentals by Owner
When you decide to do your own managing rather than hiring an agent, you also will need to provide contracts and paperwork yourself. Don’t worry. In addition to the helpful guidance of the book above, you can learn how to make a lease agreement too.