How to Rent Vacation Property

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Once you've spent the money on a vacation home and made it your own personal get-away, allowing other people to rent it may feel invasive. On the same note, giving away a portion of your profits to a property manager can be frustrating, as well. Ease into renting your vacation home by letting friends and family rent your home, then once you're ready, use the vacation home websites to post your home's availability.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Caretaker
  • Cleaning service

Step1
Offer your vacation home for the weekend to friends, neighbors or business associates and encourage them to bring friends and family.
Step2
Trade services with people. Instead of paying your daycare lady for those extra hours you had to work, offer your vacation home for the weekend instead.
Step3
List your house online at one of many vacation home rental sites or create your own rental website.
Step4
Post plenty of pictures so people can visualize where they are going to stay.
Step5
Hire a cleaning service or a caretaker to prepare the house in between guests, and to monitor the property for damage or problems.

Tips & Warnings

  • Listen to the feedback from your friends and family and make changes to your vacation home to better accommodate renters.
  • Set up your bedrooms and living space in order to accommodate a large number of people. You may think a comfy king-sized bed is great while you're there, but a single bed and a double bed in the same room can accommodate more renters.
  • Before you rent your home, make sure you talk with your insurance company about having the proper vacation home insurance.

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