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How To Rent By Owner Podcast
HomeAway.com's Christine Karpinski, author of the two books, How To Rent Vacation Properties By Owner and Profit From Your Vacation Home Dream interviews experts for the latest tips, news, facts and figures on the Vacation Rental Industry.
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Quick Reference Articles for Vacation Rental Owners
Running a Vacation Rental Business FAQs: The most frequently asked questions that we get from owners about running their vacation rental businesses.
Vacation Rental Terms Glossary: Definitions for terms that come up often when researching or talking about vacation rental homes.
Sample Vacation Rental Contract, Lease Agreement, and Invoice: Two sample rental contracts, leases or agreements, a rental invoice or confirmation, and a credit card authorization form that you can use for your vacation rental guests.
Frequent Vacation Rental Scams: We've added a section to our site to help owners spot vacation rental scams.
Homeowner's Insurance For Vacation Rental Homes: Accidents happen. Shield yourself from the unforseen with Homeowner's Insurance.
How to Start a Vacation Rental Business: Questions to ask yourself when making the decision to start renting your vacation home and running a vacation rental business.
Recently Added Content to the OC
- Ten Fun Amenities That Will Seal the Deal
- The big ticket amenities like hot tubs and pool tables may get their own checkbox in the amenity table, but for renters, these special touches can be the deciding factor between your home and the next.
- What Should a Fully-Stocked Kitchen Have in It?
- Which items should you provide before you claim to have a fully-stocked kitchen?
- How to Turn a Good Photo into a Great One
- Bring a room to life with a few easy changes.
- Decorating Your Vacation Home for the Holidays
- Easy ways to spread holiday cheer from afar.
- Amenities Checklist for Vacation Rentals
- What amenities are expected and which will help seal the deal?
- How to Use the Internet to Investigate Potential Renters
- Quick tips for checking up on fishy inquiries.
- How to Set Your Rental Rates
- Tips for properly pricing your vacation rental property including how to assess the competition and how to pick your peak season.
About Christine Karpinski
About the Author: Christine Karpinski A short biography of bestselling author and Owner Community director, Christine Karpinski.
Christine Karpinski in the Media A record of bestselling author Christine Karpinski's print, tv, and radio appearances.
Christine's Weekly Vacation Rental Blog Christine's weekly blog about the ups and downs of renting her own vacation homes.
Be Christine's Friend on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/christinekarpinski
Vacation Renting 101 Webinar
7 Steps for Getting Started
Upcoming Seminars
Join us at one of our upcoming How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner Seminars.
Our 2009 Schedule is Coming Soon!
- Tampa Vacation Rental Seminars
- Nov. 17th and 18th
- Orlando Vacation Rental Seminars
- Nov. 19th and 20th
Useful Sites for Vacation Rental Owners
- Internal Revenue Service: Renting Residential and Vacation Property
- Tax guidance for vacation rental home owners.
- HomeAway Connect
- Free online availabilty calendars and guestbooks, as well as, merchant accounts for vacation rental owners.
- HotSpot Tax Services
- If you own a vacation rental property, you are likely responsible for collecting and filing sales taxes (lodging taxes) on your vacation rental activity. These rules and regulations can be confusing and burdensome for individual vacation rental property owners.
- HomeAway.com Owner Community
- Resource for vacation rental owners featuring tips and advice, educational articles, vacation rental news, owner polls, monthly newsletters, and a bi-weekly internet radio show by bestselling author Christine Karpinski.
Vacation Rental Blogs and Forums
- Vacation Home Insider : Blog by former New York Times reporter and author of six books, Grace Lichtenstein.
- Vacation Rentals Yahoo Group : The web's largest group dedicated to the discussion of Vacation Rentals. Topics include: where to advertise, where to go, deposit policies, leases, cancellations, Room and Sales Tax, early check-out, keeping renters happy, calendars, guestbooks, and much more.
- Lay My Hat : Vacation rental forum and monthly newsletter.
Great books on vacation rentals
Profit from Your Vacation Home Dream: The Complete Guide to a Savvy Financial and Emotional Investment
Amazon Price: $14.96 (as of 07/11/2009) 
How a Second Home Can Be Your Best Investment: New, Tax-Free Methods for Using a Vacation Home for Recreation, Retirement...AND Investment!
Amazon Price: $17.05 (as of 07/11/2009)
The Complete Guide to Second Homes for Vacation, Retirement, and Investment
Amazon Price: $17.95 (as of 07/11/2009)
Cashing In on a Second Home in Mexico: How to Buy, Rent and Profit from Property South of the Border
Amazon Price: $14.96 (as of 07/11/2009)
Reader Feedback
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Posted May 27, 2009
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Posted July 29, 2007
Joanne Hanson wrote
Good information! I own a rental property in Colorado, plus I am a Realtor who helps people buy rental property. I use and recommend both www.vrbo.com and www.homeaway.com. I also blog about it on my blog at www.mountainlivingblog.com.
Posted July 08, 2007
