Archives

Meth labs boost the the argument for monthly rental inspections and precautions with investment properties.
I have never been much into monthly inspections. I feel that you are treating your tenants like some kind of inmate in a federal prison. But after reading a recent article that I found on the Internet I am [...]

News surfaced a few days ago that legislation set on limiting the number of vacation rental properties rented to short-term visitors is gaining steam on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Bill 2204, as referenced here, would effectively place a limit on the number of vacation properties to be used in such a fashion [...]

Spring has often been the proverbial default time to do a little house cleaning, why should your vacation property be any different? The weather has heated up, and after surviving the winter most homes, condos and cabins could use a little cleaning. (Do we have cabins on CoastRentals? Guess that’s more of [...]

So myself and a few of the other people that help make CoastRentals possible made our annual pilgrimmage to Key West, Florida this past weekend. While this is always one of our most favorite trips of the year (especially considering it encompasses the first weekend of March Madness AND St. Patrick’s Day AND Spring [...]

Separate what you would do from your rental business.
When you go to look at a property try not to think about what you would do if you were moving into the property. Obviously the very fact that you are looking into buying a rental property means that you have some kind of success in [...]

Vacation Rental bans are becoming a hot topic in the industry. Recent occurrences in places like Encinitas and in Hawaii have drawn a lot of attention, and tons of isolated incidents of vacation rental owners struggling with their communities over renting out their properties are happening across the country. Why all the fuss?
Well, [...]

A recent report on AL.com states that the Gulf Shores and surrounding Alabama coastal region has seen a big jump in bookings for the 2007 season already, rivaling the business the region saw in 2004 during a boom. Recent hurricane destruction to the Gulf region caused a bit of downturn, but Gulf Shores has [...]

I just finished talking to one of our listers who is in Hawaii (lovely area by the way, she is on Maui) and had been working recently with a property manager.  Now, I’ve mentioned some of the negatives of dealing with property managers before in this space - their lack of good online marketing, their [...]