Monday, January 21, 2013

Attention: Real Estate Agents & Homeowners

Fill in those empty weeks and shoulder season weekends

Using online rental by owner websites are for homeowners AND managers

Plus, Block Island Family Vacation lists houses for FREE.

Some of our Block Island real estate agents are already hip to the online rental by owner websites and how to use them to supplement while waiting for the phone to ring.  We've had really good luck filling in empty weeks and weekends for my family's rental home Lynn's Way.

Even when we first began renting and rented with a realtor, we knew that anything we did to help market the house would increase our chances of getting those prime weeks filled.  With only 10 prime weeks and a lot of weekends on either end, we needed to optimize our chances of having a successful rental season.

Renting just one house takes an enormous amount of time so believe me, those rental agents and house managers are earning their commissions.  Whether you are reading this because you are a Block Island homeowner or a house manager or real estate agent, we have a good tip for you.

Using the online rental by owner websites such as  HomeAway Vacation Rentals or VacationHomeRentals.com is a great way to increase your rentals.

Block Island Family Vacation will List Your House Too.  For Free.

Any homeowner or manager who lists a house with HomeAway or Vacation Home Rentals automatically gets listed on our Block Island Family Vacation House Rentals for free.  Our house rental page is one of the most visited on our site.

These sites are inexpensive and most definitely work.  Of the 2, Vacation Home Rentals has barely a whole page of BI rentals on it.  That means more exposure for the few houses that are listed.  The site has a 30 day free trial and many guarantees.  Lynn's way has gotten many inquiries from that site, as well as Home Away and VRBO.  VRBO is quite saturated at this point so it costs more to get good exposure.

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Be Prosperous,
Kelly