Don’t Lose Rental Income On Your Vacation Home
Have you ever dreamed about owning a beach house? My wife and I have talked about it many times and we are always looking at the prices to see if by magic they came down enough for us to afford one. Yesterday I spent a little time looking at homes for sale along the New […]
Will Cuil help rent properties faster?
I took a quick look at Cuil today, the new search engine started by former Google employees. So far, it looks pretty good for RentalsOnline.com. We are already getting traffic from them and the site comes up on the first page when searching for rentals in a lot of cities.
Generally, their results appear a […]
Are you telling renters what they want to know?
I just finished an interview with a reporter from Real Estate Weekly about an article they are writing on “tips for renters”. We discussed a lot of the important topics that renters should be aware of when they are ready to move. As a landlord and property manager for many years, I was able to […]
Many landlords still don’t advertise online
I had a great conversation with a landlord from Mississippi who had several rental properties she wanted to advertise. She needed some help getting her ads posted because she lived in a very rural area and did not have high speed Internet access. The women informed me that in the past she would always advertise […]
Finding tenants in competitive rental markets
Driving around the Orlando area, I could not help but notice how much new construction of timeshares and vacation homes was going on. We stayed in Kissimmee, about 10 minutes from Disney and there were hundreds of condos and townhouses just in our development. Many of these homes were clearly vacant while we were there, […]
Where do your rental leads come from?
I am very excited that this week I sold a rental property my family owned for about 15 years. I know, I know. Why sell a house in a down market like this? Well, we negotiated the deal a long time ago for a premium price and the buyer was finally ready to complete the […]
Rents going lower in 29 markets
The Wall Street Journal reported that rents in 29 US markets have dropped as more unsold houses and condos have hit the rental market during the 4th quarter of 2007. If this trend continues and it looks like it will, landlords had better be prepared to get their rentals advertised early and in lots of […]
Home rentals on Rent.com
I have noticed with increased frequency that Rent.com is changing their site to accommodate home rentals and not just apartment communities. The site is now showing up in some results for home rental searches and they appear to have changed some link titles from other sites.
It seems a bit surprising that they would enter […]
Does MyNewPlace.com see something special?
I was doing some research the other day and put our company name (OffCampusNetwork.com) in the search box on Google. To my surprise, I found that MyNewPlace.com comes up as a sponsored link. I guess they feel that if we don’t have an apartment in a particular area, they may have one that a renter would […]
Do rental sites with a BBB logo offer a better sense of security?
A few months ago, our rental listing site, Off Campus Network joined the BBB online program. We wanted to let landlords and property managers know that when they list an apartment or house for rent on our site, they are dealing with a creditable organization that will protect their privacy and address any concerns they […]
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