It’s great to own a vacation home, but unless you are able to visit it regularly, it is just something that’s collecting dust and piling up expenses. Renting out your vacation home as a rental is a good way to get a solid return on your investment, or create a new cash flow. You have obviously chosen the property for the features that appealed to you, but there are things you need to ensure or do to make it a profitable rental property for others. 5 IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY FEATURES TO OWNING A PROFITABLE VACATION RENTAL 1. LOCATION Location is [...]

When it comes to renting out your vacation property, you want to make sure you’ve done everything possible to gain a competitive advantage. That’s where staging your vacation property for renters comes into play. Staging your rental property offers many more benefits than just aesthetics, and while it might seem easy to decorate a bit, staging can be a challenge even for the most seasoned experts. In this article, we’ll shed some light on 6 tips for staging your vacation property to attract renters. But first, let’s discuss a little more about what staging a vacation property entails. STAGING [...]

With the increased popularity of  vacation property rentals, the market has become very competitive. As a solo investor, the competition can seem scary. Huge global websites like Airbnb, HomeAway, Expedia, and TripAdvisor have vacation rental listings by the bucketload. If you choose not to list on one of these websites or others, you need to have a very solid marketing plan by which you can get your property noticed and ultimately, rented to paying customers. And, even if you are on a listing site, making money on a rental property still involves input on your part to secure rentals and attract repeat customers. THE [...]

You’ve got extra real estate, and you want to make money by using it as a vacation rental. It’s a great idea, but many people are lost when it comes to turning that idea into a reality. Among the many hurdles you’ll face when trying to rent out your vacation property is attracting interested vacationers to your property. That’s where Airbnb comes in for most. It’s hard to ignore Airbnb’s remarkable functionality. Its streamlined platform offers more than four million vacation rental listings around the world, with nearly 500,000 stays booked each night. That’s a platform that can work [...]

If you are thinking of the best way to advertise your vacation rental property, you’ve probably already started looking at some of today’s most popular rental listing sites. But in our current digitally-driven world, it can seem like there’s an overwhelming number of potential listing sites to vet and explore when trying to get your vacation property listed. With tons of listing websites available on the internet now, the question is, how do you decide which one is best for you? At Minnestay, a main feature of our full service vacation rental property management are our professional listing creation services. [...]