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Profit from Your Vacation Home Dream: The Complete Guide to a Savvy Financial and Emotional Investment

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Having read Christine's first book "How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner," I was pleased to find that she had written another. After reading the Amazon description, the author's bio and the acknowledgements in the front of the book, I was sure that it was a sequel to the first book. Amazon even has a co-marketing deal where you can buy both books.

I was greatly disappointed to find that most of the info in the book - down to the examples and quotes she uses - came straight out of the first book. Many of these were word-for-word. There's a few new ideas, but this really should have been marketed as a 2nd edition of "How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner" than as her second book.

In fairness to Christine, I have to say that the content of the book is still great. I just wish it wasn't a near replica of the first!

This book is as weak as the last book. Unfortunately, my wife bought both of her books without reading the reviews. Big mistake...
I read the book and it was basically a re-hash of her old book. It looks like she has quite a marketing arm behind her now though, as she is working for one of the big vacation rental websites now. Go figure. I guess they are making her publish the same junk, but with their spin on it. I also noticed that all of the super positive reviews for this book seem pretty fake and contrived. Watch out!

I do want to buy a vacation rental in another part of the country, but I have a lot of questions and reservations about how to handle it. Then I received a copy of Profit from Your Vacation Home Dream. The publisher asked me to interview the author on my radio show, EverydayWealth Radio (you can listen to the interview with Christine about the book. [...]

The book and the author were both great! It's clear she knows what she is talking about, and so far I have found a helpful answer to every question I've thought of. I am now in the process of identifying the area and type of vacation home to buy. The book is also interspersed with examples of real life stories of good and bad experiences.

I recommend it!

This book gave me a lot of tips that as a first time second home/vacation rental buyer I found to be very helpful.

This book offers good real world advice and insight into the process of making a vacation home into a self managed vacation rental. The internet has revolutionized the opportunity for owners to buy and rent vacation property, and this book outlines how you can capitalize on this.

Jeff Busche
VacationRentals.com

Owners of a home who dream of owning a second home for vacation purposes might have thought of the possibility as a dream for the rich, but Profit From Your Vacation Home Dream: The Complete Guide To A Savvy Financial And Emotional Investment tells otherwise: it holds the potential of being a wise move on several fronts, and provides the basics on how such a home can pay for itself when not in use by its owners. From how to rent a vacation home to a formula for successful vacation home ownership, this tells how to evaluate properties, weigh pros and cons, determine what's needed to break even on the investment, and even how to work with property management companies.

Great read if you are thinking of buying or have just purchased a second home.

-wintergreenrentalsonline