Customer Reviews

The Vacation Rental Organizer

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First I bought "How to Rent Vacation Properties By Owner". This gave me the confidence to self-manage our own beach house. The rental organizer was just what I needed to keep track of the various stages of the life of a rental period from inquiry to deposit return. The only thing I have added is an item under check list for "changed availability calendar". This book goes everywhere with me.

I bought this book along with "How to rent Vacation properties by Owner".....THAT book is great, but for me, I was hoping for a better organizer. My main disappointment is simply not enough pages for expenses, but like over 50 pages, (thats over 200 renters) for your renters. Perhaps that is OK for those who rent nightly or weekly, but for me, who rent my vacation home for one month minimum, and usually for 3 month at a time, this was off balance.
I have many expenses that I need to keep track of, utilities, mowing, cleaning,etc,etc......for me, I need WAY more then the 6 pages they give for expenses.....I would think any owner would. Pockets and tabs would have been nice, but the main thing is it needs WAY more pages for expenses.....6 pages is not enough.

I have used this organizer for two years. I like the way everything is spelled out in this organizer. There is a place to keep track of my inventory in my home, an owner networking area, and a place to keep track of all the people I have used to work on my property, from cleaning staff to chimney sweeps. I use the notes area for myself.

This sure beats all the little pieces of paper I used to use.

This organizer, along with it's companion book "How to Rent Vacation Properties By Owner" are indispensible. I used to rent my vacation home through an agency. Last year they got me 2 rentals for the entire winter season for my ski home! Plus they took almost 30% for commissions! Thanks to these 2 books I'm doing the renting myself, and I couldn't be happier! I've had every weekend booked so far this season. And I've already earned enough to cover 80% of my expenses for my home for the entire year. My home pays for itself thanks to Christine's books, and yours can too, with a little effort! Don't waste any more money on an agency - do it yourself with these ingenious books.

This is a book of 'forms'and ledger-style pages which are constricting and less useful than ledgers available at Office Supply stores . Not recommended.

This workbook is awesome. We are buying a vacation rental but I will be buying another copy to use in my main home as well. It has places to write in your appliances and the warrenty info etc...so everything is centraly located and easy to find. I LOVE IT!

This manual forced me to collect and organize my resources. At the same time it identified what was important to collect. Very helpful.

I do think that she could have explained how to organize it in a clearer
manner.
Also, the the examples in the explanation page are not in large enough print.
I do use it but I need another book to put my leases and calendars.
It could use "at a glance" monthly and yearly calendar

needs to be straight forward. list of questions should be easy to read by ea. guest. confusing entering dates. should have a prospect sheet in front of it as well so you can record all of your entries. it also needs to have jackets for exta papers and rental agreements you print out, perhaps by month. A mon. to mon. calander would be an essential thing to have as well.

Good overview for a beginner but not too practical for ongoing rental property where something computerized would be better. Also would behold to include sample contracts.