Hello World! Welcome Friends! If you own a vacation home, chances are, it’s not within your neighborhood or your state. It may be a few hours’ drive away. Or, in some instances, it could also be overseas. While owning vacation rentals presents good opportunities for passive income, it also comes with challenges. One of those relates to its overall upkeep and maintenance.
For your vacation rental to keep earning profits, you need to keep it well maintained, too. Each time you have a booking, you need to prepare the place and ensure it’s in a presentable shape. This is only part of the many reasons why the upkeep of your vacation rental is just as important as that of your main home. Thus, you may refer to a vacation rental cleaning guide to keep you updated on what to do with your rental property.
Keeping your vacation rental in tiptop shape might be challenging, but it’s certainly doable. Here are a few tips to get you started:
1. Remember: ‘Prevention Is Better Than Cure’
This adage may mostly apply to health-related matters, but it could work for your property, too. When talking about your vacation rentals, this means taking the proactive approach of staying on schedule with the regular appliance and home checks.
If you happen to visit your vacation rental now and then, make the most of your time there by booking those inspection checks, too. This enables you to prevent any serious issues in the future. Should there be any problems with the vacation home, timely repairs can be done as needed.
2. Leave a Key With a Trusted Family Member
This second tip applies only if you have a family member who lives close to your vacation rental’s location. Leaving a key with a trusted family member gives you that added peace of mind when you’re away. At your call, that relative can check and inspect your vacation home.
If repairs are needed, it’s also easier to undertake these without delay when you have family members who can check on the progress. You don’t have to wait it out or stall the repairs, as you have to schedule it when you’re around.
3. Hire a Professional Property Manager
For this third tip, you have to weigh first whether or not you can afford to pay the salary of the property manager with earnings from that single vacation rental. Typically, this approach also works if you have multiple vacation rental homes in one location that are all profitable.
Hiring a professional property manager may be costly, but it does come with its perks. There’s no substitute for their professionalism and range of knowledge to ensure your vacation rentals are kept in top condition and managed well.
A property manager offers the following services:
- Schedule all the necessary cleaning and maintenance.
- Process weekly reports and inspections.
- Do the concierge service in welcoming your guests on your behalf.
When hiring one, however, be sure to screen your options thoroughly. There’s no taking any chances with this. Your chosen property manager should have a good reputation and come in highly recommended, with positive feedback from previous clients.
4. Register For Police Checks
Depending on your rental’s location, the local police may have a service known as police checks. At your request, you can schedule routine police checks of your vacation rentals. This ensures the safety of your property.
Theft can still be prevalent, especially once a particular property is known to have no regular inhabitants. This could lead to loss and destruction of property.
Regular police checks may deter thieves who would have otherwise continued to keep an eye on your vacation rental.
5. Turn Off Utilities
Ensure that house rules are as clear as possible for every tenant who stays in your vacation rental. One of these should be to switch off all the lights and unplug all appliances before they leave.
This is also where having a property manager or a family member can come in handy. They can check to see that all utilities are turned off after every tenant leaves.
Conclusion
Caring for your rental property may seem impossible to do, but it can be done. Whether you already have a vacation home, or you’re currently looking for one to have rented out, now you know how to keep it in stellar form. If you want it to earn the passive income you envisioned, be proactive and diligent with its upkeep. Take the tips here by heart, and soon enough, you’ll get the hang of taking care of your vacation rental property even when you’re away.
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