Tips on Smart Investing in Vacation Rental

Jul 10, 2012

Have you always dreamt of waking up to the soft sun rays in surroundings as beautiful as paradise and the environment as light and relaxing as a fairytale? Buying a house in a lovely town, city, or country which is known for its touristic delights can get you many steps closer to really living your reverie.

Tips on Smart Investing in Vacation Home

Tips For Property Owners To Invest Smartly In Vacation Rental Business

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1. Benefits of Having a Vacation Home
2. Choosing the Right Destination
3. Advice for Homeowners and Managers

1. Benefits of Having a Vacation Home

There are several advantages of buying a vacation rental. You can have a personal property in a beautiful place either full of activity and liveliness, or the calmness of nature. Also, you are entitled to several economic benefits of owning real estate.

You can use the house for your personal getaways, or rent it to other people when you don’t need it. In the longer run, you can think of your vacation home as a good place to spend your retirement years. This would be particularly great if the home’s location is in peaceful yet safe surroundings.

In case you no longer want the house and the prices are good enough, selling it off can offer great returns. So investing in vacation homes is generally a profitable deal that involves little and continuous efforts on maintenance.

2. Choosing the Right Destination

We all have visited at least one holidaying place in our lifetimes that we find extremely hard to leave: the place that beckons you back again and again, and fills your heart with nostalgia every time you mention its name.

Well, if you can afford it and really love it passionately, this place can be the perfect destination for you to invest in a home. You can come here to spend time whenever you like without worrying about hotel bookings and expenses.

You can let your family or friends enjoy the place. And also, this can make your perfect retirement destination.

3. Advice for Homeowners and Managers

Owners need to specify and register home or accommodation as a vacation rental and pay corresponding taxes on it. However, you are exempted from paying rental taxes if you are renting your house for fourteen or less days.

Anything over it is liable to 10% taxes in most states. Keeping track of all legal sensibilities on renting homes is mandatory for all homeowners and managers in order to avoid legal hassles.

A useful piece of advice for those looking for a good vacation home to buy is to actually try out living in it. You can rent homes on your vacations at different destinations that you like, and then decide on which one you would like to invest in.

Other than these personal factors, what all you must look at while choosing a destination to buy a home are:

The property prices and the amount of rent you can earn on your property. A state that levies lower taxes on rental property should be preferred.
Safety – An unsafe destination home requires higher safety expenses from your end. Also, you can’t look at it to spend your retirement years if the surroundings are not safe enough for you.
Availability of necessities all year round – Some holiday towns are virtually shut during the off-season and it gets very difficult to arrange for the basic everyday necessities.

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louis lewis

For the past 22 years I haveI lived in the Riviera Maya of Mexico (Cancun-Playa del Carmen corridor). I tell people all the time, that if you want to live the paradise life……and lots of places to do it.
It’s easier to do than you think. It’s a great way to live. It’s a clean way to live. So why are people leaving? Who said they were leaving? Downsizing is a better definition. Most of my friends have reached the time in life where they want to do things, mainly long periods of travel, while they still have the mobility and desire to go and do it. That’s all there is to it. No grand philosophical point to make. Just time to move on…. So, they I decide to sell the beach home. It made money for them, and it will make money for you. Your beach house can also be a rental business, and a getaway at the same time, and then your retirement home. But first things first. Read below. I live like this, and my friends do too. We’ve been doing it for years.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO HERE. THERE IS NO WINTER.
walking the beach…miles of it
swimming…ocean or pool
plenty of small towns and villages close by to spend the day or weekend
also several islands to visit and stay over
movies…more than 50 screens within a half hour
rent movies for home use..in english
fishing..lagoon, shore, bottom fihing, or you can fish deep sea within a 10 minute boat ride
shopping.. several malls…boutiques..mexican traditional markets…..artisan markets…all kinds…4 walmart superstores, and a dozen more walmart clones from other countries…there is more shopping in a concentrated area than I’ve ever seen in the USA
boating…your personal boat or rent one
bowling, horseback riding, off roading, golf, tennis, volleyball
people watching in an outdoor cafe
casinos…though not like las vegas, but we have direct flights to vegas
festivals, special events, all year that you can drive to
an international airport 25 minutes away, to get you anywhere in the world you want to go (miami is 1 hour 15 minutes away),.. Cancun airport is easy to get to,.for example, if you are coming in from the northeastern USA, you can be sitting on the front porch sipping your favorite beverage where I am, quicker than you can get to Miami Beach …….if you are leaving from here, you can be checking in, in 25 minutes….You drive from my house
to Belize, a beautiful drive down the coast injust 5 hours..drive all over Mexico…nice roads
play on Playa del Carmen’s exotic 5th avenue just 25 minutes, as is cancun’s world famous hotel zone…both with hundreds of restaurants and sidewalk cafe’s
This is just a partial list of things you can do, but the important thing to remember, is that people from all over the world, pay thousands of dollars each, just to spend a week or two of vacation here

PERSONAL LIVING:
you can have a maid, gardener, cook, or servant if you like, at very reasonable prices…they do the work, while you play…I employ a full time caretaker who lives on the property in the servants quarters…..he does everything.
We can go to a nice restaurant any night of the week, order a a nice dinner, even seafood, for 4, WITH wine for $50 bucks. Can You? And that’s $50 bucks for all 4 of us. There are restaurants galore.
Hospitals all over the place. My wife and I can go to any hospital in the country and be treated. No deductible. No extras. No worries. I belong to a great wellness program, and see the doctor once a month whether I need it or not. Many of my neighbors come here 3 or 4 times a year and stay at their homes, and rent them the rest of the time. Some live here several months, and then go back to where they came from for vacation. What’s the difference if you live here or there? You have to live someplace. I’m not a real estate salesman, but I usually know if their is vacation rental for sale in my area. Message me, if you want to make a change.