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Don’t Let Your Airbnb Guest Ruin Your Rep

By secondshelter2 | May 24, 2019 | Comments Off on Don’t Let Your Airbnb Guest Ruin Your Rep

Like many, you may be using your second home as a part-time income generator, too — utilizing Airbnb, VRBO, or another platform to rent out your vacation home to other vacationers. And maybe you’ve had a great run of good luck, but all it takes is one noisy set of short-term tenants, or one raucous…

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Not Done With the Starks? You’ve GOT To See These Five Spots

By Bethany Erickson | May 20, 2019 | Comments Off on Not Done With the Starks? You’ve GOT To See These Five Spots

If the series finale of Game of Thrones was not enough for you, we have just the story for you. Check out that, plus some great travel recommendations, a warning about Airbnb, and a great Cliff May original up for grabs. This is what we’ve been reading. What are you reading? Can’t Quit Game of…

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What Do Airbnb Guests Want? Turns Out, Wifi

By Bethany Erickson | May 17, 2019 | Comments Off on What Do Airbnb Guests Want? Turns Out, Wifi

What makes a traveler choose Airbnb over a hotel? A variety of reasons, one survey by IPX1031 revealed, including privacy and better options. And with many second home owners opting to take advantage of the relative ease short-term rental companies like Airbnb provides in earning a little income from a property that sometimes sits dormant,…

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Local Poison: Foreign Investment And Short-Term Rentals

By Jon Anderson | September 28, 2018 | Comments Off on Local Poison: Foreign Investment And Short-Term Rentals

In the good old days, the wealthy used to scoop up gold and jewels and flee in the dead of night before poor, angry peasants descended upon their estates. Today, the million-dollar jewels are often red carpet loans where today’s décolletage is rented like a yesteryear billboard. Hiding assets from pillagees, modern-day pillagers have offshore…

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On CandysDirt.com: Dallas Company Touts Solution for Neighbor-Minded Airbnb Hosts

By Bethany Erickson | October 20, 2017 | Comments Off on On CandysDirt.com: Dallas Company Touts Solution for Neighbor-Minded Airbnb Hosts

On CandysDirt.com, we take a look at a device that could be a real boon to property owners participating in short-term rental markets like VRBO, HomeAway, and Airbnb. Check out why NoiseAware may just be the perfect addition to hosts who want to be good neighbors, but also give guests privacy.  

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Make a Little Extra Dough With Your South Padre Vacation Home

By Bethany Erickson | July 12, 2017 | Comments Off on Make a Little Extra Dough With Your South Padre Vacation Home

Previously this week, we discussed how the housing market in South Padre Island could really give vacation home seekers a lot of bang for their buck. Today, we’ll look at how that bang can become a boom — if you’re willing to jump through a few hoops the city says are designed to protect renters,…

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