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Tired of paying to much for a big short fall of your Vacation Rentals?

I have had some good info to share with Vacation homeowners that the larger rental companies don't want you to know. First is that they are losing the battle to renting your Vacation property to it's full potential. Many of my clients have both the large Vacation rental company and also are renting themselves on web sites like vrbo.com and crysyalcoastrentals.net and are finding that they are getting more rentals from doing just a little bit more. Some have also used craigslist.com and found that they are getting a lot through this site but it must be up dated frequently, but it does work. I have a high dollar rental property that uses both the large rental company and web based sites and they have found that they are renting more themselves than the big rental company is. They have rented themselves 65% and the rental company has rented it 35%, with odds like this it's know wonder vacation homeowners are looking to boost business and save money by doing a little work themselves and rep-ping the benefits also. With the larger vacation rental companies you have to deal with large mark ups. From your cleaning, maintenance, yard care, to it's personnel that is all marked up to make them money and to put less in your wallet. It starts with labor, they pay 12.00 hr to their maintenance man and you pay as much as 65.00 an hr. Sure a big mark up as they will also mark up your other needs such as parts from the hardware store to the cleaning people they have to get anther bite out of your wallet. At the end you are stuck with all the expenses and they have the profit. Well times have changed and you can keep a lot more of your profit by just doing a little work yourself or having a caretaker do it for you. Here at Emerald Isle Maintenance we don't add on to your parts, if we pay 9.99 you pay 9.99, why should we mark up parts when we charge by the hour? If you would like to have your property looked after by cost efficient company call Emerald Isle Maintenance and we can help you get in the swing of things instead of getting hit by high prices for nothing. Thanks to everyone who has seen the light and making my business a little brighter for us both. Darren Tupper c/o Emerald Isle Maintenance and Caretakers. emeraldislemaintenance@gmail.com or call 252-764-2332

Posted Thursday Apr 02