Darren Tupper

Please remember that when winter is here, its to late to winterize and the problems are already here. Fall is when its time to drain your vacation property of all water lines and blow them out with a compressor. If you already have a leak then its time to get Emerald Isle Maintenance to get out there and get it fixed, water damage is the worst thing that can hurt your rental income and your property investment. Call Emerald Isle maintenance for all your vacation rental needs. 252-764-2332

This is a new time in vacation rentals, where the homeowner is renting his own property and dealing with guest's and housekeepers and a maintenance man, yes a little more work but owners are finding that it keeps there vacation property rented and they know whats going on at all times. The Internet has made renting your vacation property easy and is now the way to rent a vacation rental. The larger companies are seeing big short falls in rentals and this is from over pricing their services and under paying their employee's. With them having to take their percentage and charge you for everything they do with big mark-ups its know wonder they are seeing this short fall in bookings. I painted a unit last week and the home owner said they only have 4 weeks rented, I told them that I know this new place that everyone is going and renting their property themselves and they are all full. I gave her the web sites I have seen work and she called today saying "This is the way" she had booked 3 weeks in 4 days. vrbo.com and crystalcoastrentals.net were the two sites and they seem to be really booking some properties. Another homeowner who has a large rental and it to is booked solid from them renting themselves and 78% of the rental were booked by them, he asked me do you think I should have to pay them for the rentals that are not made by them? I replied surely not. Well to beat the band he said it was their policy to be paid for this. I laughed and said what a joke ,now you pay them for something you did, and know wonder they are floundering in bookings. All I can say is if you are not seeing your vacation rental making you money you might have to do what these people did and put your home on vrbo.com and crystalcoastrentals.net and see what you have been missing by letting someone else run the show and you be the loser in the end. No one will look after your property better than you, but I will help. Darren Tupper Emerald Isle Maintenance and Caretaker service 252-764-2332

Many homeowners on the Crystal Coast are seeing full to capacity. VRBO has made renting easy and affordable to both homeowners and renters. People who wanted to rent their homes here in Emerald Isle have done far better than the rental companies in renting there property this year. I have been talking to a lot of homeowners and they are very unhappy with not having their property rented. Its to bad that the big rental companies don't put your homes on VRBO as it seems this would make both them and you money. Seems like common sense to me as they make their money when its rented. If homeowners are tired of not having their homes rented they should pay the 269.00 a year and rent their home themselves and keep the money coming in rather than letting your property sit vacant costing you money. Its time to see the light and stop letting your rental cost you money and start making you some money. Most my clients with the big real estate companies are not very booked at all, and clients with VRBO are booked slam full. It don't take much to see this light. Full or not full you make the choice. Put your rental on VRBO and crystalcoastrentals.net and keep your vacation rental full. When you need the best in Maintenance call Emerald Isle Maintenance 252-764-2332 where here 24/7 at your service.

This week starts the booking of many Vacation rental properties. Many satisfied homeowners are seeing big returns in working with web based Vacation Rental Sites. Others are wondering when they are coming. If your one of the lucky ones to see that this is working in getting your property full on your rental calender you know that with the increase of rentals through these channels has opened up doors you never thought possible. And with the economy in a savings mode you are seeing the best saving ever in your vacation rental investment. If you do your own renting or have a caretaker using this method is proving to be the best most cost efficient way to rent your property on a more steady basis. The larger rental companies are offering big savings also, but they are offering it from your rental income not their fee from your rental. So you are saving none and paying more to keep them working your vacation rental for you. Many properties have seen the light and with the monies that were saved from last years rentals they are updating there property investment and not dipping into there wallets to do so. That's how is suppose to work but if your paying inflated rates on cleaning, maintenance,yard service, pest service, beach gear, and anything else that's done its hard to make your investment bring in the monies it should. By renting yourself or though a Caretaker you have a better idea on what the overhead really is for your rental. The big difference from your Caretaker and Larger Vacation rentals is how much you pay. At the hardware store we get a discount and its passed on to are clients with no mark-up. The larger company also gets a bigger discount and then add on 8-20% more to your item on your bill, So he's really double dipping you for that Item. Now who do you want to get that bill from? Yes like I said I can save you money in every direction with your rental. Call Emerald Isle Maintenance and Caretakers at 252-764-2332 emeraldislmaintenance@gmail.com

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