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Looking for a recommendation for a handyman for some light maintenance work on several houses.

Any recommendations for a landscaper who could do some plantings as well as weekly mowing and up keep.

cloudy yes, june grass no.

??? Here right now. The beaches are fine. As beautiful as ever. Mother nature has the plan.

Great price. Close to the beach. Very comfortable and relaxing community. Be Paula's neighbor.

It is indeed a neat development. How do you get the beach?

Grayton Beach, nope. Weddings, never. Snowbirds are the best. Income model is simple. While expecting nothing in return from family, friends, vendors, and clients, the returns have far exceeded an off season weekly rental rate. The experiences that our family and friends have had at the beach...

Joe, As I posted , all I could base my opinion on is our past experience. Our largest homes could be booked 2 or 3 times over in June and July. There are other factors like relying on an agency to book your home, rental rate being too high, no gulf view, or not having a private pool...

Ok Snarky, All of our homes are considered large. Three of our homes are 75% booked in October, mostly family, friends and clients per gratus. Two of our homes are 100% booked absolutely solid, from Thanksgiving thru April. Quite frankly the large homes do so well in the summer( rental rate...

SWGB, You gave great information until the bigger does not rent better. Our experience has been bigger books earlier , rents at a higher rate and has a much large demand relative to availability. Now bigger may not be the best choice for everyone because of other factors, but bigger rents...

Give us a call at 419-566-3007. As a fellow motorhome owner and hopefully a former motorhome owner soon to be, I can empathize. Visit www.beachescape.net to see if Palm Paradise would work. I am sure we could work something out.

Josh, Thanks for the great information that you provide.

See your CPA for the the tax benefits and see your Attorney for estate planning. What may appear at first not be a good deal may in fact turn out to be a steal.

I disagree, I have seen rental rates increase and vacancy's decrease over the last few years. You are correct you will need to search and find a break even property. You may even need to add value to the property to get it to a positive cash flow.

Please visit www.beachescape.net . We may have something open that you may like.

Amazingly, bookings for spring break and the summer have been steady and brisk. This year should end up being the same as the last several years. Go figure:confused:

Ladyinspector, Since you did not answer the questions, I will. Hotels do not wash their comforters after every turn. In fact the "hotel type standard " is anywhere from 1 to 4 times a year, average is 2 times per year. If an average hotel room is occupied 70% of a year with a guest...

Again, back to your original post that got this all started. You believe condo's should follow "hotel type standards". That is a very valid point. Please answer two questions. What is the hotel standard? Do hotels wash their comforters in hot water after each guest? I have never...

In your initial post you stated that these units should be following hotel type standards. Have you found a hotel that washes the comforters after each roomed is turned? Can of worms opened. Should rental car companies steam clean the inside of every car that is returned? Should...

Hmmmmm, on more than one occasion we have had potential renters say that in the past other owners did not charge them tax. They acted very suprised when we told them about the 11%. Very interesting.

Bookings are right on pace with last year, which was our best ever. Bookings did start off slower, but have really taken off in February. No rate increase. Traditional discounts to returning guests depending on the number of years returning. Lots of discount requests, most are not even...

Please visit www.beachescape.net . Our 4 bedroom house "Palm Paradise" is available. We do have flexibility with our dates on that house. Only a 10 second walk to your own private heated pool. Short stroll to Gulf Place.

How low did the lake get? Any pictures of the outfall of lake this week?

Palm Paradise Please check out Palm Paradise on www.beachescape.net .

Been there done that with the "family" same results. On our own is so much better with higher gross and net rentals.

We have several rental units. Only a couple times over the course of 5 years, we have allowed renters to use paypal when they are willing to pay all fees. The cost of accepting credit cards is substancial. We may have lost a renter here or there, but ultimately we have never had a prime season...

Bad memories, Our 13 year old broke both arms at once snowboarding this time last year. One hard cast up to elbow, the other up to the shoulder. Once the hard casts were on the Doctor wanted him to keep them moving as much as possible. Fyi, they have great water tight cast covers at the drug...

Consider not using a rental agency, then rent directly from owners who manage their own property. Maybe they would be more flexible. Most owners will refund your money if the week is rebooked or work something out with you if unforeseen circumstances occur.

Good points. Athough some addresses especially those in private developments do not always appear correctly or even at all. Other specific questions to ask: How many cars exactly could be parked at the rental house. Many driveways at large homes only have room for 2 cars and the guests...

Eeek...... You are providing your renters a golf cart to use on the streets. Have you run this by your insurance agent/company or your lawyer. My concern is you are not covered and are open to a major civil suit if something happens.

For some reason, many home owners do not update their calendars. Our homes have booked up faster this year than previous years. In the past it seemed we would lose repeat guests because they were buying their own properties after visiting the area. Without the buying frenzy, there are more...

Hmmm. Based on the annual rents being 5% of the home value it would seem there are some appropriately priced homes in our market. There are homes in the area that are for sale for less than $1 million that gross over $50,000 in rental income. Additionally, there are homes in the area that gross...

Please visit our website www.beachescape.net. Palm Paradise and Summer Breeze are across the street from each other. I think you will be happy with these two homes or any of the above mentioned. Good Luck with your search.

Josh, Nice place.

Use Beach Butler out Destin. They do a great job. We use them everytime we come down.

What date are you looking for? 2007 or 2008? Most of the homes with your requirements book 1 year in advance.

Paula, Thanks for the kind words. Your places are second to none. A recommendation from you mean alot. Tell the Ops and Econ Drs. I said hey!!!!

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I would strongly consider Sunburst or Garrett.

Kimbug, Please check our website www.beachescape.net. Palm Paradise is a 4 bedroom home with a private pool and it is available. From our experience we have found it to take less time to get to the beach from our house ( about 90 seconds) than it does from a condo. In a condo you have to go...

I have heard good things about Sunburst, but have never used them. Paying the 25% does not guarantee fully bookings or that everything is taken care of........ That could fill a thread by itself. Our personal experience has been that doing it all on our own has been far less frustrating...

Big Daddy's will deliver your kayak right to the beach. Some days the gulf is as smooth as glass. It is fun to launch on Western Lake. Then paddle behind Watercolor through to the canal. Don't care how well you could swim or how calm the water is, please wear a life jacket.

Skunky, I am in. Let me know what we could send.

Kurt, Where did you take the gator picture? Rathe B. Paddlin Fast

Re: Kurt, do you know of any other homes of this.. Paige, Please check out Palm Paradise on our website www.beachescape.net . We also have a virtual tour with Kurt. We only have 2 summer weeks left. The last 2 weeks of July. We are are offering a 20% disount on those weeks.

Our larger houses are booked fully, although in previous years they were fully booked 2-3 months earlier. Our smaller house has a couple open summer weeks, which is not normal. In talking to other homeowners with similiar size houses, they are experiencing the same slow down . The odd thing is...

Did you lure Frank back from Criolla's? We will be visiting this week. You had some of the best Italian food. I still have my "Forgetta bout it" t-shirt. Good luck!!!!

Forgot to mention we are offering a 20% discount to get this week booked.

Just had a summer cancellation ( week of July 7th ) on our 4 bedroom house. Anyone looking for that week please check out our website www.beachescape.net . If we do not book that week, I may have to take a three week vacation this year to make sure someone is using the house. Just...

WLD, Good ideas. Off duty police officers, deputies, and firemen are usually open to some security work on their days off. Raising the security deposit would probably not be enough. I have heard of damage occuring in the ten's of thousands of dollars. Additionally, I have heard of one that...