As some of you may know I am fortunate enough to have a second home in Costa Rica. Up to this point we have pretty much kept it for ourselves. Now, though, my husband would like to see it rented out so that it could help pay the expenses of the property.
For his birthday present he asked that I spend some time (and money) listing the house on various web-sites. The first site I chose was Vacations Rentals By Owner. We had read good reviews of other people's experience in getting rentals so I thought I would try it.
To see the VRBO listing click here
The second site I chose was HomeExchange.com. This site lists homes which people are willing to swap to stay in your home. For example, I have a place in Costa Rica and I want to visit Mexico. I can go on the site, look up homes in Mexico and offer an exchange to that property's home owner.
To see the Homeexchange listing click here
Within 48 hours of listng our home we were offered 12 exchanges and 2 rental opportunities. Unbelievable results.
We had a request from 2 people in Australia (my husband's dream destination), 2 in Napa Valley, 1 in Brittany, France, several in Quebec, Canada, A few locations in the US (including Lake Tahoe, Tucson and upstate NY)and my personal favorite- Mexico.
You would think I would be rather pleased with the results. Actually I am...
HOWEVER, the day after I listed these and the day after I had spent over 400.00 to sign up for these sites, we got a call from a real estate agent in Costa Rica who said that they found someone who would like to rent our house for a year. A FULL YEAR!
What kind of timing is that? Couldn't he have called the day BEFORE I spent this money? I suppose I could try to put some of these interested parties off until 2010.
Oh, and if anyone would like to swap or rent let me know. Plan ahead for 2010 though.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
10 comments:
Thats why it pays to procrastinate sometimes..you just never know when.
Hi Gewels!
I wish I had something to swap with you!
Steve- I can always count on you for a laugh!
Your house sounds absolutely fantastic, no wonder you got all those offers already! You don't fancy two weeks in rainy old England do you? :)
Ah, but maybe its fate. Maybe the folks you got would be good to the house, but the one who wanted it for a year might have trashed it... who knows :-)
Maybe by letting to lots of different people, you can consider yourself to have brightened the lives of all these people instead of just one...
Anyway, Gewels, its a lovely place. You are lucky to have it!
C U soon X
I would love to rent your beautiful house. But aren't you going to miss going there for a whole year?
Wow! You are lucky to have that and spend some time there. I hadn't known that. I'd choose Australia to visit! Think Koala!
Beautiful place! Your house is similar to what we are imagining for the land we bought in the Philippines. I'm going to have to mow a few more lawns before we get there, though, but we will!
Seriously, nice place! Maybe I'll rent it for a week some time.
I'd like to swap.
Ummm... I have a one-bedroomed flat in a not sought-after area in a city of northern england where it is raining.....
When can I come?
Oh yes.. You'll love it... really...
come back, come back wherever you are!
red rover, red over, send gewels back over ....
xxx
rdg
Post a Comment