Game of Homes: A Look at Game of Thrones’ Seven Kingdoms as Vacation Rental Companies

With the masterpiece that is HBO’s Game of Thrones, based on the books by George RR Martin, about to enter

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Rental News, The Rented Blog March 30, 2017

Trends in the Vacation Rental Industry: Q1 2017, A (Speculative) Prediction of the Deals to Come in 2017

For several years now I have written a quarterly trends article looking at what has happened over the prior three

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Technology Allows Airbnb Property Managers and Owners to Do Check-in Service Remotely

As a vacation home owner, checking in guests is one of my favorite things to do. Although my property manager

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Rental News, The Rented Blog February 3, 2017

Hold an H-1B Visa? What You Should Know About Rental Income, Property Management, and Trump

Back in law school, I studied abroad for a year in the United Kingdom. It was one of the best

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Rental News, The Rented Blog January 13, 2017

Trump v. Airbnb: The Battle Over the Sharing Economy Gets Presidential

President-elect Donald Trump has made good on one campaign promise of late: He is leveraging his position to influence private

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Rental News, The Rented Blog January 4, 2017

Phone Numbers Are Gone Forever from HomeAway and VRBO?

It’s official. HomeAway, VRBO, and all of their sister brands are finally sloughing off their “listing site” model in favor

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Rental News, The Rented Blog December 16, 2016

Airbnb Trips: How Airbnb Intends to Change How We Experience Travel

Since the 2016’s Airbnb Open and Airbnb’s “massive new product launch” of Magical Trips at the event, there has been

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How Property Managers Use Technology to Market Your Vacation Rental More Effectively

My husband and I recently started looking for a new home and in doing so, we looked at dozens of

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Rental News, Security, The Rented Blog November 15, 2016

Understanding the Tax Implications of Renting Out Your Vacation Home

The decision to rent out your vacation home can be an extremely challenging one. I spent many hours mulling over

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Rental News, Security, The Rented Blog November 7, 2016

Hotel or Airbnb? My Hotel Horror Story & Why I’ll Be Staying in an Airbnb Next Time

I’ve traveled to a lot of safe places. I’ve also traveled to places that didn’t exactly have the best reputations,

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