Posts with tag vacation home

If you're a real estate agent with fabulously wealthy clients, the next time you have a potential buyer traipsing through a home don't blather on about the flowing square footage of the place. They don't care. Or not that much, anyway. That's right: despite all we hear about the super-sized palaces of corporate honchos... Continue Reading »

Imagine plunking down $195,000 for a six-week rental only to find it was a dump? That's what happened to New York real estate executive Keith Rubenstein when he rented what he thought was a luxury Southampton beach house on New York's Long Island last summer for six weeks. Or so he alleges. The oceanfront estate turned out... Continue Reading »

For Rachel L., the executive editor of Busy Mommy Media online magazine, the only to see the world with kids is to rent. A mother of three, Rachel, her husband and children, ages 2, 4 and 6, have spent the past six months traveling across Utah, Nevada and California, renting off-season vacation shares and foreclosed homes... Continue Reading »

World-class sporting events like the Winter Olympic Games (currently underway in Vancouver, in case you've been asleep for the last week) and this summer's FIFA World Cup in South Africa, can turn destination homeowners into short-term landlords. However, it's not quite as easy as hanging out a For Rent sign and waiting... Continue Reading »

The real estate slopes, that is. Ford's former estate has been reduced by almost $2 million for quick sale. The LOADED, 11,629 square foot home at 65 Elk Track Court in Beaver Creek, Colorado is ski in/ski out and fresh from a presidential make-over, but current market conditions have forced the owner, Californian Kevin... Continue Reading »