by admin on September 4, 2010
It’s only natural for people planning to buy property for sale in Kefalonia to try and do things all by themselves – from the online searches to the phone calls, up to the visits to the ‘candidate’ homes. You can certainly learn a lot in the process, but are you sure you have the time and experience in these matters? But chances are we’re not all looking into buying property again and again. If so, then saving time and money may be your priority; that means hiring a real estate agent.
You will certainly benefit from the expertise of someone who knows how to hunt down houses – whether you’re buying a vacation home or looking for property to renovate and have rented, or sell again. You can rest assured you don’t have to make major changes to your schedule when you get an agent to work for you, since you won’t be house-hunting by yourself.
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An agent can be especially helpful when you live overseas, or when you’re too far away from Kefalonia; or when repeat visits take a toll on your time. An agent based on the locale itself is often better positioned to find out about available and soon to be available property. Even when you sit and search all day through the web, you won’t get that kind of advantage.
Even if you’ve found some candidates, an agent can help you, following your criteria, narrow down the candidates. You can inform an agent ahead of time, for example, if you’re looking for a vacation home. If you want to buy property to be converted into a rental home to accommodate tourists, that can be done, too. A good agent can find out, saving you time and money, the good candidates for the houses that fit your criteria.
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If you’re not an experienced property investor, an agent can also be consulted on the projected worth of the property should you want to sell it again after you remodel it. Many begin with buying property for sale in Kefalonia, take care of them, and later have them rented or sold. They then remodel their homes and have it rented.
But what do you expect from the property for sale in Kefalonia you want to buy? A checklist would help. How often will you use it? If it’s a vacation home, that means, not all the months in a year. That might mean you need to arrange for some house-sitting. Do you plan to remodel the house and sell? Or have it rented?
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These tips can certainly guide you as you look for property for sale in Kefalonia.
by admin on September 3, 2010
You will quickly find that you prefer to rent your furnished property out as corporate housing as an alternative to a vacation rental. Although you can make more money per night on a vacation rental, corporate tenants are gentler on your property because they always at work and infrequently at home, which means that your replacement costs will be lower over time. What’s more, corporate housing provides a more reliable source of income than being able to rent out your house to vacationers here and there. Here are a few tips on how to break into this lucrative market:
1.) Reach out to corporate housing providers. Corporate housing providers will sign a lease with you, and then re-lease your property out to their guest. Working with a corporate housing provider can offer you some credit protection, because they will put the utilities in their own name. But remember: corporate housing providers are not an advertising service, they are your customer. You should not pay a corporate housing provider to “list” your property on their website. You should instead seek out an advertising website like Shop Corporate Housing to fulfill your advertising needs.
2.) Look at niche markets. Niche markets in corporate housing include sports professionals, traveling performing artists, and traveling medical professionals, among others. Each of these markets requires a somewhat varied approach in marketing. To acquire the business of traveling performing artists, contact your local theatre. For sports professionals, contact your local professional or amateur team. For medical professionals, contact your local hospital or clinic.
3.) Contact a local realtor . Very often realtors have the inside scoop on families relocating to the area who are in need of temporary housing while they look for a more permanent solution. Another very common scenario is when a family has sold one home and has yet to close on their next, and needs to move into a temporary furnished apartment in the meantime.
Marketing your property to corporate tenants requires time and patience . Cold calling is difficult at first, but like all things even sales becomes easier with practice. Knowing who you are marketing to, and what the appropriate channels are for marketing to these people, such as an advertising website, will greatly assist you in your search for the right tenant.
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Lisa Brown is a sales and marketing associate for Shop Corporate Housing. She has been with the company since it launched. ShopCorporateHousing.com is an advertising website that serves the needs of both corporate housing providers and property owners by providing everyone with the opportunity to receive the lead, and for the shopper to receive multiple quotes with the click of a button. ShopCorporateHousing.com offers 16 years of expertise in the field of corporate housing.
