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Barefoot Welcomes Newest Vacation Rental Management Client: The Long & Foster Companies
Posted by Claiborne Yarbrough on May 30, 2014 2:35:00 PM
Tags: Vacation Rental Industry, Vacation Rental Software, Barefoot Technologies, Press Release, Long & Foster Companies
Summer is right around the corner which means now is the perfect time to look into booking your next summer vacation. Consumers must remember to be vigilant when making their booking online because the potential for scam artists has never been more prevalent. We wrote a blog on February 6th titled Avoid the Pitfalls of Vacation Rental Scams if anyone wants to refresh their memory click the title.
Tags: Scams, rental industry competition, vacation rental scam, Property Management, Vacation Advice, Rental Scam, Marketing Vacation Rental, Barefoot Technologies
Florida legislation has vacation rentals in its sights
Posted by Aj Mudford on Mar 12, 2014 4:12:00 PM
Over the past few months, several pieces of legislation have popped up that want to increase, or at least allow for the increase of legislative influences over vacation rentals. We have already written about cases in Hawaii, Colorado, Las Vegas and more but the latest legislation is coming in Florida, a vacation rental hotspot. The bill is aimed to remove a prior bill that restricts legislative measures. We saw legislative involvement go over poorly in Hawaii and other places but what is going on in Florida?
Tags: Vacation Rental Industry, Barefoot Technologies, Florida, Rental Industry Changes
9 Steps to change a home, to a vacation rental property
Posted by Aj Mudford on Mar 5, 2014 2:31:00 PM
Many times, professional property managers look to add homes to their inventory by reaching out to second homeowners and offering them the advantages of renting their home. While there are many advantages, some homeowners look at the prospect of renting their home as an overwhelming switch in lifestyle. This blog is designed to help you transition homeowners and their homes into vacation rental
properties.
Tags: Vacation Rental Software, Property Management, Barefoot Technologies, Vacation Home
Seven Useful Tools For Shoulder Season Vacation Rentals
Posted by Adam Zippin on Jan 16, 2014 5:52:00 PM
As winter begins to fade it becomes more important than ever to capitalize on your winter season guests. These guests can vary dramatically based on your market but one thing is the same, the main season is ending and your guest are beginning to shift from those coming to stay for the peak season to those who are looking for a shoulder season getaway.
Tags: Client Expectations, Vacation Rental Software, How to market vacation rentals, Marketing, Property Management, Property Management Software, Competitive Advantage, Browser Based Software, Barefoot Technologies, Property manager marketing, rental indusrty competition, Offerings, CRM Tips
Every once in a while you find something that is so unique and exciting that you have to comment on it. We sit in our world, and watch everything pass by, and never really utilize the uniqueness of the opportunities that are afforded to us.
Tags: Vacation Rental Software, How to market vacation rentals, Marketing, Property Management Software, Barefoot Technologies, future of vacation rentals, Property manager marketing
Homeaway.com Launches Communication Management Update
Posted by Adam Zippin on Jan 9, 2014 4:19:00 PM
Over the past few months we have seen some scams and issues coming through a few larger portals because, on some level, the portals leave the deals up to the private parties. This will not be the case much longer as HomeAway.com has launched its newest communication management tool. This isn’t a tool for HomeAway for professionals, or one that will even really compete with you at this point. It is a security measure for individual owners.
Tags: Scams, Vacation Rental Software, VRBO Portal, vacation rental scam, Security, HomeAway.com, Barefoot Technologies, HomeAway Portal, CRM
Rental Startup, Cozy, Acquires Landlordology: Pushing Distribution
Posted by Adam Zippin on Jan 7, 2014 6:52:00 PM
In the ever changing landscape that is todays business world, startups seem to be the ever new trend. Its not every day that a startup in the vacation rental industry makes news waves but that is exactly what is happening with tech startup Cozy.
Tags: Vacation Rental Software, Barefoot Technologies, Cozy.com, Landlordology