Anyone own a vacation rental? Looking for insights/advice Hello everyone, I was hoping to get some first hand experiences here. My wife and I live in the Capital Region and want to buy a camp in the ADKs (Schroon Lake - Keene area) in the near future. We're looking at everything from off the grid vacant land to established homes. If we go with the higher end, we'd probably look into renting it out as a vacation home to help offset. We wouldn't need to be aggressive about it, just take some of the edge off. Does anyone here have experience doing this? We've been landlords, but the yearly lease type. Is the demand high in the summer? Are there property management services that are worth the money to avoid the hassle? I'll do more and more research as we go on but I'd value any first hand experiences. Thank you.
snow_boy replied:
I rented for years from http://adkrealty.com/ until I found a place to buy. From the renter's side, I would say they did a good job, and I think they might be able to answer your questions. I, personally, have not rented my place or used a property management service, though.