Here's something that surprises a lot of rental owners. When travelers pick a vacation rental, whether the dog can come matters more than where the house actually sits. That's straight from VRBO's data on drive-to markets like Red River. People …
View MorePutting your property into an LLC is one of the most common asset protection moves out there. What nobody tells you is that it can quietly wipe out your title insurance coverage. I wanted a straight answer, so I took …
View MoreIf you're looking at a property in the Enchanted Circle that gets its water from a shared well, you've probably run into the term "well share agreement." They're more common than you'd think, and they're nothing to be scared of. You just need …
View MoreHere's a scenario that costs vacation rental owners real money every year, and most of them never see it coming. It comes down to one thing: whether you can handle back-to-back reservations.
A back-to-back …
View MoreYou order a survey, it comes back, and there it is: an encroachment. Before you panic, take a breath. This happens more often than you'd think, and it's rarely the disaster the word makes it sound like.
Right now, someone you have never met could be walking through your vacation rental.
Most owners never think to ask who that person is. That's worth fixing before it turns into a problem.
If you own land with water running through it in New Mexico, what you do at the river's edge matters more than you might think. A fence and a sign were enough …
View MoreRed River and Angel Fire have around 1,700 vacation rentals between them. That is a lot of competition. So when a guest is scrolling through listings, why should they pick yours? Because yours is special. And if it …
View MoreA recent home inspection turned up Kitec piping in a home I had listed. If you have never heard of Kitec, here is why it matters and what you should do if you run into …
View MoreIn New Mexico, a septic inspection is not optional. Every septic system has to be inspected before a property changes hands. So the big question I hear is simple: what happens if that inspection fails?