I've seen plenty of real estate scams over the years, but this one was new to me. A homeowner thinking about listing with Swan Realty brought me an unsolicited offer he received from a company in New York.
He wanted to know if it was legit. Here's what …
View MoreIn our local Red River NM market, most owners think every vacation rental management company does the same job. They don't. And picking one on price alone can cost you a lot more than it saves.
I once got stuck and walked four miles home in cowboy boots. I'm not telling you that to scare you off. It's just one of the honest realities of living in Red River, and if you're thinking about …
View MoreHere'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 …
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