Cape Coral - Cleaning and other services

[Nick Shuber]

So my wife and I have an accepted offer on our first vacation/ short term rental property in SE Cape Coral as of yesterday.  I was wondering if there has been any discussion about reliable cleaning or other maintenance (lawn, general, and/or pool) related services in this area.  I have reached out to Crown Concierge and have the name of one other cleaning person but was hoping the forums might be a good place to receive a few referrals.  If there has already been a thread pertaining to this, sorry for the duplication.  Thank you in advance for any and all recommendations!  

[Luke Carl]

Nick Shuber The chances of you finding someone in your market on this forum are slim. We get this exact question with “insert town name here” a couple times per week. Unfortunately for us most folks don’t hang out on this forum long enough to know that.

My suggestion is always the same. Go on AirBnB and send 100 hosts the same email “hello we love the area and are buying a vacation home here which we plan to rent out when we’re not here. We’re nervous and see that you’re a pro we were hoping you’d share a bit of your knowledge with us”

You can’t just flat out ask for their housekeepers phone number they won’t write back. You’ve got to make friends first. If you’re lucky you’ll get 3 replies out of the 100.

Also check if there’s a local Facebook group and a Next Door for the area and get in on those.

I should back track by asking if you’ve found out if the area is short term rental friendly or if they’re running folks off. And if it’s a condo don’t forget to ask if they allow self management.

In this business you’ve got to self manage to make money.

Once you’ve got everything sorted out and you’re a couple of weeks away from closing.... give me a call for one hour I’ll teach you how to manage it from a distance. No strings attached. I just like to pay it forward.

Good luck!