Also, make sure in your on-line ads to list anything someone might search for like a school name or a landmark or well-known recreation spot.

Here in southern California with its miles and miles of coastline, amusement parks, recreation, sporting events, cultural offerings, etc. and year round perfect weather, there's a big demand for vacation rentals.

Though prices in southern California are extremely high in most areas, the upside is that we have a great, broad based economy, high median household incomes (meaning people can afford the rents) perfect year round weather that draws people from around the world when their area is having extreme cold, plus all the amusements, sports, recreation, etc. imaginable!

Parts of Cherokee and Forsyth have much more appeal for topography, proximity to Atlanta, and outdoor recreation.

I've been involved in redevelopment, one being an old MH park that was turned into a park.Look at the bigger picture of the area, traffic routes, zoning, recreational areas and determine highest and best use options, select your preference and see the city planners.Now, it could be the city just wants it cleaned up and it's at its highest and best use.

Unless you have a true deadbeat this will work.In most cases it's a matter of having the tenant realize that rent is a priority - before car payments, alcohol, cigarettes, recreational drugs, child support, vacations, gambling, haircuts, and dining out.

The last property I sold using a flat fee listing I got calls from all over the country (property was in a semi-recreational area in CA).

The development has no recreational facilities or private roads.

What numbers would you use to re-create your rental business (50% rule, etc)?

In the case of a taxpayer using more than one property as a residence, whether property is used by the taxpayer as the taxpayer’s principal residence depends upon all the facts and circumstances.If a taxpayer alternates between 2 properties, using each as a residence for successive periods of time, the property that the taxpayer uses a majority of the time during the year ordinarily will be considered the taxpayer’s principal residence.In addition to the taxpayer’s use of the property, relevant factors in determining a taxpayer’s principal residence, include, but are not limited to:(i) The taxpayer’s place of employment;(ii) The principal place of abode of the taxpayer’s family members;(iii) The address listed on the taxpayer’s federal and state tax returns, driver’s license, automobile registration, and voter registration card;(iv) The taxpayer’s mailing address for bills and correspondence;(v) The location of the taxpayer’s banks; and(vi) The location of religious organizations and recreational clubs with which the taxpayer is affiliated.