The vacation rental market has been boosted during the pandemic because people opt not to travel traditionally (cruises, Mexico, Hawaii, etc) so the west coast discovered Southen Utah.

Rent GrowthThe chart below shows the average rent growth based on the year put into production.InventoryOver the preceding 12 months, inventory in the segment we target fell.Institutional Investor InterestMultiple institutional investors have stepped up efforts dramatically to enter the Las Vegas market.

With Airbnb and VRBO boosting your property for the first few weeks to "test" it, listing right before Spring Break is a GREAT chance to get your property boosted to the top of searches right away!

I considered using my outlandishly deep knowledge of the Cleveland market to add a subjective overlay in cases where the data seemed skewed by something like a subsidized senior citizen high-rise (dragging down incomes, homeowner rates, etc. and therefore causing an undue hit to the area's grade... think the apartment buildings on Clifton in Edgewater for example) or a semi-fancy newer development surrounded mostly by rather dumpy older stuff (pulling up incomes, homeowner rates, etc. and therefore causing an undue boost to the area's grade... think Mill Creek off of Turney for example) but I decided against it mainly because I didn't want to allow subjectivity into it at all and then get accused of encouraging discriminatory practices or any bs like that.But... at the end of the day James you do have that first mover advantage (and I commend you for making the map in the first place even though I disagree with some of your assessment), so you'll likely continue to get the majority of the traffic, at least for the foreseeable future.

Rents have gone up dramatically in the past 5-7 years. 

@Justin Wingfield I believe you’ll find that Section8 answers vary dramatically by market.

Hi Noel,I have just bought my "four plex" also (duplex with non conforming basement suites) for 600k, it was also recently renovated where the previous owner put 70k into it, since I got it I was able to boost the rent up substantially for the vacant main floor when I purchased it, (main floors to be 1550 was easy to rent out and alot of interest, basements could be 950 but I will have to wait until their leases end to propose this) garage is 200.

We just redesigned our website, https://heliosvacations.com/, through Boostly last month so I'm hoping that will lead to more direct bookings.

Focus on high-impact areas like kitchens and bathrooms, but avoid pouring money into features that won't significantly boost resale value.2.

Boost your income, network and go find a deal.