Renting out your vacation home when you aren’t using it yourself can be a great way to offset expenses such as taxes, mortgage payments, and maintenance fees. Sound appealing? Well, before you assume the role of landlord and rent out your vacation home, you should… Read More
Like many vacation homeowners, my husband and I employ a local caretaker to mow the lawn, plow the snow, and pick up the trash. Our caretakers — a reliable, honest neighborhood couple — also stop by our house every Monday and do a walk-through to… Read More
Whether you own a beach home, ski condo or lakeside cottage, your vacation home is an important investment that you will want to safeguard while you are not there, especially during the long winter months when temperatures dip below freezing and ice and wind storms… Read More
So you’ve got a vacation home without a landline and are concerned that if your heat goes out, you could be facing a disaster. Although there isn’t a standalone product on the market that can function as a cellular freeze alarm, there is a… Read More
