30 Must Read Blogs for Seasonal Home Owners

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Owning a second or seasonal home is a great investment, providing that you go about it the right way. Buying or renting another home is only the beginning – there are a million other things still to consider. Being a seasonal home, you will spend a considerable amount of time away from the property, which means you need to think about security and maintenance while the property is not being inhabited. Subscribing to these thirty blogs will help you get the most out of your seasonal home, and ensure it doesn’t put you out of pocket.

    State of the Seasonal Home Market

    It is always good investment sense to keep up with any market you’re involved in, regardless of whether you intend to buy or sell. Although you may only spend a limited time in your seasonal home, it is most likely one of the biggest investments in your portfolio. With that in mind, the market deserves extra close scrutiny. These five blogs will help you keep up to date with trends in the market, so you can project your valuable investment.

  1. Renting Your Vacation Home: Right Option For You?
  2. Teaching New Renters to Trust
  3. 5 Reasons to Say No to a Hotel and Yes to a Private Home
  4. The Seasonality of the Rental Market
  5. Housing Market Continues Climb as Pending Home Sales Rise
  6. Making Savings on Seasonal Homes

    As an investment with variable or unpredictable returns, you should also try to make savings on your seasonal home where ever you can. Although some savings may seem small, over the course of you owning a seasonal home they certainly mount up. There are a number of common sense ways that you can save money, but there are quite a few ways you may not be aware of, too. Take a lead from these five blogs to discover ways in which you can save money on your seasonal home.

  7. Three Ways to Save on Vacation Home Insurance
  8. Tax rules on renting your vacation home
  9. How Do Property Taxes on Second Homes Work?
  10. Is it a Vacation Home?
  11. Making the Dream Family Vacation a Reality
  12. Seasonal Home Security

    Keeping your seasonal home secure is probably one of your biggest concerns. Seasonal homes are prime targets for burglars, given that they are unoccupied more often than not. Don’t give thieves the opportunity to ransack your seasonal home. Protect it by following the advice in these five blogs.

  13. Tips for Closing and Protecting Your Vacation Home
  14. Cabin Insurance Calgary: Seasonal Home Protection Part 1
  15. Summer Home Security Tips
  16. FBI States July and August Worst Burglary Months
  17. Home Security Landscaping - Nature's Home Security System
  18. Maintaining your Seasonal Home

    Seasonal home maintenance can be difficult. You aren’t there all the time, and hiring a caretaker may not be an option you can afford. However, if you create and stick to a few essential maintenance checklists, you shouldn’t run across too many problems. For the best maintenance advice for seasonal home owners, bookmark these five essential blogs.

  19. Snowbirds: 11 Tips for Maintaining Your Seasonal Home
  20. Your Guide to Spring Cleaning: Seasonal Home Maintenance
  21. Fall maintenance tips to keep your home (and your insurance policy) in great shape!
  22. Regular Home Maintenance: Seasonal Checklist
  23. Spring Home Maintenance Tips
  24. Seasonal Home Tips for Emergencies

    It’s probably a given that you’re not as familiar with your seasonal home and the surrounding community as you are with your primary residence. So in emergency situations, you need to have a plan. The tips and advice in these blogs apply to any home, but are especially useful for seasonal home owners who are in staying in a relatively strange place.

  25. 10 Steps to Emergency Preparedness
  26. Be prepared for home emergencies
  27. Six Simple Tips For Spring Home Safety
  28. Storm Shelter? Safe Room? Build Your Own Ultimate Secure Shelter
  29. Power Your Home Emergency Plan
  30. Seasonal Homes with a Difference

    If you are thinking of trading in your seasonal home, why not go for something a little different next time? After all, this is your home away from home, so you don’t want something that feels like you never left the rat race. Check out some of the unique ideas in these five blogs for seasonal homes that buck tradition a bit.

  31. Are Houseboats the Future of Housing?
  32. This Home Is Like A Refined Treehouse For Adults!
  33. How to Raise a Yurt in Four Hours
  34. Floating Homes and Swimming Cities: A Nautical Summer in the New York Underground
  35. Where Americans Look for Vacation Homes
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