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Rental property investment issues
Get someone else to pay your mortgage!.
'Guaranteed'
Rentals
The theory is that if you plan things carefully
and have your home marketed correctly rental income will reduce
your ownership costs, mainly the mortgage, and may actually exceed
the costs - leaving you in profit.
On guaranteed rental income schemes be careful
- check just what is being 'guaranteed'.
Some 'guarantees' are based on weeks' occupany
- not income - and achieve high occupancy by renting out at low
rates. A property management company may count bookings the owner
has personally taken as if they had taken them. You do the work,
they take the credit.
The best guarantee is a management company which
puts the client's interest first and has good business ethics -
like our Property Management company in the USA.
But your chances of breaking even on all your
costs are good if the property is:
- an executive villa with a heated pool.
- on a 75% mortgage
- well managed and marketed
- within 15 minutes drive of Disney
- zoned for short term rental
- occupied for 33-34 weeks p.a.
- and your own occupancy isn't too high
The off peak season in the USA may well coincide
with periods when you (or UK visitors) want to visit Florida.
For short term rentals to pay off you need a
trustworthy and reliable management company, who will not overcharge
for services, fail to provide them or neglect your interests.
If you buy via us our USA based property
management arm, Florida Homes International Management Inc., is available to you to manage and help market your
property - this is an exclusive service only available to clients
who buy a property via Florida Homes.
To see how we can help with marketing your home
both here and in the USA. You can see a sample of Orlando 4 Bedroom
Villas by clicking here
- this shows our UK rental bookings site. It also shows you useful
information on rental rates, property location, interiors, floor
plans etc. of properties we have helped owners to buy.

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Typical Rates 2003
Retail Rental Rates 2003
To give an idea of retail
rental rates here are typical rates for 2003
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Weekly Retail Rates in Orlando Area
for 2003
3 bed Exec villas from £464
4 bed Exec villas from £538
5 bed Exec villas from £604
Extras eg. Pool heating range from $100 - $125 per week on top.
Weekly Retail Rates in Naples Area
for 2003
2 & 3 bedroon condos from £500
3 bedroom villas from £680
4 bedroom villas from £805
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Low & High Season
To give an idea of when high and
low season rates for rental occur here are the dates for Orlando:
Low
January 5 - March 16
April 29 - May 31
September 9 - October 12
November 4 - December 14
High
March 17 - April 28
June 1 - September 8
October 13 - November 3
December 15 - January 7.
For Naples the main seasons are:
High
December 14 to Easter
Low
Easter to December 13
Mid Season
October 1 to December 13
Easter to End of May
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