{"id":54139,"date":"2014-02-13T01:26:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T08:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/?p=54139"},"modified":"2023-04-11T04:46:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T10:46:12","slug":"2014-02-13-57-buying-vacation-rental-matt-landau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/2014-02-13-57-buying-vacation-rental-matt-landau","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to Investing in Vacation Rental Properties with Matt Landau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The links to third-party products and services on this page are affiliate links, meaning that BiggerPockets may earn a commission (at no additional cost to you) if you click through and make a purchase.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The sand between your toes, the soft roar of the waves crashing on the beach, the beautiful people sunbathing on the shore. If this is your vision of a vacation rental&#8230; it&#8217;s about to change!<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BiggerPockets Podcast<\/a>, we chat with vacation rental expert <strong>Matt Landau<\/strong> about getting started as a vacation rental investor and building a scalable (and profitable) business around leasing rental properties to nightly guests in great vacation areas. Matt shares a ton of great tips, tricks, and skills to help you learn more about this fascinating &#8211; and largely misunderstood &#8211; niche of the real estate space.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Matt shares some really great tips for <em>any<\/em> landlord \u00a0to decrease vacancy rates and increase profits in your real estate business, so no matter what kind of investing you currently engage in, this episode is bound to help your business improve!<\/p>\n<p>So grab a beach chair, make yourself a pi\u00f1a colada, and\u00a0\u00a0sit back and relax&#8230; it&#8217;s time to take a vacation!<\/p>\n<h2>Read the Transcript<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/bpp57-matt-landau-podcast-transcript-vacation-rental-properties\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to read the transcript.<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to The Show on iTunes<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/biggerpockets-podcast-real\/id594419649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to listen on iTunes.<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to the Podcast Here<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=BIGPOC8428448452\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>In This Show, We Cover:<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-43638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BiggerPockets-Podcast-_-Real-Estate-Investing-and-Wealth-Building-9.42.11-AM1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"BiggerPockets Podcast _ Real Estate Investing and Wealth Building 9.42.11 AM\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is a <strong>vacation rental<\/strong> &#8211; and why should you consider one?<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>legalities<\/strong> of vacation rentals<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screening<\/strong> for the tenants who won&#8217;t destroy your property<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marketing<\/strong> for great tenants<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>first steps<\/strong> in buying a vacation rental property<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expenses<\/strong> when dealing with a vacation property<\/li>\n<li><strong>Using Adwords<\/strong> to fill vacancies<\/li>\n<li>The secret to <strong>getting<\/strong> <strong>national press<\/strong> for your properties<\/li>\n<li>And a lot more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Books Mentioned in the Show<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29TDiHH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Happiness Hypothesis<\/a> by\u00a0Jonathan Haidt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Links from the Show<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/BiggerPockets.com\/pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BiggerPockets.com\/pro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/BiggerPockets.com\/biz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BiggerPockets.com\/biz <\/a>&#8211; Using BiggerPockets to Grow Your Business<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-8537200-12640803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VRBO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-8537200-12640692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HomeAway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/FlipKey.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FlipKey.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002KMK0AQ\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002KMK0AQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bigger0f-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vacation Rental Automatic Door Lock\u00a0<\/a>(via Amazon)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartpassiveincome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pat Flynn and the &#8220;Be Everywhere&#8221; Philosophy.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.casaesquina.ca\/5\/post\/2013\/10\/pancho-the-sea-lion-turns-thief.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pancho- The Sea Lion Turns THIEF?!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tweetable Topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">We&#8217;re at the beginning of a very massive trend: vacation rentals. (<a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/7dlhV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a>)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Be generous in having faith in people. (<a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/8Kp5A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Create a bulletproof reputation of being the industry expert.\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.ec\/k6Dw6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Connect with Matt<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/renewsblog\/author\/mattlandau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt&#8217;s BiggerPockets Blog Posts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Matt&#8217;s Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/VacationRentalMarketingBlog.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VacationRentalMarketingBlog.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The links to third-party products and services on this page are affiliate links, meaning that BiggerPockets may earn a commission (at no additional cost to you) if you click through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17340,"featured_media":119625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4565],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biggerpockets-podcast"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}