[Packer Fan]

I am a homeowner who rents my home.
I will say the advice here is spot on. The villages for rent is a great website. We all manage our own homes, and want our renters to be happy. If a renter makes a suggestion for an improvement in my house, I try and make the improvement - I have gotten some wonderful suggestions. For instance- that we needed shelving in the garage for storage and a coat rack as you come in the door from the garage. My longer term winter renter wanted an electric skillet - I got all that stuff because it makes the home better for the renters - and I want them to come back and rent from me again.

What is amazing is how fast things fill up - we charge market prices and have a designer home - right now, April has a renter. We turned down a renter in May because we will be there. Nobody has called for the Summer at all, which is not surprising. We have Renters for October, November, Dec 15-March16, and we just rented April 2016. The reality is that from what I have seen, there are more renters than rentals. Don't wait..
Also, make sure they understand that putting down 50% up front is Standard...

Rent directly from the owner, you will not be sorry.

Ed