Archive for the 'Real Estate Investing' Category

In the past several months, I have written articles on long-term rental properties and the vacation/second home trends, and this month, I would like to address a very special niche in the real estate market—vacation rental properties.

In Buncombe County we have a large number of vacation rental homes, although it is difficult to track specific numbers.  While concrete numbers are not available county-wide, as an example, there are 650 homes in Montreat, and I would guess there are about 150 vacation rentals in Montreat alone.  That makes the rental market, particularly short term rentals (i.e. vacation rentals), very important to our community as a whole. (more…)

This month, I want to highlight the second home market, specifically those houses purchased for vacation homes or for future retirement homes.  In the next article I will address homes bought for use as investment properties strictly for rental use, which involves an entirely different set of issues. (more…)

People often look at the Black Mountain area for investing in vacation rental property, a topic I will discuss at length at another time, but another part of the real estate market is long term rentals. Investors often look for this property, but it can be very difficult to judge the quality of their investment. (more…)