More and more people are finding the main advantage of renting trip property directly from the owner instead of arranging exactly the same property through a management company. Throughout the last 5 years the amount of homes being advertised on the net straight from manager has erupted to above 50,000. People are discovering that they can save substantial money by renting a condo directly from the owner. I learned about property management group by searching Yahoo. The reason why is easy. When a person rents a flat by way of a management company it's not unusual for 50% (yes, 50%!) of the cost to stay with the management company. The owner gets to keep 100% of the lease each time a individual rents directly from an owner. For that reason, owners may discount their houses a lot and still make a lot more money then should they used a management company. For example, let's say you wanted to get a 2 bedroom house in Keystone Colorado for 1 week over Christmas. Planning to the Keystone site, we found the total value for a two bedroom house that is walking distance to the lifts quoted at a total of $3,759.92. Renting directly from owner, we found identical condos for about $2,600. You'd save yourself more than $1,000 by simply renting right from the owner. In fact, you might save a lot more by 'talking with the master ', some thing you could never do with a management company. Still another benefit to hiring right from the manager is that numerous owners know how to get discounts to the local attractions. For example, we found an owner who might provide us a lift move at Copper Mountain (Colorado) ski resort for $59. That is under $15 every day of skiing. Purchasing 3-2 tickets (family of 4 skiing for 8 days) directly from the location would cost over $2,300, while buying 8 of-the 4-day discount moves would only cost $472. That's an additional $1,800 in savings. Therefore, by renting right from the owner your total savings is now near to $3,000! We found similar savings within the Orlando, Florida location (Disney World) and in Hawaii (Waikiki, Maui, Big Island, etc.). Renting directly from manager also allows you to see just what condo you are getting. Most manager websites have detailed pictures of their condos. When you rent from a management company you usually do not know what property you are planning to get. All you know is the area and probably the name of-the building the property is in. Many owners have an online diary so it is easy to see if the days you want are available and also how popular the house is by using other folks. When the calendar shows plenty of activity then that is a good sign the master is providing a good value. If you're a manager and currently employing a management company to hire it out, you may choose to consider renting it out by yourself. It does get more time than as a large number of other owners have discovered, using a management company, however, it can be time well spent. Before you do it, you might be well advised to talk to other owners who are doing it and if possible join (or form) a referral network of other owners. Suggestion communities can be extremely effective tools in helping you remain in touch with other owners. They are especially important if you do not live in the same place as your rental property is in. Finding other owners is very easy. All you have to to-do is find a site where owners promote (there are a lot of them out there) and send the manager a note or give him/her a call (phone numbers are also published together with the listings).