Big White Real Estate - Big White Real Estate Tips from Its Largest Independent Homeowner Community

Are you secretly fantasizing about Big White real estate after a powderlicious ski holiday?

It's a realistic dream. You CAN afford more Big White real estate than you think.

Read on to learn the Big White real estate secrets that helped 135+ smart property owners on this Big White rental property site own a piece of Canada's top-rated family resort.

These Big White real estate and rental tips will help you avoid costly mistakes and boost your return on happiness and investment!

Also included is:

• An insider list of recommended Big White Realtors (who aren't bribing or paying us).
  
• Hot Big White rental tips that will rocket your annual net rental revenues, which means that you either rent less and use it more, or buy a bigger Big White property.
  
• Established turnkey Big White rental properties for sale, which means a lower financial risk for you!
  

Enjoy!

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Self Manage Your Big White Rentals or Get a REM Manager

Tip #1: Make Your Big White Ownership Dream Affordable - Double your Net Annual Rental Income by Avoiding Traditional Rental Managers & Middle Agents

Most homeowners finance their Big White real estate investment by renting their properties to visitors when it's not being used personally.

That's no secret, however, the WAY in which they do it, is a huge secret!

There are 3 ways to manage your vacation rentals:

Traditional Rental Management-You have No Control & Pay 40-60% of Rental Income:

• You pass control over to a manager and pay them 40%-60% + a bag of nickels and dimes of gross annual rental income.
  
• You have no access to your Guest Lists (your manager owns, them, not you), no say in how your property is managed, and no business attached to your real estate asset, because when you quit your manager, you give up your Guests too.
  
• This option is suitable for people who like to burn their money instead of candles.
  

Direct Management-You have Total Control & Keep all the Rental Revenue:

• You take control and manage the reservations yourself (0-10 minutes per day) from anywhere in the world-thus paying yourself instead of a rental manager. That means that you can afford to use it more yourself, or buy a bigger property! You own your Guest list and control the rules and rates.
  
• For a flat annual subscription fee ($600 per year), our service helps you do it in minutes per day, from anywhere in the world, from all of your marketing channels. We teach you how to do it, share our research and tested strategies, coach you on how to market, and bring bookings directly to you via AlluraDirect.com. We'll also hook you up with in-resort suppliers like cleaners, maintenance and hot tub businesses. Over 90+ properties on this web site are managed entirely by their owners, who live all over the world!
  
• Once you factor in cleaning, hot tub, marketing, guest supplies and credit card expenses, it costs 17-20% of gross rental income.
  
• This method is suitable for people who can read and type, can spare 0-10 minutes per day and who visit their properties 1-2 x per year (2x is preferable), and who want to make as much capital gains as possible. Contact Us for more details.
  

Rental Equity Management (REM)^TM -You Have Total Control, Own the Rental Business & Pay ~35% of Rental Income, but Someone Else Does the Work:

REM is a new world and proven successful rental management option unique to AlluraDirect.com. You get all the benefits of Direct Management, but someone else takes care of the day to day details. We've been testing it for over 5 years. Here are the details:

• Someone else takes care of the day to day, but in contrast with traditional rental management, you always own the rental business, the Guest lists, and have complete control over every aspect of your investment. You can take over the business and do it yourself at any time. This means that your property's value and rental business stays with YOU.
  
• We recommend REM managers who have proven their success on AlluraDirect.com. We don't take bribes, kick-backs or promotional fees from anyone. Our recommended REM managers earn our referrals through their success & honesty. No money exchanges hands for our recommendation.
  
• This method is suitable for people who aren't confident enough yet to do it on their own, or who are extremely busy making money in other ways. Like Direct Management, this method is the way to go if you want to maximize your capital gains. Contact Us for more details

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Tip #2: Buy a Big White Property with Rental Equity^TM or High Rental Equity^TM Potential for the Best Return on Investment

What is Rental Equity^TM?

Rental Equity^TM is the established rental business value, customer database and goodwill that is attached to the property AND that can be transferred to new property owners.

It increases your property's value and competitive positioning in the Big White real estate market.

A property has Rental Equity^TM if a) you get the names and contact information of previous guests who stayed in the property & b) you have the right to contact them and rent to them directly.

Rental Equity^TM value or potential is dependent on 4 distinguishing characteristics:

1) The Property's Customer Database Size. The more established the business, the larger the customer database and the bigger the Rental Equity. If you use Traditional Rental Management, your property has zero Rental Equity.

2) The Existing Infrastructure & Marketing Associated with the Rental Business. The better the infrastructure, the higher the Rental Equity. If you use Traditional Rental Management, your property has zero Rental Equity.

3) Ease of Taking over the Rental Business. The easier it is for a new Owner to take over the rental business, the higher then Rental Equity. Rental properties on AlluraDirect.com can be taken over by new Owners within 15 minutes! If you use Traditional Rental Management, your property has zero Rental Equity.

4) The Owner's Rental Rights. Do the Owners have unfettered rights about their rental method, personal use, services, terms and conditions? The more Owner rights, the higher the Rental Equity potential. Conversely, buildings with limited Owner rental rights, have little or no Rental Equity or Rental Equity potential.

Rental Equity makes a property more valuable in a sellers market, while making it easier to sell and more competitively positioned in a buyers market.

As AlluraDirect.com's CEO, founder and an ongoing homeowner client myself, I have successfully bought and sold many rental properties in several ski resorts (including Big White). Rental Equity got us record prices in sellers markets, and got our properties sold at our asking price in buyer conditions.

Why is Rental Equity^TM Good for You?

Rental Equity lowers your financial risk of poor annual rentals by giving you established customers who are likely to re-book your home. In contrast, a property with no Rental Equity or pre-existing customers is a higher risk investment, because you have to find brand new customers.

How do You Source Properties with High Rental Equity^TM?

Ask your Big White real estate agent to show you properties that are managed directly by their Owners and/or that are on the AlluraDirect.com rental program, where every single property has Rental Equity, and you get the customer list and infrastructure.

Most owners who are self-managing their rentals on AlluraDirect.com sell their property as all-inclusive turnkey rental businesses, including the customer database and property web sites.

How can You Identify Properties with High Rental Equity^TM Potential?

If you can't find a pre-existing property where you 1) get the previous guest database and 2) the right to contact previous guests, then you go for the next best thing:

Only buy properties where YOU have complete control over the rental method, operators, terms and services used.

See Recommended Big White Realtors Who Get It!

Tip #3: Protect your Big White Property & Rental Revenue Rights - Avoid Developments Where You Buy the Property, Maintenance Costs & Risk without Benefiting from Annual Rental Revenue & Long Term Rental Equity

Properties with unrestricted Owner rental rights have:

1) The best annual net profit/least annual Owner losses and

2) The best long term return on investment, since they have broader investor appeal.

3) High Rental Equity or Rental Equity potential.

Avoid Big White real estate properties where you're stripped of your rental management method choices and are forced to use a specific manager.

If you don't have your property's customer database and the right to contact and do with with them directly, your property will never have Rental Equity. In fact, your property's Rental Equity is being used to build the business of your rental manager.

You'll end up buying a pricey piece of real estate where you pay all the bills and assume the risks, while the developer or rental manager gets rich by skimming the creamy annual rental revenues... even while you're losing money hand over fist.

Worse, you have no control over your own Big White real estate investment.

In the long run, it will be cheaper and less hassle for you to just rent, instead of owning.

Why do people buy this stuff?

In our experience, they just don't know what they're getting in to.

Read the fine print. Even if you want to use a rental manager, you should at least be able to pick the one you want, rather than have one shoved down your throat.

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Tip #4: Increase your Property Value by Building Rental Equity ^TM on Top of your Big White Real Estate Value

Thinking about selling your newly purchased Big White home while your still basking in the glow of a buying it seems counter intuitive. Nevertheless, it's still an investment that you need to nurture and grow.

Start immediately boosting your Big White vacation home's long term capital gains value by building it's Rental Equity. The sooner you do it, the faster you'll be able to improve it, upgrade to a better property, or rent it less to use it more.

Benefits

The benefits of building your Rental Equity are as follows:

• You can upgrade to a bigger or better home in a superior location in less time.
  
• If you need to sell it in a hurry, it will be more competitively positioned in buyers market.
• You'll make more money than your lower Rental Equity competition in a sellers market.
• You'll be able to use it more and rent it less, sooner because your occupancy and revenues will grow annually.
  

How to Build your Big White Real Estate Rental Equity

Building your Rental Equity is easy. Here are 4 steps:

• Use the Direct or REM Management Method-Manage your vacation rentals directly yourself, instead of using a Traditional Rental Manager. You'll build a stable repeat business, can increase your revenue faster, and put more more money in your pocket. It's easy, fun, fast and safe. AlluraDirect.com is the tested and proven successful service of choice in Big White, Sun Peaks and Whistler BC. We'll help you succeed online from ALL of your marketing channels. If you can't do it yourself directly, use a REM manager.
  
• Build Easily Transferrable Web -Based Business Systems & Operations - Set up your business systems and processes in a way that makes it easy for buyers to objectively assess your rental history and to take over your property and rental business in less than 30 minutes. You'll spend less time managing your home and more time enjoying it. AlluraDirect.com's service helps you set up your business in a way that shrinks your rental administration time to 0-10 minutes per day. It also allows you to transfer your entire business to a new Owner within 15 minutes!
• Create Evangelist Customers-Structure your property, processes and services around winning Guests for life! Repeat business and referrals will make your property more profitable every year. AlluraDirect.com coaches you on how to do this by drawing on decades of experience and tested methods running our own properties!
• Use the Right Realtor - Use a Big White realtor who understand the concept of Rental Equity, and who will help you buy and sell your property on this powerful principles.

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Tip #5: If you Must use a Rental Manager, Use One that Builds Your Property's Rental Equity Instead of Using it to Build their Own Business Equity

Although direct rental management gives you maximum return on investment, you may not have the time, interest or the confidence to to it.

You'll need a rental manager.

How do you build Rental Equity with a Rental Manager?

You use AlluraDirect.com's REM program. We'll recommend a manager who'll build your Rental Equity, instead of using your property to build their own business equity. Contact Us for more details

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Tip #6: Big White Real Estate Fine Print: Know All of the Costs before You Buy

There are many annual property maintenance costs that Owners usually aren't aware of before they Big White real estate.

These are the "surprise" numbers you need to know while budgeting:

• Snow Removal - Big White gets a lot of snow. Your roof, driveway and road snow removal expenses will be big. Find out who pays, what gets cleared and what the annual costs will be. You also need to budget in for snow removal on your private property, like decks, hot tub area, etc.
  
• Hot Tub Maintenance, Repairs, Start-Up & Shut Down - When you own a hot tub, it's not just about routine maintenance. There are extra expenses involved in starting it up, shutting it down, as well as mid season water changes. You should also budget for up to $1000 CAD in repairs and new parts. Know ALL the costs up front and budget accordingly.
• Strata Fees - Are there any upcoming special assessments or building improvements not listed on the spec sheet? You need to know them up front, so do your research.
  
• Gas & Heating - Big White gets cold! Does the strata pay for the gas in the fireplaces, or do you pay? It varies from building to building.

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Tip #7: Use a Realtor Who Understands Rental Equity When you Buy or Sell your Big White Real Estate Asset

Our recommended Realtors are:

Solido Recreational Properties
#7 3254 McCulloch Road
Kelowna, BC V1W 4R2
T: 250.763.8397
F: 250.717.3496
E: info@solidoproperties.com

Mountain Realty
Box 331, 101-1865 Dilworth Drive,
Kelowna, B.C., Canada
V1Y 9T1

TEL: 250.765.1577
FAX: 250.765.2930
TOLL FREE: 1.877.765.1577

EMAIL: mail@mountainrealty.ca

* This is not a paid advertisement for these companies. These companies understand the concepts of Rental Equity, Direct Rental Management and the power of using a REM Manager to boost your net annual rental revenue and your property's long term capital gains.

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Tip #8: Big White Properties for Sale: Buy Condos & Chalets with Established Rental Businesses & Operations

The following Big White properties for sale are turnkey rental businesses with high Rental Equity. If you buy them, you're taking over established rental businesses, which lowers your business risks. If you buy a property with an established Big White rental business, be sure to include the web site, existing marketing infrastructure, Guest lists and operations in the deal!

• 3 Bedroom/2 Bathroom/ 1200 sq ft/ Ski-In/Out Condo: Rentals Managed by Owner-Take it Over in 15 Minutes!
  

View Photos, Bookings & Description

Asking Price: $499,000 CAD

Realtor: Russel Bertrand- Mountain Realty
PHONE: (250) 765-1577
CELL: (250) 826-1545
FAX: (250) 765-2930
EMAIL: russellb@mountainrealty.ca

• Two Bedroom+ Den/2 Bathroom/990 sq ft Condo/Right at Happy Valley Base in the Centre of Everything!
  

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Asking Price: $399,900

Realtor: Chris Stewart
Solido Properties
T: 250.763.8397
M: 250.863.4999

• 3 Bedroom/3 bathroom 1842 sq ft/Ski-in/Out Condo: Rentals Managed by Owner-Take it Over in 15 Minutes!

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Asking Price: $699,900

Realtor: Greg Dusik
Email: gdusik@coldweelbanker.ca

• 4 Bedroom Half Duplex Chalet with Studio Lock-Off: Rentals Managed by Owner-Take it Over in 15 Minutes!

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View Photos, Bookings & Description (Studio Lock-Off)

Asking Price for the Entire Half Duplex: $489,000 CAD

Realtor: Jack Knight
Realty Executives
Phone: 250-862-1984

• 5 Bedroom/3 Bathroom/Village Center Chalet/2100 Sq Ft: Rentals Managed Directly by Owner-Take it Over in 15 Minutes!
  

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Asking Price: $795,900

Realtor: Andrew Braff
Royal Lepage Kelowna

phone: 250-491-6210

Email: ANDREWBRAFF@royallepage.ca

• 2 Bedroom/3 Bathroom/ Village Center Condo/1252 sq ft: Rentals Managed by Owner-Take over the Rental Business in Less than 15 Minutes!

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Asking Price: $409,000

Realtor: Nada Critchlow
Royal Lepage Kelowna

phone: 250 215 6859

Email: nada@royallepage.ca

• 4 Bedroom/3 Bathroom/Ski-In/Out Townhouse/2000 sq ft: Rentals Managed Directly by Owner-Take it Over in 15 Minutes!
  

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Asking Price: $519,900 CAD

Realtor: Peter MacLeod
Mountain Realty
PHONE: (250) 765-1577
CELL: (250) 212-7090
FAX: (250) 765-2930
EMAIL: pmac@mountainrealty.ca

• 5 Bedroom/ 5 Bathroom/5000sq ft Chalet-Steps to the Village: Rentals Managed by Owner-Take it Over in 15 Minutes!

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This is the best property in Big White!-it's worth checking on the web site below for a detailed online real estate tour!

Asking Price: 6.5 Million CAD

Realtor: Jim Henry
Phone (Jim): 250-212-8450
http://www.bcskirealestate.com/

• 2 Bedroom/2 Bathroom/890 sq ft/Ski-in/Out Condo/Fully Loaded!

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Asking Price: $419,000 CAD

Realtor: Harry Pettit

Phone: 250 717 7440

• 3 bedroom/2 Bathroom/1110 sq ft/ Ski-in/Out Condo in Village Center!: Rentals Managed by Owner-Take it Over in 15 Minutes!

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Asking Price: $279,000 CAD

Realtor:Russell Bertrand

Mountain realty

russellb@mountainrealty.ca

office: 7651577

cell: 8261545

• 2 Bedroom/3 Bathroom/1252 sq ft/Ski-In/Out Condo Steps to Village: Rentals Managed by Owner-Take it Over in 15 Minutes!
  

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Asking Price:

Realtor: Jason Neumann

Phone: 250-808-7700

jason.neumann@century21.ca

(listing in progress)

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