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It is essential that the rental package you send your prospects either by email (recommended) or by regular mail is comprehensive and very professional. At a minimum, your rental package should include the following:

• Legally enforceable rental contract for your state and your item. We highly suggest you click on the WhyBuy Partner Services Link Called “Legal Forms and Rental Contracts”. Not having a properly legally enforceable rental contract specific to your item and enforceable in your state will lead you to end up in court, and likely resulting in a loss. Do it right, and avoid this headache. Trust us; we have learned this the hard way.
• Driving Directions. Make sure you include clear and easy understanding driving directions to the location of where your rental item is. We suggest you make 4 different driving directions; one set each coming from 25 miles or so from the North, South, East & West.
• Operating Instructions. At a minimum, these are a few of the things you should include in an instruction guide that you give to your renters specific to your rental item. By no means is this meant to be exhaustive, the more information you give, the better. It’s time consuming to put it together, but it will save you and the renter lots of aggravation by providing this up front: Entrance & Exit Instructions, Alarm Codes, Thermostat Instructions, Telephone Use Instructions, Pool & Hot Tub Instructions, TV & Remote Instructions, Internet Access Instructions, general Operations Instructions, Safety Tips 7 Suggestions, 24 hour emergency phone number for your renters to call, Expected return condition of item (i.e. clean, functionality, nothing broken, doors locked, thermostats set to a certain temperature, etc etc etc). If www.whybuyreservation.com handles your reservation service, we will assist you in preparing this guide as part of your Professional Rental Package.
• Important Telephone Numbers. This directory should list every single important telephone number you want your renter to have. Examples include a 24 hour contact number in case of emergency, emergency number(s) for local Sheriff, emergency numbers for local hospital, phone number of the rental property itself if this is a rental property, phone numbers of all amenity centers available at your property location (i.e. golf pro shop, ski reservation office, equestrian center, security entrance phone number, tennis center, etc…), all utility provider’s phone numbers (gas, electric, telephone, water & sewer), TV provider phone number , Internet provider phone number, Pool cleaner’s phone number, house keeper or house keeping services phone number, two or three recommended restaurant phone numbers, caterers phone numbers, etc… Of course, a white pages and yellow pages should be available on the premises if this is a rental property).

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