The Largest Vacation Rental Marketplace Online

Vacation rental properties abound online. But finding good ones isn’t always easy. That’s the problem vacation rental clearinghouse HomeAway set out to fix. Since its inception in 2005, HomeAway has grown to become the largest online marketplace for the vacation rental industry, with more than 1 million properties listed and nearly $12 billion generated for its customers in 2014 alone. Today on Big Money Real Estate, I talk with HomeAway’s co-founder and chief development officer, Carl Shepherd, to get a better idea of how HomeAway has become successful so quickly in the vacation rental market. If you haven’t already, be sure subscribe to my YouTube channel for the latest real estate tips and news: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=expertrealestatetips And pick up my Intentional Investor Series on thinkglinkstore.com to learn everything you need to know to become a successful investor in real estate: http://thinkglinkstore.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-intentional-investor-complete-series Looking for more of my real estate and personal finance tips? Read my blog: http://thinkglink.com See my tweets: http://www.twitter.com/glink Follow me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ilyceglink