Buy a Vacation Home | Vacation Rental Real Estate

Identify the right vacation rental location

When you're choosing where to invest, our national team can provide a holistic overview of the vacation rental real estate market and identify the best opportunities for your investment.

Based on your purchase budget, financing options, and personal interests, we'll suggest specific locations and provide market data such as average home cost and average annual short-term rental income.

Get started today with our insider's guide to the top U.S. vacation rental markets.

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Make an informed investment

Once you've selected a location, we'll connect you with a local vacation rental expert in our network to provide invaluable on-the-ground insights.

Our local experts will provide custom vacation rental income projections and cap rates for specific properties, so you get an accurate estimate of your earning potential. We can also identify the improvements you could make to increase a vacation home's profitability, so you make the smartest possible investment.

Learn more about buying a vacation rental with Vacasa Real Estate.

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Crunch the numbers

Download our vacation rental real estate calculator.

Our vacation rental real estate investment calculator (XLS) helps you factor cap rate, cash on cash, annual net operating income, and more.

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Leave the legwork to us

We'll take care of property management and all the details.

Once you’ve settled on the perfect property, our vacation rental interior design team can make furnishing your new home a fun and stress-free experience. When you're ready to start renting, our local property management team will handle the permitting process, tax registration, photography, and all the other details required to get your vacation home up, running, and earning.

Vacation rental buyer resources

Top U.S. winter destinations to buy a vacation home

Ten winter markets that should be at the top of any buyer’s list

Where to buy a vacation rental

An insider's guide to the top vacation rental markets in the U.S.

Financing your future vacation home

A guide to available vacation home financing options

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Why buy a vacation home?

Learn how a vacation home can be an investment in your family’s happiness and financial security

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Can you afford a vacation home?

Understand the cost and mortgage options for a vacation home

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Finding and optimizing your vacation rental

Consider how location and key amenities will impact your home's appeal to future guests

Vacation rental tax rules, insurance, and permits

Essential information to help you make the most of your vacation rental income

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Managing your vacation rental

Learn about the different ways you can choose to take care of your vacation home (and your guests)

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What is cap rate and why is it important?

Knowing what a cap rate is and why it matters helps you be an informed vacation rental buyer

Five things to know about 1031 exchanges for vacation homes

Consider swapping an aging income property for a vacation home

Vacasa offers property management and other real estate services directly through Vacasa LLC and through Vacasa LLC's licensed subsidiaries. Click here for more information about Vacasa's licensed real estate brokerage/property manager in your state. Vacasa’s licensed real estate brokerages/property managers include: Vacasa Alabama LLC; Vacasa Arizona LLC; Vacasa Florida LLC; Vacasa Louisiana L.L.C. (licensed in Louisiana); Vacasa Michigan LLC 947-800-5979; Vacasa Nevada LLC; Vacasa New Hampshire LLC, 603-782-9591, Michael Scanlan, Principal Broker, 314 Lafayette Road, Suite 1A, Hampton, NH 03842; Vacasa New Mexico LLC, 503-345-9399; Vacasa New York LLC, 888-433-0068; Vacasa North Carolina LLC; Vacasa Pennsylvania LLC; Vacasa Real Estate LLC (licensed in Colorado 720-727-9358, Idaho, and Oregon); Vacasa Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island LLC; Vacasa South Carolina LLC; Vacasa Tennessee LLC; Vacasa Vacation Rentals of Hawaii LLC, 3350 Lower Honoapiilani Road, Suite 600, Lahaina, HI 96761; Vacasa Vacation Rentals of Montana LLC, Rickie Miller, Licensed Property Manager; Vacasa Virginia LLC; Vacasa Wisconsin LLC.