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It’s January 13th and we’re already receiving emails from visitors to the ExchangeHomes website “reminding” us that a lot of our listings are still displaying 2010 dates in their hoped for home exchange descriptions. An email conversation I had yesterday with a lady is actually the reason for this post because in her opinion, we [...]
This is an old, old chestnut, but I’m afraid I must drag it out, dust it off and bring it to your attention yet again. If you are a someone who has a home exchange listing, with us or any other club—CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER! Over and over I’m receiving puzzled, disappointed, frequently frustrated reports [...]
This is an old chestnut, and I keep hauling it out, dusting it down and repeating it year after year, but it really is extremely important that you make the effort to add several eye catching photographs to your home exchange listing. At ExchangeHomes.com we have programming in place to track exactly how people—members and [...]
This is statement I read and hear a lot, and it’s usually followed with—”of course, I only want to home exchange with something of the same value”! At that point I usually give a sigh of resignation. As any realtor will tell you, first and foremost, it’s all about location, location, location. A builder could [...]
Unfortunately, 2009 doesn’t seem to be starting any different than previous years. Over the past few weeks we’ve received several complaints from members who have sent out home exchange inquiry emails, only to receive no response. Thankfully, this has been somewhat counteracted by another member who contacted us full of compliments. She said she had [...]
Normally, to get the best bargains, flight tickets need to be booked quite a long way in advance. Today, virtually everyone is watching the pennies so it’s highly unlikely that too many home exchanges will be set up if the time is so short, only expensive air fares are available.
I find it particularly unfortunate that a recent flurry of reports appearing all over the Internet referencing the age old “payment by cashier’s check” scam that targets vacation rental owners, are also frequently citing home exchangers as likely victims. This should definitely NOT be the case, simply because with a correctly arranged home exchange, NO [...]
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