Owner FAQ

We provide full-service management for property owners who wish to rent their condos, townhomes, or homes without the hassle of doing marketing, reservations, housekeeping, maintenance, and accounting themselves. For the Vacation Rental (or Short-term) program, we obtain primarily nightly rentals, and sometimes longer monthly rentals (with the owner's permission) in the off-season.

We manage Vacation Rentals in Coral Springs, Coral Canyon, Coral Ridge, La Verkin, Sand Hollow, Dixie Springs, Washington, Las Palmas Resort, Sports Village and Estancia, Zion Villages, Paradise Village

St. George and the surrounding areas have areas that are not zoned for short term rentals. We do not manage properties in these illegal zones. Please call our office at 435-688-7263 if you are not sure if your property is zoned for nightly or weekly rentals. If your home in an unapproved zone for short term we would be happy to discuss rentals on a month-to-month basis.

We take care of all advertisement on local and major booking sites such as: VRBO, Homeaway, Flipkey, Tripadvisor, Housetrip, Airbnb booking.com, holidaylettings and many many more. We are on sites that advertises all across the US, Europe and Asia. Our team of industry experts will craft a fully optimized listing for your property all FREE Of CHARGE TO YOU.

It all depends on the property’s condition, amenities you offer and location. It will also depend on how flexible you are on your rates too. We have a team of Competitive Market Analysis that have come up with a pricing algorithm to keep your place at a desirable rate to those looking to book.

Other than the rental rate we will collect state and transit taxes, cleaning and processing fee and any optional fees they choose at the time of booking.

Every month we send you an Owner Statement with all the information on your income and disbursements. The money eared is transferred to your account every month. You also receive your own login to our systems, so you can keep an overview of all the inquiries, bookings and money transactions yourself.

You can use the property how often you want. Preferably not during high season for the very best generated income. With a bit of flexibility it is usually easy for an owner to strike a comfortable balance between personal use and income.

As part of owner preparation we provide a detailed list of recommended items each resort rental should have, including basic appliances and furnishings. If you are out of state or even out of country we

We use our trusted vendors at all our vacation homes. In that way we know that everything is taken care of properly. That is part of our job! Unless you have certain people you would like to use we will provide a vendor for you.

An important part of our service relieves owners from maintenance and repair hassles. As your Rental Agency, it’s in our best interest as well that your home is properly maintained. That’s why we work proactively, we see to the defects right away. That way we keep your property in perfect shape at the very best price.

We can set it up so that one of the closets are locked at all times and you can keep your personal things in there. Or if you have an extra storage space in the garage, that’s a great spot.

Yes. We are connected to Keller Williams, the largest real estate franchise by agent count in the World, and one of the largest privately held global residential real estate brokerages. We would set you up Southern Utah's well known "Vacation Rental Specialist", Holly Bouck. She specializes in short term rentals and knows THE places to buy and THE best way to furnish your rental to get the max out of your place. When it comes down to what you are looking for in an agent Holly is 100% helpful, knowledgeable and processable.

To contact Holly please call or text 435-275-5785 or check her website by following this link

A: Call us! - We would love to discuss competitive splits and low management fees in person or via phone. Just call 435-688-SAND (7263)
B. VERY LOW COST Monthly Management Fee. This fee goes a long way too! We check on your home even when your place is not booked. Our condo manager goes out every week and takes out the garbage and brings it back in once the trash is picked up. We perform a Home Check to make sure that everything is the way it should be weekly and we make sure your condo is "Guest Ready" before every check in and accessed for damages after check out that may have been caused by guests. This fee also covers the air filter changes, batteries for the key-less entry code locks, batteries for the smoke detector and remotes, light bulbs,toiletries etc.
C. Cushion to fall back on- We hold a $200 in reserve aside in case of any emergencies that may arise in your home. This is your money so if you should ever choose to leave Red Sands this will be returned to you. Should ANY issue arise that would come as an out-of-pocket expense to you we will always call to get your approval first. We will never charge something without you being aware of what we are doing.
D. Maintenance costs that may have occurred that month, if any. We will always get your approval FIRST.
E. Optional but mandatory to have- Wi-Fi. We have a bulk account we can add you to for $40.00 which is due to decrease within the next month or so. If you are currently getting your wifi at a cheaper rate then we recommend sticking with your current provider.
F. Optional- Landscaping services- You may already have landscaping included with your HOA but if you don't and would like for us to set something up, let us know! We can set you up with our landscaping services:)
G. Optional Pest Control- Where we live in the desert we are prone, no matter where you buy to roaches, ants, spiders scorpions, etc. If you have a pest control you want to use we can keep in contact with them on when the next spray is due or we can set you up with who we use- $32.50 every month covers the inside and outside spraying. This though is not a required fee it is something that is totally optional.

Property maintenance and minor interior decorating

• Utilities
• HOA Fees
• Lodging Quality inspections with Deep Clean and Occasional carpet cleaning done by the Red Sands once every 12-18 months. Rate varies based on the property's size You are not responsible for carpets being cleaned in result of a guests neglegence.
• Housekeeping for owner use and non-paying guests of the owner.

• Photography
• Marketing and advertising
• Red Sands Vacations listing and promotion on search engines and other sites as needed
• Credit card fees
• Housekeeping for all paying renters
• Our sheets, pillowcases, and towels, laundered off-site
• Toilet paper, soap and other expendable supplies
• Customer service, including 24/7 on-call personnel
• Owner link to our private owners' area on Red Sands Vacations

Cleaning Services include all basic cleaning and laundry and deep clean at least twice a year or when recommended is. not included. Deep cleans consist of getting in behind the fridge, stove, washing of baseboards, walls and ceiling fans. In addition, which is part of the low Management Fee. we also leave toiletries, which include: Toilet paper, hand soap (liquid and bar), lotion, shampoo and conditioner, paper towels, laundry soap, trash bags and dish pods.

All of our property owners are given an online owner login you can access 24/7. In addition to making owner bookings online, you can also see your upcoming rentals, review income and expenses, and view all receipts and invoices pertaining to your home.

Yes, Vacation Homes of Red Sands would be happy to provide you with references from our homeowners upon request. In the meantime, check out our owner testimonials page!