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Saving Time & Money

1. How much time can GoRentPro save me?
2. What is the greatest benefit of GoRentPro?
3. Can GoRentPro help me avoid costly and embarrassing double bookings?
4. Can I enter my vacation rental data from previous years?
5. How do I the homeowner benefit when my property manager uses Go Rent Pro?
6. How can Go Rent Pro help me to keep bookings?
7. How can Go Rent Pro make tax time easy?
8. How can Go Rent Pro help me keep track of balances that are due?

Answer

How much time can GoRentPro save me?
GoRentPro saves a tremendous amount of time because it organizes all the functions of management including the paperwork and storing of all your data. It enables you to complete a booking including generating an invoice, taking payment, and printing and emailing a receipt, send welcome or check in instructions etc. and all other paperwork as well as update your availability calendar all before you are off the phone with your renter. It also keeps track of all your accounting, reminds you up upcoming and overdue payments and generates your financial reports. You can see at the touch of the mouse your projected income for any given period and many other reports that let you see how you are doing and to track trends in your vacation rental business.

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What is the greatest benefit of GoRentPro?
It is hard to narrow it down to just one. Time and money saved and peace of mind are its greatest benefits. These are usually what make the difference between a successful or failed business.

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Can GoRentPro help me avoid costly and embarrassing double bookings?
Avoiding double bookings is easy with GoRentPro. Double bookings happen for a number of reasons: simple mistakes in marking booked dates on the calendar, more than one person taking bookings or messages, and forgetting to enter a booking because there is a delay between the time you take a booking and the time you enter it into your system.

GoRentPro is a real time web based management program that allows you to enter a reservation while still on the phone with a guest or as soon as you receive a confirmation email. Because each and every booking is entered immediately in real time and into one single system you can access all your information from any computer connected to the internet. Any one in your family can enter a booking into GoRentPro.

Not only will you virtually eliminate costly double bookings but you will be able to close more deals because you are completing your bookings on the spot while a renter is interested and before they lose interest.

If you are a property manager it allows you to handle booking more homes in less time so you can increase your business without increasing overhead.


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Can I enter my vacation rental data from previous years?
Yes, you may enter data from previous years in fact we recommend it. We entered our data right back to 2002. Entering this data will benefit your business in three ways.

Firstly, by entering your previous year’s invoices you will have entered all your renters will be entered in your system so when a renter returns you can just verify their information and creating an invoice is extremely quick. You will also know exactly what rate you charged your previous renters. It also keeps all your financials in one place.

Secondly, whenever you want to refinance or get credit or make another purchase or if you get audited the banks or IRS will want to see your past revenue and providing this information will be as easy as printing your revenue report.

Lastly, you will very likely learn something by looking at the trends provided by the reports generated from your past years of business that will help you for the future. This allows you to compare one year to another and see just how your business is doing. Then the reports you need will just be a click away.

QUICK TIP: Be sure to enter your rates for the previous years before entering the past bookings because as soon as you enter the booking the invoice is generated based on the rate information entered. It is a simple process and each booking can be entered quickly.


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How do I the homeowner benefit when my property manager uses Go Rent Pro?
There are a number of benefits for you as a home owner if your Property Manager uses Go Rent Pro. You can see all the same information your manager sees and monitor bookings and collection of money. You can access all the reports that help you make decisions for your property and to guide the work your manager does. You can also allow more than one company to book for you if you wish as well as take bookings for yourself because everyone can add the bookings to the same booking system without interfering with each other. And the calendar is always updated in real time to avoid double bookings. Your property manager can also invoice you through Go Rent Pro and the charges are automatically entered into your expense report. This means there is much less work for you the homeowner, especially at tax time. Go Rent Pro cuts down on time lost in communicating especially where new bookings are concerned because your property manager can print a booking/reservation report so you do not need to notify them every time you take a booking.

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How can Go Rent Pro help me to keep bookings?
Quick, efficient, professional service makes all the difference in this business. That is what renters expect and is what you need to keep the bookings you receive. Speed is important. If a renter is not sure they have a firm booking because you take too long to get them an invoice they will book another vacation home. Go Rent Pro allows you to email a professional invoice while you are still on the phone with your renters. With a proper invoice in hand to confirm the booking your renters will know they have reserved your vacation home for the dates they wanted. Renter confidence prevents lost bookings and promotes faithful transactions. Using Go Rent Pro gives renters that confidence.

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How can Go Rent Pro make tax time easy?
Tax time is easy because determining your vacation rental income for the year is simple. Just pint off the income report and expenses report for the dates your need and give it to your accountant. Go Rent Pro also makes it easier to submit your county, state or provincial taxes on rental revenue.

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How can Go Rent Pro help me keep track of balances that are due?
Go Rent Pro’s Booking Report always knows what balances you are due to collect. With just one click you can see what balances are due for the current month. Click another button and see what you are due to collect next month. Or set the start and end date of the time period you choose and print the report. For more see, “Why is a deposit outstanding and balance due report useful?”

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