6. Manage the Property The two ways to manage a vacation rental property are to either do it yourself or hire a company to do it for you. If you manage it yourself, you need to either live nearby or hire service staff like cleaners because you can’t turn over the unit yourself. You’ll also need a system to let service staff and guests into the property. Some owners have a keypad that renters use to get into the property and then reset it between each use.
