Guides
Running a portfolio of homes well.
Practical guides for owners of complex and multi-home portfolios. Each one stands on its own, useful whether or not you ever use HomesRun. We write what is genuinely true and genuinely helpful, and nothing else.
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Closing up a seasonal home for the winter
A thorough, practical checklist for shutting down a secondary home before a cold-weather absence, water, heat, security, and how to know if something goes wrong.
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Building a maintenance calendar for a multi-home portfolio
How owners of several properties run home maintenance from a calendar instead of from memory, profiling each home, a four-season framework, and what to track per task.
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Tracking cost basis on a second home before you sell
Capital improvements raise the cost basis of a non-primary home and shrink the taxable gain at sale, but only if you kept the records. A plain-language guide to what to keep and why.
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