Rental
I have rented out a house in Gilford for the last 11 years. I have it listed with an agency and I pay 20% if the agency rents it out but I retain the right to rent it myself. I just keep the agency informed if I rent it so that their calendar showing the available weeks is accurate. My experience is that 20% commission is pretty standard. I don't know of anyone that would handle a weekly rental for less. The 6% figure sounds way off to me.
That standard on the lake is check in at 3 PM Saturday and check out at 10 AM the following Saturday. I do not rent weekends during the summer because to do so would block out two weeks from the standard rental schedule.
Between my own advertising on the free sites and the agency's listing on the paid sites the house is full every summer. At this time Bike Week is rented and I do not have another opening until August 16th. The late August weeks are sometimes slower to fill since kids seem to be going back to school a lot sooner than they did years ago.
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