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Janet Matzke
October Affiliate Spotlight
Sarah Carter
Vacasa Vacation Rentals
What does your company do and how does it benefit REALTORS®?
Vacasa is the leading full-service vacation rental management company in North America. We manage homes in 34 U.S. states, plus Canada, Belize, and Costa Rica, and host over 2 million guests per year.
Vacasa was born in 2009, when our founder Eric Breon struggled to find a property manager that could offer both professional care and strong financial returns for a family vacation home here on the Washington coast. Vacasa brings a forward-thinking approach to the vacation rental industry—using technology and data to enable local teams to care for homes and guests, while maximizing revenue for homeowners. The company quickly grew from one house here in WA to servicing homes across the country and beyond!
Sign up to be one of our Expert Agent partners, and you will have access to incredible tools, such as: estimated rental income for vacation rental properties & ROI calculator, agent tools & resources to help you sell vacation homes, insider access to market reports like our annual Vacation Rental Buyer Report, and free certification course to help you develop your own vacation home expertise. Read more here: https://www.vacasa.com/real-estate/agent
Why do you do what you do? Why should a REALTOR® hire you?
Family vacations are some of my most treasured memories from my childhood and I want all people to have the opportunity to create those same experiences. With Vacasa, I am able to help people experience the joys of owning a vacation rental and create those cherished memories with their loved ones while taking away all of the hard work & headache of managing it. No need to hire me, I am simply here to be a resource for you and your clients: a one-stop short-term rental expert in Washington that you can come to for assistance any time. Questions about income potential, regulations or permits, management options, etc- I can assist! And then if your client decides they want to hire a professional management company, I would be delighted the opportunity to tell them about our services, simply submit our referral form or introduce them directly to me, and if they sign up, you can earn up to $2500 referral payout each time!
Any interesting facts about you?
I am left-handed, a lifelong die-hard WSU Coug, I love Neil Diamond and probably the most relevant to my job, I LOVE to travel and experience new places, new culture, new people, new food. With the limitation on travel these past two years, I now truly appreciate the amazing honor it is to be able to travel our beautiful world!