Equity Residences Investment Model: Your FAQs Answered

We get this question all the time! The core principals are:

1. Understanding which locations and types of properties will deliver an exceptional vacation experience and provide a good rental yield. We typically aim for 6% to 10% cap rates in our vacation homes.
2. Determining which homes are more likely to appreciate and what, if any, remodeling will increase the value and rentability of your homes .
3. Having our investors tell us where they want homes added and then analyzing the markets to ascertain the best investment opportunities.
4. Buying with cash to obtain the best price and to move fast on the best deals.

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As soon as we complete a round of investor reservations. First, we open the calendars for the Holidays. After we confirm all the investors, we open the holiday calendars for the renters or investors who want to book the weeks later in the year.

Same with all other times: investors can book October 1- September 30 in May-June of the same year. Renters have access to the calendars after investors choose their weeks.

You can book homes for your friends and family with credits. Space available privileges are exempt from this rule.

Please watch this VIDEO to learn how your family and friends can use credits to book homes.

In December, we send out reservation forms to book the next reservation year’s holidays up to 16 months in advance. This is the time to select New Year, Christmas, Fourth of July, and regional holidays such as President’s Day at ski homes and Palio in our Siena home. Our reservation year runs from October 1 to September 30 every year.

In June we send reservation forms to book weeks 4-12 months in advance. That includes busy times like Spring Break and normal weeks when you just want to travel.

Both times we send out reservation forms to investors, and investors have three weeks to get back to us with preferences. We ask you what your priority (preferred) visits are, preferred dates, and alternative dates and locations (if any). This way, we can put a schedule together like a puzzle and accommodate about 98% of all investors for their preferred visits. If there is a conflict, we reach back out to you and work to resolve it.

You can always book residences on our partner portal on the first-comer first served basis outside of the by-annual reservation process.