We have a PC customer that we do "Housesitting" for in the summer months while they gone to another home in the south of France or to another home they have in Italy.

I go by there a couple times a week to check on the house, the pets, pick up mail, and just make sure the house is ok. I even have a checkbook that I can pay expenses out of for them.

We are even allowed to spend the night if we desire to do so which I have done before just to make the house look somewhat occupied. Actually I've picked up a couple more clients this year to do the same thing for but it will include a few more maintenance type issue like maintaining the pool and making sure the grounds are maintained.

I've even thought about retiring one day from the HI biz and doing this type of business more. I already do some maintenance type things on homes owned by some airline pilots who are out of town quite often and for a sports figure during his off season when he's not in the Dallas area. I change out air filters, keep pool chemicals maintained, and schedule any specialized work that may need to be done.

The extra revenue is great.

rick