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DARLENE O’NEILL, RENTAL AGENT SANDPIPER RENTALS, INC Darlene O’Neill started working with Sandpiper Rentals as a rental agent in 2010. Darlene came to us with a great deal of business experience and a wonderful working knowledge of Martha’s Vineyard. She previously owned and operated the Crocker House Inn located in Vineyard Haven from 1990-1999 and [...]
Just this past week I received calls from two families that had thought they had their Martha’s Vineyard vacation home rentals secured with the first payment into the owner and a signed lease back from him via HomeAway. They were able to work a particularly nice rate, in a great location and in a great [...]
This summer, like all summers on Martha’s Vineyard, was gone with what seemed like a blink of an eye. Rentals were understandably off to a slow start at the beginning of the year due to the state of our economy. My fingers were crossed that the allure of a sun filled week at State Beach [...]
The kids are back in school, the days are getting shorter and cooler…and it’s hard not to start dreaming about next summer on the Vineyard! Don’t worry, I don’t think you’re crazy, I think you’re very, very smart because planning for a fantastic 2010 summer on the Vineyard really does need to start now! Here’s [...]
On Thursday, September 10 through Sunday, September 13, the 2009 Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival takes over Vineyard Haven! All four days will be filled with the best feature and short films from the biggie film festivals like Sundance, Berlin and Cannes – and new films that have yet to be discovered. This year’s festival films [...]
Whether you like him or not, it’s pretty darn exciting to have the President of the United States staying just down the road this week. The ‘summer White House’ for 2009 is a private estate in Chilmark, Blue Heron Farm. Yesterday afternoon around 3:00 several helicopters, including Marine One, flew over the island and landed [...]
We all know the economy has been funky since last fall 2008 – that’s not news. And while it hasn’t been all good, it hasn’t been all bad either – especially in the Martha’s Vineyard real estate and vacation rentals market. Last fall, when the market first dropped, we saw a slow down in bookings. [...]
There is so much speculation surrounding President Obama’s summer plans. Will he come to Martha’s Vineyard? Will Michelle, Malia and Sasha spend a month here and will the girls go to camp? Will they stay in Edgartown or on East Chop? Is Washington saying ‘no’ because they’re trying to keep it a secret? Or because [...]
Have you ever noticed how we all get caught up in what the news media is telling us and forget to check in with what’s actually happening? In the case of the current vacation rental market on Martha’s Vineyard, the truth is much brighter than the fiction. Yes, there was some fall off in rental [...]
In a time of rapid change in the economy and the real estate industry, I’ve been thinking about how lucky I am to be part of a real estate firm that values and demonstrates two things: reliability and ingenuity. There’s something to be said for the fact that this will be Sandpiper’s 40th year on [...]
