Vacation rental properties abound online. But finding good ones isn’t always easy. That’s the problem vacation rental clearinghouse HomeAway set out to fix. Since its inception in 2005, HomeAway has grown to become the largest online marketplace for the vacation rental industry, with more than 1 million properties listed and nearly $12 billion generated for its customers in 2014 alone. Today on Big Money Real Estate, Ilyce talks with HomeAway’s co-founder and chief development officer, Carl Shepherd, to get a better idea of how HomeAway has become successful so quickly in the vacation rental market. Looking for more of Ilyce’s real estate and personal finance tips? Read her blog, see her tweets and follow her on Facebook. Check out Ilyce’s Intentional Investor Series to learn everything you need to know to become a successful investor in real estate.