A method for managing rentals of real estate and personal property items over a data communication network, comprising the steps of : entering, by using a data communication network, on the part of users who wish to rent out property items, the type and description of the property item to be rented out; storing the data related to the property items to be rented out in at least one database connected to a management system; allowing access, by a network server, to the at least one database by a plurality of end customers for browsing the database and selecting a property item to be rented.