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 (6) 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 (2) connected to a management system (1); allowing access, by a network server (3), to the at least one database (2) by a plurality of end customers (5) for browsing the database (2) and selecting a property item to be rented.