How's it going Anchorage & Eagle River Alaska people?

[Cam Jimmy]

Wow, Hello Anchorage Alaska! I think its been a good 2 years since I posted anything. I felt like I was on a roll there in 2016-2020, then had a couple kids and took a back seat for a while. We used to be a couple of "Dink's" (Double income no kids) with no bad debt, in a tiny Nunaka Valley house.. to 1 income -2 kids - bigger house payment - newer car payment - daycare payment etc lol. At my peak we had 2 SFR rentals, and a duplex. Now we just have the Duplex and our newer bigger house we live in (that was supposed to be a live in flip). My wife finally got a part time job again and im just starting to get in the real estate mode again!

Anyways, whats everyone in Anchorage Alaska been up to the last 2-3 years? Anyone accumulating rentals/houses through the craziness in the last few years? I noticed that rents have gone up tremendously (so have expenses unfortunately). I recently raised my rents on my duplex for the first time since 2016, and I will probably continue to raise it in smaller chunks in the following years.

I heard finding contractors here in Anchorage is ridiculous too. Anyone able to find good contractors lately?