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Lily Wang
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Is it really possible to charge 2 to 2.5 times more for furnished MTR compared to LTR

Lily Wang
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  • Houston, TX
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Hi, I've listened to some episodes of the Landlord Diary, and many hosts mention that when they do rental arbitrage, they price their properties at 2 to 2.5 times the base rent. This seems unrealistic to me. After checking the Houston market, I've found that rents are typically only 30% to 50% higher than long-term rental rates, which makes rental arbitrage seem less viable.

I'm wondering if these hosts might be exaggerating their profits to sell their expensive courses. Any insights you could share on this would be greatly appreciated.

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Travis Timmons#3 Real Estate Deal Analysis & Advice Contributor
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Travis Timmons#3 Real Estate Deal Analysis & Advice Contributor
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@Moderators I spy an AI response from Drago above...

1. Bullet Points

2. Way too long for someone to actually type

3. Extremely vanilla and broad

Conclusion

Please stop AI copy and paste. I'd love to be wrong, but that just does not seem like something one would write out.

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