All Forum Posts by: Cindy Caldwell

 Furnished Finder is a listing site, not a booking site. For our 1 property, it is $99/year. The renter contacts the owner through the site with questions and/or a housing request. You then can screen the renter, make and state-specific lease through Keycheck (another small fee), and collect payment through Stripe. 

We currently charge $1960/ month for rent, $130/month for cleaning and $300-500 security deposit. 

We have owned a 2 bed/2 bath condo in North Myrtle Beach since 2021. We have rented our place in the fall and winter to traveling healthcare pro's for 3-6 months and snowbirds. We get those clients from Furnished Finder. 

Hello all. We are new to short term rentals and looking for a CPA firm with real estate experience for our personal and business taxes. We are in Bucks county PA north of Philadelphia.

Jay, thanks for getting back to my questions. I was hoping for the ability to get it for 10% down to afford a property sooner but maybe have to wait a little longer. We do want at least to get a 2 bed/2 bath but planned to short term rent it most of the time. 
Thanks!

Hello all. I posted last week but new to the pro membership and have not yet purchased our first investment. My husband and I are considering a short term rental in North Myrtle Beach and thinking of managing it ourselves. Heard of 10% down vacation loans but this may not be available if doing an investment. Does anyone own their own short term rental in a vacation location and manage themselves?

Thanks Krista. It can be overwhelming to decide where to start investing because there are so many vacation investments choices. Trying to learn how to make a sound investment to make a decent profit, be able to enjoy the property ourselves in the low seasons and possibly invest in multiple properties in the future.

This is a great forum to connect with others in this space.

We live in PA so a condo might fair better for our first one to manage ourselves. I like the idea of a condo with all amenities available and beachfront but due to Covid thinking a smaller condo complex may be better for social distancing. 
We would like to manage the property ourselves if we can find good automated tools to use from a distance being in PA.

In the future, we are also interested in having accessible rentals since we own a company that provides accessible renovations for disabilities. It seems that having accessible vacation rentals could be a strong niche for us to consider.

Hello all. My husband and I are looking into our first short term vacation investment. Thinking Myrtle Beach would be a great start! Also considering Florida. Researching how to best manage the property ourselves through automated systems . Any suggestions would be well appreciated! Does anyone know good realtors in Myrtle Beach, Clearwater Fl, Tampa Bay area?