Away from the coast, no hurricanes, fires, floods - we don't even have snowstorms anymore.People can deny climate change all they want or blame it on sun cycles, and frankly, it does not even matter, the reality is that insurance cost will force the issue.You can try to rebuild and you can put houses on stilts in flood areas, or fortify them against high winds and fires, but that makes it expensive.

.📈 Interest Rates UpdateMortgage rates remained steady above 7% this week.For context:2017–2021 rates: 3.65%–4.87%Pre-pandemic average: 4.16%While today’s rates are higher, Las Vegas home prices continue to rise.

Quote from @Chris Seveney: Quote from @Devin James: In 2021, we saw buyers upgrading to larger homes, taking advantage of 3% interest rates to afford an extra 300+ square feet.Today, smaller homes are selling much faster as higher rates make additional square footage less affordable.While rates are historically average, I don’t see them dropping significantly.

As noted above, up to 50% of gross rental income normally gets eaten up by expenses (taxes, management fees, utilities, landscaping, repairs, capex, etc).

You would need to tap into what the market may draw because not all markets could support this type of guest avatar.You may be able to get just enough bookings to at least cover your monthly expenses by leaning into your listing and how you market the property.

After she gave me the numbers, I calculated the rehab to be around $16,000 which I was fine with.I saw on the app we use to track expenses that there were small charges for the rehab which I was fine with.

@Kevin Wood: For those temporary and permanent differences accounts, move them to Other Income and/or Other Expenses and see if you the reports works for you. 

New PM's get their experience at the owner's expense and it takes at least 4 years to really get a handle on this business.

You can also hold money for maintenance, capex, taxes, insurance, or other projected expenses.

I did buy a website which was expensive and produced nothing, still trying to decide what to do with that sunk cost.