Investing in medium-term rentals, which are typically defined as tenants renting properties for more than 30 days but less than a year, has become a preferred strategy of many investors.

In general, the major brokerages are somewhat greedy and they would prefer to keep both sides of the commission "in house", so before any new listing is posted to a site like LoopNet, Costar or Crexi, it is passed internally to every other broker in the office and then within the intranet for that company, to see if anyone has a party to do the deal with.

We'd all prefer have everything be new or replaced because it can solve alot of issues with tenants and the time it takes to manage a property.  

TBH, despite the cost I prefer using Turno.

I would prefer to rent to someone who has 4x or 3.5x income to rent ratio. 

Landlords/owners feel their rental apartment will be vacant for longer while others prefer to wait until more inventory arises in the warmer months.Astoria RentalsWhile New York City’s metro area as a whole, especially desirable areas like Astoria, is not considered to be a ‘cashflow’ market, there is upside to purchasing rental properties here.Median rent prices have risen from 2022-2024 as follows:Studio rents up 30%1-bedroom rents up 19%2-bedroom rents up 18.5%3-bedroom rents up 21%* While 4+ bedroom rents have increased as well, the findings are insignificant due to limited data/inventory for this apartment type.

The answer to this question will take into account your mother's goals on how the money needs to work, transition plans in the future, risk tolerance, asset segment preferences (retail, industrial, MF, self-storage, etc.), and many other factors.

When funding your real estate deals, do you prefer PMLs or traditional bank financing?

You can take courses such as the CCIM program to become an expect in running the numbers on deals if that is your goal, but you could also leverage others that are already experts in your preferred asset class to do the due diligence for you.

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