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Christian Brown Why I love Mississippi Real Estate
11 January 2019 | 23 replies
. - The Mississippi Gulf Coast is also one of the only areas of the state that has tourism as a significant piece of it's economy.- The Mississippi Gulf Coast has an international airport- The Mississippi Gulf Coast has a beach- Houses are some of the cheapest in the country. 
Alex Lee Should we be avoiding STR up north of NYC?
13 October 2022 | 37 replies
Between the universities, wine country, tourism and a ski resort, we have pretty reliable tourism year-round.
Mark Shay Poconos Association of Vacation Rental Owners
21 December 2023 | 5 replies
For the skeptics who say the region is disjointed and too competitive, this not-for-profit is an attempt to improve the situation.The association has started working with the Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau who is recipient of significant sums to hotel tax money to boost tourism and the bureau has pledged to support STR as witnessed by their marketing dashboard on the PoconosMembers of the association value a thriving vacation home rental industry in the Poconos that strengthens the regional economy and maintains the character of vacation home communities and nearby neighborhoods. 
Jesse Cowden New Investor Tennessee
2 November 2022 | 2 replies
If I would say anything that would be helpful on the state level, it would be: it's a landlord friendly state, so long term rentals are good from that standpoint; from 2020 to 2021 it was #8 in terms of population growth, so people are moving here a lot; tourism is notable here, STRs do well in certain areas; property taxes are generally lower than many states; if you're investing in East Tennessee act like you're a UT fan, especially with their football team doing so well this season! 
Junior Jaquet Hernandez Dominican Republic is a good place to invest?
13 February 2024 | 0 replies
Invest in the Dominican Republic:The Dominican Republic is one of the leaders in the entire Caribbean in terms of tourism, livestock, agriculture, and industries and will also be the Hublogistic in Punta CanaIf we make a comparison between other countries that have good tax benefits and return on investment, we can talk about these topics in a Zoom meeting where I can show you a graph of the tax benefits, return on investment, a natural and forced appreciation table that guarantees a defense against economic inflation and in favor of covering your capital+ The most important thing is the location when acquiring your property, you are not buying a house or an apartment, you are acquiring a location with development or in development that guarantees your investment+Each property has a number and our task as investors is to discover which is the appropriate number that can give us the return on investment that we are looking for.
Junior Jaquet Hernandez Pre-construction investment benefits in the Dominican Republic, Punta Cana and other:
13 February 2024 | 0 replies
In this post, I share with you the pre-construction investment benefits in the Dominican republic in the tourism sectors like Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, Sosua, and others.Among the benefits of acquiring properties on plans are the following:1- Capital Gains: the increase in the value of a property over time, due to different factors, such as accessibility, location, within the urban environment, services and infrastructure, and urban and architectural value.2- CONFOTUR tax benefits: law 158-01, which establishes tax benefits for real estate investors in the country's tourism sectors, which grants the benefit of tax exemption for 15 years.a)- Real estate transfer tax 3%.b)- Real estate asset tax (IPI) 1%.3- Financing available with an interest rate of 0%:Which works depending on the policies of each project, it normally works as follows.a)- the unit must be reserved from $2000 onwards.b)- They are given an approximate period of 21 days - 30 days to complete the downpayment 20%.c)- it is financed in monthly installments without interest until 50% of the value of the property is reached at the time of delivery 12-24 monthly paymentsd)- the remaining 50% can be financed with a bank or you can pay it cash.4- Resort administration: which guarantees monthly profitability and a return on investment which we could talk about by a zoom meeting..Thank you
Daniella Rodriguez What to do with 100K in real estate at 20?
14 December 2023 | 20 replies
Since you are in a market that is heavy in tourism, you can take advantage of this by creating a vacation beach rental.
Gururaj Iyer Sevierville/Gatlinburg investment - ideas?
17 October 2019 | 15 replies
Yes, lots of cabins and more going up everyday, but tourism is growing at about 8% YOY putting the numbers up to about 19M visitors a year to the area.
Mycah Healey Restrictive STR Ordinances
22 February 2023 | 20 replies
The money STR’s generate for the area is astronomical, not to the amount of jobs that tourism creates here.  
Kaleb Andrew Hanshaw West Virginia Opportunities
26 October 2021 | 19 replies
We are banking on a combination of Trail growth, rafting growth, and tourism growth related to Summersville Lake (if the CoE ever gets their heads in the game).I'm also available for any questions - let me know if you need anything!