
11 February 2025 | 15 replies
If you were more experienced, I would consider shuffling the portfolio and being aggressive, but I don't feel you are there yet.

10 February 2025 | 30 replies
@John Sherwood Depending on the demographic of tenants you're okay with renting to it's a decent area for rentals.

14 February 2025 | 11 replies
Just trying to figure out if it will drain money or if I can even make a decent amount of money.

1 February 2025 | 5 replies
As another poster mentioned rates are lower than they've been in the previous 18+ months but unless some very surprising economic data comes out between now and when you did your refi it seems unlikely that rates are going up in the short term and there is at least a decent chance that rates drop a little more before then.

31 January 2025 | 10 replies
The interior is decent and also requires updating .

2 February 2025 | 10 replies
Decent size umbrella policy?

23 January 2025 | 3 replies
Quote from @Dan Shallcross: Your PM should know the answer and be leading the way aggressively.

25 February 2025 | 21 replies
Do you stay at the sketchy looking log cabin for 300/night or do you go for the super well done cabin with a pool table, sauna and hot tub for 450/night - oh and they have a ton of reviews and listed as a super host.if you want to have steady cash flow and steady returns to INVEST into real estate then ditch the idea of MTR and STR and get a LTR in a decent areaIf you want to own a business than go for the STR or MTR model.

5 February 2025 | 7 replies
that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

8 February 2025 | 12 replies
So it's a decent time to strike depending on your budget.