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9 January 2025 | 15 replies
That means their pricing tool is designed to price beneath the rest of the market, which drags the entire market down, especially when combined with their algorithm changes a couple years ago that made pricing (IE lower prices) the #1 factor in ranking.Even if you use an external pricing tool, it gets dragged down by the people using Airbnb's pricing.
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10 February 2025 | 25 replies
You however have the luxury to take a couple big swings and be able to recover and repeat what worked much quicker.
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7 February 2025 | 12 replies
With that amount of equity and being in CA I think you have a couple decent options1.
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12 February 2025 | 5 replies
I do manage the books for a couple of my own businesses that are under the main business.
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5 February 2025 | 8 replies
I preferred couples rather than families due to liability and damage.
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28 January 2025 | 19 replies
Everyone was just rolling with the punches there for a couple years.
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6 January 2025 | 13 replies
I did not do a separate criminal background check as I trusted the info from Zillow (Big lesson learned never to trust the Zillow data again in life).
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30 January 2025 | 6 replies
I have spoken with a couple real estate agents and they are scared to let me have the agreement thinking they are breaking some kind of code of ethics letting me have it.
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31 January 2025 | 22 replies
Rates are also better with these than with an investment loan.There are a couple of investment loan programs available that offer 10% down as well with no PMI, but they have slightly higher rates.
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6 February 2025 | 9 replies
The property has to be considered 'in service' for you to list it on your tax return.In service entails a couple of items such as1) The property is in livable condition - Working bathroom, kitchen and an area to live.2) The property was advertised for rent.Best of luck