The main reason being that the reviews on a listing belong to you as a host, they reflect not only the quality of your property but also your hosting standards.Will AirBnb add value to my property?

Our tenant left 5 days before his lease was up and did NOT participate in a walk out inspection even though I'd sent him a move out check list and told him to set up an inspection 2 days before 4/30/2024.   He left be...

IRC Sec 1402 and the related Treasury regs govern income subject to SE taxes.(3) No such thing as "active" income in the context of IRC Sec 1402 and 469.Again, most Airbnb and VRBO belong on Sch E and are not subject to SE taxes. 

This is the 2 units + 2 ADUs scenario.I am worried Scenario A might push future financing option into commercial real estate only, which will limit my cashout refi options and the future buyer pool.From a lending perspective, since a "Land Use Restriction" is required to be recorded on the Deed to limit rentals to be longer than 30 days, the property thus will not be considered a true "5 unit commercial property" and my worries in Scenario A will not come to pass, right?

It depends on where you are living, how long you think you will be living here, if 3 years is the minimum but a good chance it’s gonna be longer bite the bullet & buy, if 3 years is the max it’s probably better to just rent, regardless nothing will cash flow, the big benefit is locking in your payment, but the value of that depends on the timeline, as far a where that would really depend on your preference’s in price point, do you want urban or suburban living, how big a space, how nice etc?

(btw my belongings in my office, like the rest of my footprint in the house, will be very minimal: this small desk, quality office chair, + desktop computer. my thought is i’d put the computer in a closet + leave desk out as a workspace for guests; alternatively i could put all office in closet.)

A robust rental market with low vacancies and excessive demand is good for house hacking, while historic belongings appreciation rates can upload to the overall return on funding.

I thought rental insurance covered the tenants personally belongings in case of fire, theft etc?

It will be long-term rentals. thank you for sharing! 

I had one on file from a fake seller who had recently tried to get me to list a property that didn’t belong to them, and we found 16 different ways it was fake.