Turning a single-family home into a room-by-room rental strategy really paid off, especially in a neighborhood like Portage Park where whole apartments typically rent for less.The demand for month-to-month flexibility is growing, especially in cities like Chicago, where people might need shorter-term housing due to job relocations, school, or other temporary situations.

Currently, I don't have any second mortgages or helocs because the idea of keeping track of more than one mortgage per property has been a tad daunting and decreasing my cash flow at the moment is something I'm battling mentally with.

I don't see much appreciate coming in STR homes in the near future as they have had historic jumps from 2020-2023, now have leveled and in some areas are sliiiiiightly decreasing. 

However, RE prices did not decrease but continued to rise.  

Market in a MinuteEast Tennessee home sales increased 5.2% from the previous month, and increased 9.3% from a year ago.The median sale price was $374,950 — up 7.13% from the previous year.Total housing inventory increased from the previous year – up 43.2% from a year ago.Half of the homes sold were under contract in 15 days or less, up from 9 days a year ago.44.61% of homes sold for the asking price or above, with 23.72% selling for more than the asking price. 10.32% sold for at least $10,000 over asking and 4% sold for at least $25,000 over asking.The sale-to-list price ratio decreased from last month to 98% – down from 98.6% a year ago.New construction represented 13.28% of total home sales.If you want to nerd out on the market here I'm always happy to chat.

There were temporary support beams in the basement along with enough moisture to actually grow mushrooms in the basement crevices!  

In Philly, my current tenant is paying 3x the long term rent through CRS (a temporary housing provider) because he lost his home due to a fire. 

The most common benefits a landlord can get from an arbitrage agreement are: reduced vacancy expense, decreased maintenance costs (most arbitragers agree to fix any damage done by guests), increased rent (most pay a premium), reduced number of hours managing the property (aka it's more passive)Some less common benefits, but still worth mentioning: Using the property to host their own guests at a lower rate during the "vacation season", Revenue sharing, arbitrage managing landscaping, and other management tasks. 

A: Landlord has an obligation to provide clean water, suck it up and buy it.B: Hard water is bad for your plumbing, buy it hopefully to decrease future repairs.C: Water softeners, like under-sink disposals, ice makers, ceiling fans, love to break and cost you money.

The market is decreasing, and yesterday's rental prices are not today's rental prices.