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7 February 2025 | 16 replies
.: Joe, HML have a balloon that would be due at the end of the loan's term, commonly 12 or 24 months.
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13 February 2025 | 3 replies
I’ve been in the real estate business for almost three years now and have completed five deals: one buy-and-hold long-term rental, one short-term rental, and three fix-and-flip projects, for which I helped raise capital.
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10 February 2025 | 10 replies
See image below with more details.
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13 February 2025 | 17 replies
If they try to find another place, they’ll usually realize they already have a great deal and stay.8.Long-term tenants can be worth a slight discount.
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7 February 2025 | 9 replies
I've never heard of Kin, but I too am in the market for short term rental insurance.
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6 February 2025 | 42 replies
Florida, particularly Tampa and Central Florida, is a strong option because of steady demand, landlord-friendly laws, and solid appreciation.If you’re debating between short-term and long-term rentals, I’d say long-term rentals are more stable, especially with the recent saturation of Airbnbs.
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12 February 2025 | 2 replies
Still, I think you'd find it difficult to find one that would be a good long-term investment unless you had another ~20-30 years to go, it's at least cash neutral, and you don't plan to hold it too long (to avoid too much investment loss and before you get to the point where it's unsellable because of too few years left); that's another way of saying that maybe it suits your cash needs in the near-term or is at least less of a pill to swallow than other options until you find something that's more of a sensible long-term play
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13 February 2025 | 21 replies
But if you're really good at it, then you can get a short term rental to perform well.
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7 February 2025 | 8 replies
From there you can start to identify what you are looking for.Where do you land on the follow spectrums:Cash flow and AppreciationLong term or Short term needs (waiting for growth vs get out of my W2 now)Long term rentals, Mid term rentals, Short term rentalsBuying close to home or coast to coastSelf manage or hire a PMIf you can narrow in on those, you essentially have your buy box.
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13 February 2025 | 4 replies
My quick response time and attention to detail is not matched by many others.