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29 November 2024 | 10 replies
Currently I have a regular primary homeowner insurance policy on the house as it was our primary home for the past year.
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7 February 2025 | 100 replies
Sure, I am a real estate agent with a team and I host a YouTube channel.
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7 December 2024 | 8 replies
@Sidra Amir I work in a group home that regularly has a pest company come in and inspect for bed bugs with a bed bug detection dog.
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10 December 2024 | 100 replies
There is options for hosted showings via others.
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4 December 2024 | 12 replies
Hey Mike - Since Airbnb doesn't allow videos on listings, a lot of hosts are sharing private tours through platforms like Instagram, YouTube, or Google Drive.
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5 December 2024 | 8 replies
Those other probs have now gone away plus I'm making a lot more dough from my regular work/day job these days.
10 December 2024 | 13 replies
This is also the best thing, because many out of state investors find it confusing and stay away, which keeps our returns much higher and wards off Wall Street investors from buying up swaths of houses, which we've seen in other markets.As an STR specialist, keeping up with zoning and regulation statewide is a huge part of my job.I also host monthly short term rental events for local investors, monthly webinars, and I also often get furnished, turnkey off-market STR properties.
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6 December 2024 | 17 replies
And eventually or even now, go to Real Estate Events all around Chicago, most of them are free and you can find the events on Meetup.com or Eventbrite.com (my company also hosts a lot of events every month that are free @A&N Mortgage which you can find on Meetup.com).Good Luck!
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3 December 2024 | 1 reply
American IRA is hosting a live session on End-of-Year Considerations for Your Self-Directed IRAs and 401(k)s on December 4th at 12:00 PM.
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3 December 2024 | 9 replies
Instead, I've heard of hosts raising the nightly rate high enough it won't book or setting a 30-day minimum stay and had no issues with a double booking.