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7 January 2025 | 1 reply
Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Lucien.
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17 January 2025 | 19 replies
The resident pays the second month on time and then, and only then, do they get the concession.If the market is soft, and we are having trouble renting, before we consider concessions, we look at the product, the marketing, and lastly the price.
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17 January 2025 | 40 replies
Basically, you can't STR an entire home here, or even an ADU, and can only STR out a portion of a home that you reside in.
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12 January 2025 | 7 replies
@Placeholder PlaceholderOne word of caution I would advise: If a community or local government is enacting restrictions and also regularly enforcing them, then its often a reflection of the local community sentiment which increases the chance of a neighborhood or nearby resident calling you in if they think you may be running an STR.
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15 January 2025 | 12 replies
There's a few different ways to focus on a lower rate such as with house hacking and making the investment your primary residence, requesting a significant closing credit from the sellers for standard rate buy-downs (which I've had great success with recently), or utilizing lenders who offer short term rate lowering solutions such as 2-1 rate buy downs (again, ideally paid for by the sellers).
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6 January 2025 | 13 replies
After they moved in, we started to get some mild complains from our neighbors (for the rented unit which was our primary residence until we moved out in another house a few miles away). 1.
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6 January 2025 | 8 replies
In some cases, after crunching the numbers, the profit margin was so slim—or even negative—that I had to pass on some promising opportunities.Here’s my situation: I currently own two properties—a primary residence and a rental property—both of which have substantial equity.
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10 January 2025 | 23 replies
Quote from @Lamier Guzman: @Jaycee Greene I was thinking Hampton or Virginia Beach, leaning more into Hampton honestly for the duplex's but after my military contract and my 1 year of residing in the duplex is complete I plan on renting both units and moving to Florida or Texas to purchase SFH's and BRRRR them.
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7 January 2025 | 0 replies
Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
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7 January 2025 | 0 replies
Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.