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3 February 2025 | 15 replies
There are many reasons why I haven't pursued the arbitrage model, but mainly that it takes too long for the ROI after investing all your time and effort into buying furniture and renting and paying utilities.Let's say you rent an apartment for $1500 and you spend $7000 to furnished it.
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23 January 2025 | 21 replies
Some rents in what some define as an A may hold strong values but rents compared to purchase price may not be comparable to a B.
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1 February 2025 | 9 replies
Long-Term Rental Rules: Even though my properties are long-term rentals, are there any tax benefits I might be missing if I occasionally rent them short-term?
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9 February 2025 | 12 replies
If cash flow is tight, consider exploring slightly better rent-to-price ratios within your target areas.
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27 January 2025 | 6 replies
Their pro formas felt optimistic with providing 6% annual appreciation and property management that is only about 6% of rent so I take it with a grain of salt (they offer their own property management services but it has terrible reviews on Yelp so I would probably go with someone else).
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31 January 2025 | 1 reply
That leaves me with 2 houses, both rented but one of them needs to go too.All this is close to the end of a dead end street.
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23 January 2025 | 0 replies
🎉 As we kick off 2025, I want to encourage all my fellow Americans stationed in Germany—or preparing to move here—to start thinking differently about your housing allowance.Did you know that your housing allowance could be more than just a rent payment?
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28 January 2025 | 0 replies
Hosts can get involved by either donating a portion of rents from their payouts or they can offer housing at a discounted rate.
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24 January 2025 | 5 replies
If you don't have to own your own residence though, why not invest the money in a profitable investment elsewhere and rent in Japan?
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2 February 2025 | 20 replies
@David Spurlock from approximately 2012 to 2016, you could buy a depressed valued Class A rental and rent it for immediate cashflow in many parts of the country.After Class A property values recovered, investors moved to buying Class B rentals - but used the same assumptions they used for Class A rentals.After Class B property values recovered, investors moved to buying Class C rentals - but used the same assumptions they used for Class A rentals.