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Mayank Jain Inconsistencies across Mortgage lender processes for pre-approvals
21 February 2025 | 9 replies
Usually if you have several accounts and investments with 1 bank they will provide you with low to no lender fees and the better rate.The main issue here is that there is a lot of time/effort spent looking at your financials and documents to make sure there are no discrepancies, qualifying you, and sending Pre-Approval Letters, for you to just go with another lender that is offering you the better rate/fees.
Melissa Vass Scott Canadian Wanting To Invest In The US Market, Is Ohio The Right Fit?
21 February 2025 | 15 replies
The market still has relatively low entry points compared to other major cities, making it possible to find multifamily properties like duplexes and triplexes in the price range you’re targeting.
Erica Dike 6 Guest Types That Will Increase Your STR Bookings & ROI in 2025
13 February 2025 | 17 replies
This crowd tends to chase away low quality high volume posters. 
Mark Simpson How this guy used AI to Acquire 15 Off-Market Short-Term Rentals in Just 12 Months
29 January 2025 | 4 replies
Here’s how they approached it:1.Scraping Listings: They used web scraping tools like Beautiful Soup and GPT APIs to scan Airbnb for properties in their target areas.2.Image Analysis: They trained an AI model to analyse listing photos, identifying homes with solid potential (good structure, layout, location) that were undervalued due to low-quality photos.
Joel Oh salt water hot tub
13 January 2025 | 23 replies
I find the savings from not needing to add chlorine is instead spent on chlorinators.I would not use salt for an only a spa because the chlorine use is so low.  
Andrew Fletcher Happy Holidays everyone
20 January 2025 | 2 replies
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Marc Zak Cost burden of appreciation
5 February 2025 | 5 replies
This means that every year, your IRR (Internal Rate of Return) will increase.4) In an appreciation heavy market like San Diego, the IRR is going to be the best way to calculate your earnings as cash flow is fairly low relative to initial costs (down-payment, closing costs, carry costs while placing tenants)5) To calculate your IRR, you want to use this formula: (Appreciation + loan pay down +/- Net rents)/ down- payment.you can include the Closing Costs, and carry costs, but I usually do not.
Lau Cor Putting the investment in an LLC
21 January 2025 | 4 replies
Most commercial lenders do not require any seasoning for that entity which means that you can create an LLC and use that entity to purchase the property immediately as long as you have the proper documents.
Troy Parker Renting your first rental to a friend
26 January 2025 | 11 replies
Not likely), vacancy (@ 8% for me), and a possible PM (10% normally).I recommend you reach out to a local seasoned investor and have them run your #s with you, as the #s depend on how you manage it (how hands on you are) and also local pricing.
Paul Gutierrez Open Door Capital Funds
11 February 2025 | 31 replies
While I know Brandon and his team has experience, the going in cap rate is very low for MHP (I was told mid single digit).