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14 August 2024 | 14 replies
I’m aware California is not the best market, with the restrictions and potential new tax coming up, etc, but we have personal reasons to invest there.With that said, we visited a lot of houses in the San Diego area and saw 2 that seem like a potential fit for us: one is a smaller 3 bedroom but a mile from the beach and the other is a 15-17min drive to the beach, but bigger with 4 bedroom and a little cheaper, which would allow us some cushion to invest on a hot tub or potential pool.
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14 August 2024 | 4 replies
I don't really want to seller finance it, but I figure that opens up my buyer's pool a bit.
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13 August 2024 | 10 replies
Additionally, a property with a pool and a spacious backyard is a huge draw, as guests love the idea of relaxing by the pool and hanging out outside enjoying the fresh air.
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13 August 2024 | 2 replies
You have a larger pool of risk tolerances from different lenders (less risk = better terms, more risk = worse terms). 3.
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13 August 2024 | 5 replies
We have been switching back to laminate this year in our Berwyn and Cicero rentals as the renter pool has been ok with it.
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16 August 2024 | 19 replies
The 2 main reasons for increase were as follows:-Many carriers have moved out of Colorado or no longer offer coverage for HOA communities, so there’s a smaller pool of insurance companies to choose from.
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13 August 2024 | 13 replies
I can see either a pool or a shuffleboard table in the background, and I imagine it is in a good-to-great location.
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12 August 2024 | 0 replies
By pooling our resources, we minimized financial risk and maximized our capacity to complete the necessary renovations.
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14 August 2024 | 26 replies
"LUCK" if we are talking about a lower economic person all things being equal they come from the same tenant pool.
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11 August 2024 | 5 replies
Drum) and I are running into is with our agent - he is very down on the Watertown area with rental laws, the tenant pool (aside from military) and a lot of the properties we have been looking at (condition wise).