If you are able to build an in-house maintenance team, having a useful shop and stockroom can save you/your clients a great deal in "road time" and other expenses.

We flip about 50 houses a year and are looking to do more flips and wholesaling.

Buy a nice house with an ADU or a DADU?

I need to change my house hacking strategy in the Bronx.

My current goal is to start with house hacking and move on to long-term single-family rentals.

I am not sure what the ARV would be, specially because the other houses in that street currently have a lower value than what this house is listed for.

I just got the notification from the city that there is a new apartment complex that will come up right in front of my house.

https://www.har.com/content/department/newsroom?pid=2096Houston Real Estate Highlights in June, 2024:
-Single-family home sales declined 11.6 percent year-over-year;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went ...

For water we always keep that in the owner's name (since, in our area at least, water bills run with the house and not the customer).

I'm not sure how much of that is going on right now, but I'm sure there are always traveling nurses and doctors coming into this area that need short term housing.A lot, of property management companies will only do a minimum of one year leases, but I think there is good value to be had in the short term rental game, as long as you have a good strategy and a management company that is align with your vision.When I was leasing full-time, I used to get a lot of calls from insurance companies who have clients who's properties have been in a fire or some natural disaster and need short term housing, and they're also willing to pay a lot higher than market rent.