The answer varies greatly depending on the arrangement of your deal with the owner/landlord but in general you need renters insurance to cover your contents (since you are renter presumably) and then excess liability coverage for your short term rental activities.

We only have 1 property with a perfect 5.0 and it is a matter of time before someone with unreasonable expectations gives us a 4 or lower.The strategy we are taking is to use the rebuttal as a way to advertise the property. 

Most people will not qualify for this, Fannie multifamily is simply not an option for someone new to this asset class.Bank - This is a Texas headquartered bank. 25 year amortization isn't the sexiest, but that's a human-attainable interest rate with very modest points/fees, with a short prepayment penalty.

Hey everybody! I'm a new real estate agent in the Portland, Maine area. I'm full time as a real estate agent and also work 1099 as a carpentry apprentice on the side. I'm looking to buy my first property as a house ha...

Rents for apartments and single family homes are up significantly, and I don’t see that trend ending any time soon: we are severely lacking in housing and available inventory.

If ab2482 does not apply, then 6 month lease (so the tenant is not treating it as real short), then have it go month to month until one of you wants to give notice.

I have a buddy that is in mortgage but unfortunately we are not able to secure deals with his company because most buyers have better financing or cash options and this is taking me out of the game.

We are currently in a down trend that I expect to last three or more years.

I've personally worked with a handful of "investor-friendly" lenders, primarily on DSCR loans in recent years, and each time I've run into significant delays, lack of transparency about the process, have been fed the requirements in a piecemeal fashion (every few days there's a new random request rather than having it all organized from the start), and have even run into lenders who were substantially misinformed about the real estate industry or the laws that govern it on both a local and federal level.I think there should be a better site to encourage accountability by tracking how long it actually takes each lender to close their loans on average, and what unexpected hurdles investors encounter when trying to work with them.I can't seem to find such a site.

You pay 40% short term gains tax.  18k profit, net.