I've seen some recent articles indicating that Booking.com is trying to compete more against Airbnb.

:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

Say you got a neighborhood in suburban Georgia with a certain type of industry in the area, well, okay, cool, but you're gonna have a 24-year old recent Berkley graduate still living with their parents to manage the property!

I knew a few people that went to SUNY Binghamton (and one that moved back there recently) so I had student housing in mind when I asked the question.

Recently, I received pictures of a water leak in the kitchen ceiling, which appeared to be coming from the bathroom on the second floor.

This was done to protect senior citizens on fixed incomes from being forced to sell their homes due to unaffordable property tax increases.Since the passing of this amendment, all properties in Michigan have two property tax values associated with them:State Equalized Value (SEV): supposedly equal to 50% of the market value of a property, not based on recent sales price.Taxable Value: the SEV annually capped as long as there is not a transfer of ownership.City Assessors are charged with determining how much property values have changed each year.

I recently sold a house and they had a home inspection and they came back with a list and I simply told the buyers , No to any price reduction or the "repairs" .

@James Maaba congrats on your recent long term rental purchase, East Stroudsburg is in high demand!

Hello,We recently bought this 16 bedroom, 4 bathroom motel type room-in boarding house in a low income area in Syracuse.

I recently had someone with 7 people wanting to rent a little 2 BR, 1 Ba, ~650’ unit.