You have no ability to make improvements to increase the value (and benefit as the owner); you can't deduct mortgage interest on your taxes as you don't hold the mortgage; and you can't own it while the value rises over time.

My situation: I have an FHA loan at about 5.5% and my understanding is that it usually makes sense to refi once rates are about .5% lower than your existing rate, which means I may need another .75 to 1% decrease in the rate.

Hey Hares, I started to see the same slippage in a property management company I was using in NC and ultimately I made the decision to self manage everything even from across the country. 

I'm new here and I'm planning to invest in STR in the USA.

Do I normally have my awesome real estate agent ALL of the legwork?

Looking to structure the deal with concession's to come as little out of pocket as possible so I have different offers in mind, but the payment is between the ranges.I figure another 20% for Property Management, Vacancy, Maintenance which totals to $1,100.84/M-$1,146.14/M. 

Hello BiggerPockets Community,I’m currently in the process of expanding my real estate portfolio and am looking to establish relationships with hard money lenders who can offer the most competitive and lowest rates available in the market.I am a business owner with $1.5 million in verifiable funds.

Expensive also.. you can move out of the downtown core towards N Charleston and summerville and things get less expensive.

With all the headlines showing large apartment buildings selling at 30% to 40% less than a few years ago I thought the same would hold for the small apartment market.

Living in the mountains of North Carolina has been a dream.