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4 August 2022 | 9 replies
In your experience do homes in the valley/Brownsville area do well with better with long term or short term (air bb)?
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1 August 2022 | 3 replies
If all the rest of the rental comps in your neighborhood have central Air conditioning and yours doesn't...well, you should probably budget for that :) Hope this helps!
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1 August 2022 | 3 replies
When you need quotes you can refer to your contractor database, but when you just need a window air con or just need some replacement flooring you can DIY...
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1 August 2022 | 9 replies
This cuts down on time and makes it simplier.5-You can also generate a bonus if they do an exceptional job or start them at 150 and promise to increase if the job is done well (you can pass along this fee to guests on Air B&B and others).Good luck!
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1 August 2022 | 16 replies
I had also spoken to the neighbor who smokes in the below unit and bought an air purifier before moving out - I had noticed clear improvement and the neighbor seemed to be smoking less.
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1 August 2022 | 14 replies
I do see a few air bnb rentals in my areas and it looks like they are at about a 50% rented per month.
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1 August 2022 | 7 replies
Did you pick $200k out of thin air?
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1 August 2022 | 0 replies
We added air conditioning to the house, something that most houses on the street have begun adding, and landscaped.
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1 August 2022 | 0 replies
I had paid a site to come up with a site plan however I was just throwing stuff into the air, and they went off satellite images.
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1 August 2022 | 4 replies
when purchasing an existing Air BnB do the reviews stay with the address or would i lose them when the listing changes accounts?