When analyzing a luxury short term rental (STR) vacation home for investment in today's mortgage rate environment, the ROI & margins can be extremely tight. Investors that are looking to offset their investment co...

I'm looking to get my first STR.  The goal starting off is a place that my family enjoys visiting and renting the rest of the time.  I recognize that when my family visits I'm hurting my profitability, but that would ...

I am under contract to buy a home that is currently being run as a vacation rental. The home currently has bookings several months out, including during some big local events that command high prices. The owner wants ...

Hey all,Last summer I transitioned from a LTR to MTR in my house-hacked duplex. Got my first tenants (traveling medical) and they have renewed 3! Great tenants and will hate to see them leave but they must move on due...

So we are staying in a beach front STR house.The list of amenities clearly states they have a charcoal grill.Hanging in the house are the house rules which talk about the grill.Guess what? No grill.The guy says most p...

Hello! I am house hacking a single-family home in Washington D.C. and have a tenant I FT who seems great. I have a standard lease form from my real estate agent who said she can sign it to make it official for me. Onl...

Curious to hear because I might do a hot tub at my next listing. Seems like a lot of work that maybe isn't necessary as long as you have good filtration and the water looks clear? Is there a difference in how often th...

Hi all,I can use software to conduct 95% of all property / tenant / cleaning  tasks, except... for showing the property to interested tenants.I don't know that this would be an issue, as I'll be doing MTRs and most fo...

Does anyone have any experience with rented.com? They seem to primarily exist to help expanding hosting businesses make competitive offers to landlords. I wonder if anyone here has ever listed with them to actually fi...

I've already been a member but I have not been on the site for a while. I am a disabled veteran and a retired nurse of 20 years. I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines. I plan to invest in small multi-family units. I w...