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...

Hello BP Team! We were planning on purchasing our first rental in Feb of next year. Instead we are thinking about requesting the current owner open a HELOC on the home. They current have about ~275k in equity. We coul...

Hello All,     As my headline states; I want to do this to build a portfolio that can allow my father to retire. That is my "why". I am hoping to begin this journey in the Baltimore County, MD area. My father has work...

Just saw this article on the HomeAway acquisition that was announced today. What are your thoughts? How do you think this will affect vacation rentals?https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/expedia-buys-homeaw...

I have been doing airbnb in NYC for two years and have been always booked,mainly 2 to 7 day stays.  Though it is a lot of work I find that the shortterm people are less demanding and are more apt to be out..Now back t...

Given that Eviction Moratorium is extended to Oct 2021 and probably will continue to be extending due to the Delta variant spreading, curious if this is a good time for REI newbies to purchase a rental property. I am ...

Hey everyone I am Ryan from Tyler, Tx I am a real Estate Photographer as-well as a freelance photographer in the custom automotive world, but being around real estate and listening to BP podcast has really lite a fire...

Is there a site/platform for landlords specific to temporary/corporate housing, i.e., 30 days rental or longer geared to the corporate relocation or full season rental market?  Or is this market covered by utilizing a...

I inherited a lake property that isn't worth very much and it's in really rough shape. It's not your prototypical vacation property, it's more of a retirement community that just so happens to sit on a lakefront. Some...

Hey everyone my name is Justin. I'm from Quincy, MA.  First, I just want to say that I have enjoyed reading the site over the past week, it's been a great learning experience. My background in real estate is fairly li...