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Hi There - my wife and I listed an STR property on 2/4/2023. Within the first week, we had 7 confirmed bookings, which was great, and led me to believe that our listing captured the eyes of renters and that demand in ...
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This is something I find kind of interesting and thought I'd throw it out for discussion. We get a lot of discussion on BP around the relative value of getting an agents license but almost no discussion about the valu...
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My brother and I are getting prepared to send out our first mailing campaign to our absentee owners list. I was just curious to see how this strategy is working for everyone else.
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How are you secondarily marketing your vacation rental pointing to the booking site (Airbnb, homeaway, etc)? It seems like it would be valuable to have more presence online (facebook ads, website, etc) directing traf...
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Hi guys,
I wanted to share with you a complete STR analysis of Okaloosa Island, Florida. Curious to hear your honest feedback.
This is a snippet from an article written by Onera Group.
Short-Term Rental Analysi...
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A large majority of people new to real estate and wanting to make some aspect of real estate their full time “career” get it all wrong. They’re misled by the hype from the “cult” created by would be mentors advertisi...
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I posted awhile back about the new short term rental rules in San Antonio here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/530/topics/1200417-new-...Wanted to share a brief update on my experience and some other helpful not...
Hi all,I am going through the research now on doing a 1031 exchange from a single family home where I have seen decent appreciation (and also was my first SFR, so I put more into it than I should have!). I will have ...
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Hello Everyone,
My name is Jordan and I had a question about property taxes...first a little background. My wife and I are looking to enter the real estate investment field through an FHA loan. We have ~$6k...
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Okay guys so i'm getting ready to send letters out and my questions are as follows: Should I hand address each envelope? (Only 150 or so)Should I not include my personal address as a return address for privacy reasons...