Luis Espinoza
Advice for a Newbie Looking to House Hack in San Diego
Hello! I'm looking to house hack a property in San Diego. I would like to rent out the extra bedrooms to medium term tenants or via AirBnB to short term tenants (after getting the proper city permit) to maximize the r...
Erin Spradlin
Looking for advice on how to encourage HOAs to adopt Airbnb
We have recently encouraged our HOA to adopt Airbnb as a benefit to the condo building. Our thought is that it can actually be more desirable for some buyers, and also that the HOA could take a cut (say 5-10%) of the ...
Jason Riddle
Renovating a Property
Against everyone's advice, I decided to do some renovations in San Antonio while living out-of-state in San Francisco. Now that I have some battle scars from this good learning experience, I have some questions
1) As...
Yiming Li
tenants with large dog: anything to look for?
Hi all,We are considering a tenant family with a large(70lb) golden retriever, we've never had dogs before and not sure how to manage tenants with pets in general. Can you please share some tips regarding screening pr...
Akeem Ogle
Hard Money Appraisal Lower Than Expected
Hi,I'm relatively new to investing, but have completed deals with hard money financing thus far. However, I am currently trying to piece together a deal with an ARV of 370K (My number) in Atlanta (East Lake Area), but...
Robin Searle
Movement to ban STR's
I've been trying to follow what is happening on the STR front nationwide and would love to hear from BP members about what's happening in your particular city/location as far as restrictions? When we bought our prope...
Joe Kim
Cash flow on a $500,000 home - Experiment in scaling SFR
Here is the actual home: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4170-Secret-Shoals-Way-Buford-GA-30518/172439897_zpid/?view=public$469,000 to be exact was the purchase price of a brand new construction in A+ property, A ...
Chris Kelly
Tenant smoking weed but can't prove it
Good Afternoon. I'm in vermont where it is legal to smoke weed. I have a clause that says you can't smoke anything in the building. There is constantly weed smell coming from this unit. Maybe I'm being too nice but I ...
Mark L.
Duty of your agents, bad house purchase
I purchased a house a couple months ago, and paid at the top price or a little over for a supposedly move in ready home. I had an agent/broker, home inspection and appraisal. I haven't been able to move into the house...
Bryce G.
Why are so many HOAs and local governments against STRs?
The response I get most often when I ask this question is that it's disruptive to local lifestyles to have more frequently rotating tenants and as a result STRs can decrease property values. The first one is qualitat...