Jenessa NeSmith
Starting an Airbnb and STR management company
So I have been an Airbnb host for about a year and a half with my primary residence (in-law suite in the basement as well as private rooms) and just got our second property up on the Airbnb market. My wife and I do a...
Ron Brady
Avoiding Bias. How do other investors do it?
A CA couple is suing an appraiser for what they assert is a lowball appraisal: https://www.washingtonpost.com... For a second appraisal, they removed all hints that a black couple lived in the home and they asked a wh...
Jeff S.
Buy and hold partnerships, one in town...
Being in a low yield area and confined to a daily job (low yield requires job) brings desire for out of town property. As best as I can gather buy and hold partnerships are problematic.
As an out of state investor w...
Jeffrey Giffin
Tank vs tankless?
Does anybody have any experience in tankless water heating systems? I've been wondering if it would make more sense to put a tankless water heater into a rental property as opposed to your standard traditional tank. ...
Adam Hofmann
What did you do today in your business?
Another forum I belong to has a really awesome running thread where people post what they did to their car that particular day. It's good motivation and creates a little accountability. If this catches on, cool. If...
Daniel Hart
HOA struggling financially, can't foreclose on over-financed units, need opinions...
I've recently become involved in an HOA that is really struggling. It is a high foreclosure pocket and there are now many vacant units and non-paying owners. Only about half of the owners pay the dues. We've lost o...
Joe Au
Good Debt vs Bad Debt
Is there a such thing as good debt?If I have to categorize debt, I would say the debt I am paying for, it's bad debt. A debt someone else is paying for, it's good debt.Which means, if I have a mortgage on my house and...
Nick Frey
1031 in less than a year (short term capital gains)
Property A was owned by LLC A 50/50 me and another partner. After five years of LLC A owning Property A, I created LLC B with two extreme-minority partners (0.5% each, as a formality for lending purposes) and bought ...
Nate S.
Need some advice on VA home loan
I just got out of the army, I just inherited my mother's house. I would like to use a VA home loan on my own house when the Hamp incentive is done with but I have to live there for another x amount months. Yet the thi...
Stephen Lyons
Self Storage Upgrading/modernizing
My dad has a self storage facility with:
1) 15,000 sq/ft warehouse (no environment control)
2) 2,000 sq/ft office with 2 bathrooms and 4 rooms 3) 16,000 sq/ft drive up self storage4) about 40 parking spaces
All o...