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Hi all! I'm finally ready to make the leap and purchase my first buy-and-hold rental property. I've recently found one that I like a lot, however they want cash for it. While I have about half the cash on hand, I'd li...
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Hi everyone,
I listened to a webinar the other day that had an interesting idea. They called it residential backflipping. I'll try to lay out the basics from that webinar here (this is what Peter Conti and Jerry Nort...
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Since the pandemic hit in late March, many are not sure how they feel about staying at hotels or short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and Tripadvisor Rentals. Airbnb, with 7.7 million active ...
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I'm looking to potentially write an article on vacation rentals and would love to talk with some folks about their experiences with vacation rentals. If this is you, jump in this thread and let us know a brief version...
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I’ve seen a few disturbing posts recently, mostly on social media, but a few here on BP as well, where the posters are reacting almost with glee that we may finally be heading toward a dip in real estate so they can c...
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Hello everyone, I need some advice please. I have been struggling to get into real estate investing. I've been reading a lot of articles, watching videos joined different real estate investor sites such as BP. Everywh...
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I have several agents who send me daily listings (one only sends foreclosures, the other send a mixture). If I find were to find a deal on one of these properties, put a contract on it and wholesale it - how does thi...
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So, let me preface this by saying that I think this whole thing is likely a bit overblown and I am by no means a doomsayer the world is ending etc. I currently own two STRs in Pigeon Forge area and @Avery_Carl helped ...
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They would be an absolute except a few people get lucky and put everything they have into a rental property and nothing goes wrong for a year or two, giving them time to build up cash reserves. Then again a few peopl...