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Hey Everyone, I've been successfully self-managing a full time STR in the in-law unit of my San Francisco home for a few years now. I have been able to avoid trouble tenants in the past through the normal mechanisms, ...
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Hello - we are buying a cabin in Big Bear Lake, CA, and will be renting it short term to help offset some costs. Although we are a 2+ hour drive away, its not totally convenient to zip over there easily to take care ...
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Hello everybody! I didn't really see a more applicable forum, so am posting this here. If I missed a better one mods feel free to move it or let me know.
Short Version (Because I can get wordy!):
Any suggestions o...
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I have a vacation cabin in mountains that our family used to go pretty often for summer break, vacations and holidays. But now we go there less and less often, we are thinking about if there is any way to use it to br...
Hey all!It is with super excitement that I share that my wife and I are in contract for our first investment home that we intend to rent out on a short-term rental basis. The property is located on the beautiful Lake ...
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Hi,
I've begun exploring the option of buying an investment property with the intent to rent by the room. Where can I find more info on how to safely and legally accomplish this? Google has not turned up mu...
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One of my tenants just brought it to my attention that she in the process of adopting a dog( German Shepard). Right now the dog is a puppy no more than 10lbs but will grow up to 40Lbs. How much are pet security deposi...
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I am looking for some of the experience apartment investors and developers out there to regale me with some stories about unlikely/unusual/out-of-the-ordinary things that have been discovered in the inspection/due dil...
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Hi, wanted some high level advice / thoughts. My brother and I both have good day jobs and also run a profitable website as a side business (total business profit of 60-80k a year). Aside from our stocks, 401k, etc ...
We have been renting a house for a little less than two years and recently moved to another state. We had a professional carpet cleaning company steam clean the entire carpeted area of the house. Also, we had a local ...