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As STR becomes more popular, common BNB area prices seem to increase making 2% rule more difficult to find. Anyone have strategies for finding properties that cash flow? Is it finding off-market deals? Or is AirDNA da...
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Hi all,I have come across a cute little stone house that is currently set up as an air Bnb rental. present owner is only doing 7 night min`s. making 22K a year. Personally being in a summer tourist town I think cuttin...
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Hi, Fellow STR operators
I have a question on fraudulent payments from STR guests and wonder whether you all have a standard practice dealing with such situations:
We have some units in the rough part of the town an...
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I am closing on a property in Colorado mountain town in a few weeks. I plan to rent it full-time as a short term rental and am interviewing property management companies. Has anyone worked with Vacasa or TurnkeyVR? Th...
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Hello everyone- My current tenant’s lease is up soon and she is wanting to renew for another year. The only advantage of extending the lease is the tenant has paid on time every month. In fact, she pays early. As a pr...
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I swear there is someone at Vrbo purposely torturing me with crazy guests and issues for their own humor! I have had my STR in Pigeon Forge since April and out of the 50 reservations I have hosted, 7 have come from Vr...
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Hello everyone!
Any thoughts on buying beachfront condo in Myrtle Beach for rental ? Of course, I will go through rental calculator but wanted to know your opinions or experience. Is it worth if I am buying just one ...
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Hi guys, I am new here and this is my first post. We live in FL and have a vacation rental in NC and have had a management company manage it for a while now. Between the 20% management fee, cleaning fee, jacuzzi clea...
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Hello! I was just wondering if anyone targets college towns to invest in? I went to school at the University of Iowa (Go Hawkeyes!) and it seemed like there was a lot of opportunity. The rental scene was out of contro...
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We live in a rural town that attracts a lot of groups who fish and hunt. The need has been brought forward that they would like "home cooked meals" and my mother happens to love cooking. The thought was to have it pre...