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I’d love to hear if your biggest home runs have been from: a) buying an existing STR, tweaking it with your own unique skill set and applying your experience-proven enhancements to be a top performing property, orb) c...
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I've been an electrician in Washington (the real one..) for 10 years, residential, commercial, and industrial. I've learned a ton from BP so this is me trying to give back with knowledge of something I know very well....
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There are so many new operators in the STR field now, and the questions about certain things are mind-boggling. STR is a hospitality business first, and a for-profit business second (if you want to succeed). Your gues...
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Hi Bigger Pockets members!I'm Ryan from Knoxville, TN. Short-time lurker, first time poster. I've been studying and learning about RE investing for many years, but just started my business in 2016 with a small ($90k) ...
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I've been looking into the possibility of tiny homes, airstream, or something similar as an AirB&B spot to plop down somewhere... Interestingly, someone has got creative, and is leasing out their tiny home to some...
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So historically I've been terrible at keeping these sort of deal diaries, but I'm hoping the BP community will help keep me honest...and updating. Back on February 22 I closed on my first rental property since joining...