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Hello everyone,
I am analyzing the Indio, CA market as a short term rental investment and we'd love to speak to someone who is self managing their own vacation rental.
My questions:
- Looking to understand ...
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Sometimes you have to deal with prospects that aren't easy to work with. I'm just curious to see who drops these pain in the rear prospects, and who actually tries to push forward with them?
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One of our rentals has hot water heat powered by a natural gas furnace. The furnace has an automatic pilot light so it doesn't have a flame that needs to be lit. Would you leave it on in the months when it's not being...
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Hi All!Does anyone have any experience with optimizing a pool heater? Typically in Florida, it stays warm enough the pool heater has been able to do its thing. But since this week has dropped to the low 40’s at night,...
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Was listening to Geithner talking to some senators and he was saying he'd like to see renters fill all the vacant houses. To facilitate that he said he'd have to take over Fannie and Freddie. Hmmm, I was thinking this...
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Have you stayed in one of those, as my wife calls them, "omg sooo cute shipping container houses😍😍"?ok, so they are really cool and fun, we've stayed in one and she has the idea to design some for us to rent out.Anyo...
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The Turtle Method of Real Estate InvestingAs I read yet one more article about the cash vs. leveraged investing, I responded to myself in this way. My method is to buy all cash, get the property working and then refin...
Hi,
I am looking at purchasing a detached one family property in Queens with a fully finished basement. It is advertised as one living level.
The property is classed as A9-1 Family Dwelling in zoning distric R4-1 a...
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I'm looking for some opinions and help.
I recently purchased a apartment in downtown Vancouver Canada a few blocks from English bay, in one of the nicer locations in Vancouver. The unit is small 660 sq feet. It was...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $302,000
A Single Family residence where I built a 900 square foot detached dwelling unit above the garage. I now rent ...