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Hi All! I am an owner and manager of vacation rental properties that rent by the week. We own 3 rentals in the Adirondacks (and yes we use them a ton too!), and I manage weekly vacation rentals for apartment complexes...
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Hello! We love our home state of Colorado, but we're eyeballing the ambitious project of acquiring our first real estate property as a family vacation home which can successfully operate as a short-term vacation renta...
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Hi all, first time posting on the forums. My wife and I own a LTR townhouse where we live in Raleigh, NC. We are interested in expanding with a vacation rental in Fort Lauderdale, as we really like the area. We would ...
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9/11
Financial Crisis
Pandemic
1987 market collapse
Ok, so wildly average about every 10 years or so. Some kind of collapse. So it seems prudent when making your business or job or retirement or vacation rental p...
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Hello, looking to expand our portfolio into vacation rentals. All of my current investing has been full time rental SFH/Duplexes. Want to begin with 1 property that our family can use 4-6 times/year and list it the ...
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Hello everyone.
I’m looking to start short term, long term, and vacation rentals through Airbnb. My market is Columbus, Ohio. I’m looking for anyone who is currently doing this in my market. Anyone who’s been succes...
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You have an investment property you're looking to rent out. Looking to maximize this investment, you're now trying to decide if you want to rent it as a vacation destination, with stays averaging only a few days, or i...
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Hi, everyone. I’m basically new to bigger pockets, and also fairly new to real estate. I currently own 2 properties, and in the process of looking for my 3rd, which will be my primary home for my family and I. But I h...
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First of all, who cares about interest of x when you are bringing in 2-3-4-5-6-7X in profit? Right now we all need to be SECURING THE ASSET. Someone recently said this and I loved it "Marry the house, date the financi...
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Going into the new year, what cities are you eyeing for your next STR investment?