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Here my thoughts. As more and more home owners find themselves in negative equity territory banks have every motivation to negotiate.
I also think that a large percentage of the home owner population would rather avo...
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Hello! For those who have STR's and have a 3rd party management company in place - do you collect income directly and then disburse a percentage to the management co for their services, or do they collect all income f...
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Okay, if this is the wrong forum I apologize. Anyway....I keep reading articles saying that you get better returns if you take out a mortgage. Of course it makes sense that a $300/month profit on a $20,000 investmen...
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Hi BP,
I'm trying to get a better understanding of return metrics. I don't want this to turn into a thread where people ask me what type investment I'm looking at and giving me the numbers. I want to get the mechanic...
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Hello!I am working on a pro forma for a new construction project for 55 multifamily units.Our plan is to bring in an equity partner that will ideally be interested in a long term investment. With that said, we want to...
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Hi All,
We are out of state investors, and are working with a local developer in the US, on a new construction deal.
The deal consists of buying 3 lots, building total of 5 units (residential homes), selling and sha...
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Today, Guesty has announced its acquisition of Your Porter(see link below for announcement). As always, they say that nothing will change. I am literally just starting out in the STR game. We close on a Smoky Mountain...
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Has anyone used or is currently using Diversy Fund for investing? They have a minimum of $500 for investors that I thought was very attractive for a new investor like myself. From what I have read it has a 5 year inve...
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I'm seeing some income funds out there that look pretty good on paper, promising 8-12% annual returns with regular distributions with 3-5 year investment. I'm curious to hear from others on this. My concern is that it...
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I was just doing some due dilligence on a proprety and I spoke to my Insurance Company (USAA), and had a mild heart attack when they told me how much it would be to insure. 1st I ran it online and it came to be ~$6k/...