Ellie Narie
How much do you pay for cleaning service for your airbnb rental?
I'm thinking of building a duplex, living in one unit, and having the other unit be an airbnb rental. I live in a small town that is close to outdoor activities, so it could be a good idea to do airbnb. I'm thinking o...
Matthew Paul
Things must be slow for real estate agents
I put my personal house up for sale on Zillow as a FSBO . The responses have been overwhelming . In 3 days I have had 65 calls . Two from regular people and 63 from real estate agents . They all seemed to be reading...
Lan Bak
Pure DST vs. DST-721 UPREITs
Looking to get out of the active landlord business and exploring pure DST vs. 721 Exchange.
From my limited reading, a DST-721 Exchange seems to be a better option except it is a one-way door (no exchange back to DST...
Rick M.
Should I wait for a 4plex in NH?
I’ve been wanting to invest into a multi-family property (4 or 3 plex) for some time now. This will be my first property I do plan on living in it to get firsthand experience being a landlord. I have been scouring the...
Marvin S.
Need Advice/Insight/Expertise
I'm going to preface this post with full disclosure.... I am BEYOND pissed right now.My wife and I found a lake house on the MLS approximately 3 months ago. We have been to the property twice and it is currently liste...
Paul Stout
How Do you Determine Security Deposits
I am working through an analysis on a SFR and I am researching realtor.com and Craigslist to make an informed decision on what I can expect to get in rent. As I am getting closer to acquiring my first property and pl...
Alonzo Garza
Can my wife and I combine IRAs for the purposes of a Real Estate Self-Directed IRA?
Hello BP,In order to gain greater buying power (sooner) I was wondering if it's legal or if anyone here has ever combined their spouses 401k to use in a self directed 401k trust to purchase real estate property.I unde...
Pavlos Kasselouris
Why use Quickbooks for buy n' holds?
The past days I'm researching ways to better systemize better my REI. So far since I have only 4 rentals the free version of RentecDirect works just fine, and if I decide to get the very affordable pro version I will ...
John Brennan
Too small to be big. Too big to be small.
Hi everyone. I’m John. I’ve had enough standing on the sidelines and want to jump in. The question is:I’ve been studying self storage for two years and know a lot about it. My problem is that I don’t want to give up m...
Anthony Arredondo
Should I go all in with my cash, HELOC, and investor?
I have two properties in Louisiana, but I've just relocated back to my home state of Virginia. I really want to build up a rental portfolio, and I've got about $50K cash, should have a HELOC for ~$80K soon, and also ...