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Hey,
Like many others, I’ve stumbled upon this forum by reading The Book On Rental Property Investing.
I am 29 years old, from Newcastle, UK. Almost three years ago I traded in the rain and crumpets for the sunshi...
Hello everyone I’m a brand new realtor/investor and I have a friend selling her house next month it’s going for a little over $300,000 and she bought it for $180,000 a couple years ago I’m trying to see what her optio...
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Regardless of what the talking heads are saying, the U.S. is in a recession. I haven't seen a May this soft since the financial crisis. The calendars for our properties are filling up decently, but it is taking daily...
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Hi all, I'm a freelance writer, and what you might call an accidental landlord. After visiting Detroit on assignment for a travel story I fell in love with the city and -- following a yearlong search -- my husband and...
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I got into a discussion last night concerning the stability of various investments during extreme economic downturns. My mother in law - a custom SFR developer almost lost everything during the last recession when th...
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Hey everyone,I am trying to reduce my dependence on vrbo/airbnb, by using furnished housing sites in addition to the "vacation rentals" platforms.I see corporatehousingbyowner.com ($230 to give it a try), sublet.com (...
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Since the pandemic hit in late March, many are not sure how they feel about staying at hotels or short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and Tripadvisor Rentals. Airbnb, with 7.7 million active ...
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I just got started last month and was on both platforms 10 days before Labor Day. I've had 3 bookings already on Airbnb, and have 3 more coming up. Vrbo has had zero. The property is an entire house. Just curious if...
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How are the short-term rental / AirBNB investors faring? At what point in the future are you seeing your bookings start to pick back up? Are locals picking up any of the near-term unmet demand? How are pure vacatio...
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I would like to get thoughts and opinions on investing in vacation rental properties (pros and cons). I currently own a non-vacation rental duplex property but was thinking of diversifying with my next investment prop...