Jonathan Stevens
First STR purchased in the Smokies
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Sevierville.
Purchase price: $420,000
Cash invested: $50,000
This is my very first purchase. I leveraged equity out of my primary...
Gary Suskin
Hello BiggerPockets! New PRO here
Hello Bigger Pockets community! I'm Gary from Israel, passionate about real estate investing for 14 years. I recently purchased my first property in Cleveland Ohio. A single family house ,which needed some rehab and i...
Amy L. Pagels
Managing timing of furnishing shipments for out of state STR
Hey BP community! We are clear to close on our first STR in Gainesville, FL with a closing date of 12/13. We have agreed to rent back to the sellers for a week and will be able to take possession on 12/19. We are o...
Alex Macias
Short-term Rental Arbitrage - Cost Segregation
Hello, I have three questions related to one topic. In our short-term rental business, we have two properties under rental arbitrage and one property we own and reside in - also doing short-term rental (house hack). T...
Vince Futia
Student Housing Upgrades
Hi;I'm in the Student Housing business. I'm looking for idea's to add upgrades which would and could increase the rent line. Also I would not discourage any ideas which might not increase the rent line, but would incr...
Kayla Davis
Single Bedroom - Furnished or Unfurnished?
Hi All,I'm purchasing a SFH where I'll be doing some "House Hacking", namely renting out all the spare bedrooms. I'm trying to find the best strategy for renting my rooms.For any potential renters looking for a single...
Jason Goretzki
Best durable chairs?
Rather than play elimination through poor customer experience, I'd like to get some suggestions from the Bigger Pockets community. We put in some tables & chairs into our beach condos, & the chairs are pretty...
Steven Gray
STR furnishing strategy
I am closing on a 2/1.5 condo in Destin Florida next week and closing has eaten up all my capital. I need to re-do the floors but that's it for a rehab and I'm doing the work myself, It will bring me in a net profit ...
Ishan Puri
Furnished or unfurnished
Do you recommend renting apartments in San Francisco as furnished or unfurnished? Can you share some experiences in major cities.
Mary Ainsworth
Furnishing a property out of state/long distance?
Hello! I'm about to close on a 4 unit and I'm trying to furnish two of them as MTR's but I'm out of state. I wanted to ask if anyone's furnished a property remotely before - who helped you set up the furniture? I've c...