Hi everyone, I am looking to start my real estate investment journey and buy my first property. I am thinking a STR in Orlando area, is it still a good option? not saturated yet? Will recession slow the market? I was ...

Our most successful real estate triumph has not completely manifested. We purchased 5 houses in Fort Worth, Texas (Sendera Ranch, Haslet, Texas) in 2005/2006. In each case, we used conventional financing, 20% down. Af...

We are out of state investors considering investing in a college town rental, specific to student tenants.  Texas A&M and Texas Tech have been on our radar.  Does anyone have either any area-specific advice or gen...

Would you guys agree to extend tenants' lease by six weeks (until early July), knowing this makes you miss the peak rental season in this specific area? And knowing that in this case you'd be marketing your property a...

Hello, I'm a 42 yr old travel nurse currently living in the Orlando area. I am ready to settle down here and buy my first house. Through out my travels ive been renting Airbnb's and would eventually like to get into t...

I started spending a lot of time researching new rental markets for myself and recently came across Parma, OH. In this post, I'll share some insights based on my findings and some data to showcase why this market is a...

I'm currently remodeling an upstairs 2B/1Bath flat in Oakland CA. It's in a very desirable area: 1 block from "restaurant row", 1.5 blocks from train stop (BART), 2 blocks from freeway entrance, and 3 miles (15min car...

The house I currently own/owe on is in Madison TN. I came into it knowing it needed work but the price was right (156k). I've put about 10k into it and quite a bit of sweat equity since purchase. The house looks great...

So I'm interested in how house flippers make their profit. From my perspective, they put a down payment on a house, get a hard money loan to pay the rest, use the remaining for the repairs, when it's finished the pric...

Hello BP,
I read through Avery Carl's book and I've looked for other resources but many of them are more focused on general STR or vacation rentals; are there resources available for STRs specifically focused on rent...