Adam Wright
Property tax sticker shock? Appraisals have been mailed out
“It is very early to say at this point, but I estimate overall values for Tarrant county to be up 7-10 percent,” Law said via email. “While some individual property values may have substantially larger percentage incr...
Ethan Evans
How important is Curb-Appeal for STRs in a small Metro market?
Hello, my fellow Short Term Rental investors!
What are your thoughts on using homes that might be a solid B-class or C-class SFH rental, and using them as an AirBnB? I'm looking at MLS properties that were just flip...
Garrett Stembridge
Finance Strategy Question
I owe $100K on a rental I own in my name and also have approx $100K in cash. I’ve been wanting to star an llc and move it under that, but I would burn my cash reserves to do it. Would it be better to just keep it a...
Matt Osojnicki
My 3 & 3 for Airbnb's in 2023
Are you looking to purchase a Short-Term Rental or increase your revenue for the coming summer? As a STR property manager who loves data driven results, here are my 3 and 3 for Airbnb. These hacks have boosted my reve...
Dee Bral
Is Price Labs a User Friendly Dynamic Pricing Tool?
I'm new to having an STR and dynamic pricing tools and just tried a Price Labs free trial for a few days. I didn't think the application was very user friendly and there is no number to dial for customer service if yo...
Tyler Smiarowski
Where can I get cheap appliance packages?? Besides the chain stores...
Would like to hear where people find their appliance packages...
Andrew Nguyen
Is Flip This House beneficial or hurting the REI community?
I get a lot of new investor clients who are hypnotized into thinking the only way to make money in Real Estate is to flip houses. I try to convince them that the long term wealth is in Rentals and they should be focus...
Chris Collins
Diversity in the MHC Debt Markets
As we approach the beginning of the third quarter of 2020 it is apparent that we are in an unprecedented time in the market with historically low interest rates and uncertainty in the market surrounding COVID-19. As a...
Bill Gulley
PREDATORY SALES AND LENDING
I recently posted that some lending and sales schemes were predatory.
First, predatory practices does not have a legal definition, generally you will find examples of strategies or activities that are deemed ...
Jon Klaus
Zero energy home
How much extra $$ to get there?
Say a 1500 square foot home in Texas. Conventional building cost = $105K. How much more to get to zero energy?
Assume highly insulated, great windows in the appropriate places, shade...