Brandon Gale
Getting more bookings on VRBO
We went live about 3 months ago with our cabin in the Smoky Mountains and have been booking well on AirBnB, . But for some reason we haven't had a single booking on VRBO and not even a single inquiry until today. I ju...
Zachary R.
Finding Original Hardwood Under Carpet! (Photos)
I am currently turning tenants in a 4br/2ba SFH in Arvada, CO and planned to have laminate flooring + new carpet installed on Wednesday. As I'm sure a lot of you have done, I opted to pull out the old stain riddled c...
Brandon Laughridge
AirBnB in Non-sexy Markets
I currently live in a really popular tourist area in Southern California (La Jolla) and know of many people that are having tons of success renting extra rooms, units, or their whole property through AirBnB.
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Natalie Medved
Furnishing STR Do's and Don'ts
Hi everyone:My husband and I are in the process of furnishing our transforming our second home in the White Mountains (Thornton, NH) into a STR. The market has a lot of baseline - economically friendly STRS but only ...
Andrew Taylor
Finished Flip, No Traffic - Now What?
My wife and I just finished our first flip. We put the house on the market about a month ago and have had almost zero traffic (two showings). Empirically, I know this means it's overpriced, despite an initial listing ...
Alyssa Czopor
Newbie looking @ vacation rental as first investment purchase
I'm super green with everything to do with REI. I'm more excited than fearful at this point which is why I know I'm ready to jump in and look for my first investment property. I started learning more about real estate...
Candace Berry
Raleigh, NC HELP w/ Realtor Standard Commission Structure for SFH
We understand every realtor can write up their commission structure (to a certain legal degree), but we want to know what the standard commission structure usually is in Raleigh, NC. What would be the "off the shelf a...
Kenya Arnett
Why am I getting low quality rental applicants?
Hi all! I'm new to BP and new to this real estate investing world. My husband and I are under contract for our first intentional investment property (to which we will be moving and renting out the basement.) We own ou...
Frank Jiang
only received two phone calls after posting rental ads
Maybe I am inexperienced since this is my first time try to lease my house. Or maybe it's only the second day I posted the ads. But I only received two inqueries regarding the new posts. My questions are
Am I listing...
Jessica G.
I'm proud -- first rehab
Tenants moved out of our first investment house in DFW, which we're selling for a few reasons. The left it dirty and battered. We wanted to turn it over as quickly as we could to reduce holding costs, yet we both ...