Brittany Daubner
STR Beginner Stories
Hi fellow STR investors!I finally purchased my first STR in the smokies in Oct 2023. It's a 3/2, new construction, and I went live just before Thanksgiving. It rented my first day live! Very exciting! So far so good, ...
Chris Mury
Stessa or something else?
Hi Everyone,
I’m curious to know if anyone is using Stessa for STR? I just created an account but wanted to know what everyone else is using for software to track income, expenses, receipts, performance, etc.-Chris
Nathan Gesner
Would you throw out your tenant's personal belongings?
Read this: https://www.newsweek.com/landl...Different states have different laws, but I wouldn't throw away items of value! If it were me, I would have placed these items in storage and only returned them when the Ten...
Nina Ning
Tenants took our Fridge and Furniture when they moved out.
This is the tenants didn't pay April rent and we sent them 3 day notice. They moved out on 4/30. This was rented out as furnished house with fridge and furniture. When we came in after they moved out, we noticed they ...
Li Lu
Any suggestion on the interior design budget?
I recently closed a building with 24 residential units and it is more than 100 years old.I have talked with a designer/architect about interior design.His quotation is around 21k for all the units.Is the quotation rea...
John N.
Affects of a CAT 5 Hurricane on the rental market
I live in Panama City, Florida. Last year we had a Cat 5 hurricane that basically turned everything upside down in our RE market. An interesting fact came out recently. The Panama City\Bay County area has the exact...
Maranda Tucker
Do you ever use virtual staging for your rental properties?
Typically, I find virtual staging to not be necessary for marketing our properties. However, recently, we have had a few properties that are not moving and I am racking my brain for creative ideas to generate interest...
Darryl K
Making attractive offers?
How can you sweeten an offer to make it more attractive to the seller, other than increasing the price?
Minkis Poleece
Picked up a Foreclosure. Brainstorming strategies.
Hello, Got myself in a deal and I want to brainstorm all my options.I recently picked up a nice 4 br, 3 ba 3,200 SF home from a sheriff sale for $161,000. Based on the research I had done, it appeared to be some sort...
Chris Harrington
I dropped the ball!
You know if you let a problem fester you can count on it getting worse!Just evicted a tenant in a 6 plex we own. He has been there for years and pretty much paid his rent on time. Didn't cause any issues and no comp...