Hi,
This is my first post on this forum so I’d like to say hello to y’all. I am a native German and live in Greenville, SC w/ my American wife and three kids. We just started looking into buying a condo at the beach....
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Hi, BP family
I was recently thinking about a good measure on whether it is worthwhile to convert LTR to STR. I asked around and got different answers. Some say that your STR gross income needs to be at least twice a...
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My wife and I want to get into flipping houses. We are thinking about buying a fixer upper that we can stay in while we remodel it.We live in Houston, TX/Galveston, TX area and have 15K in cash, so we'll need a loan t...
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Hello! We recently bought a property 5 blocks from the college in Greeley, CO. We planned on our main demographic being students, but, we're in the middle of winter and need to rent the place until summer so mostly we...
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How much does a potential renter care about the appearance of the front lawn? We are looking at a property in a middle class neighborhood in Charlotte, NC, and the front yard has just been seeded and covered in straw....
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I never thought I'd be looking to do a vacation rental, but I think I've found a good deal. The house is in an area I often travel to get out of the big city and reset so it's a win-win for my sanity. It's a super sma...
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I have a 3100 sq ft, 4-BR, 2.5 BA STR in Anchorage, AK. The home isn’t renting as well as I’d like and I’m looking to make it more competitive. The max capacity is 12 and my average party size over the last 5 years is...
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Hello,
I bought a property in Michigan, 1950s, 1050 sq ft, has a a crawlspace and if I fix it up good I'm expecting to get about 1,050-1,100 a month.
Now the issue is flooring, the kitchen and living ro...
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The 15 Essential Items Every Short Term Rental MUST HAVEWhether you're listing your space on Airbnb, VRBO, Homeaway, or with a professional property manager, you will need a whole bunch of items that guests expect to ...
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Hi everyone,I'm using a FreeTaxUSA to file my taxes. I currently own one rental SFR, purchased May of 2018. I did an online cost segregation study through KBKG. I was able to break out my depreciation based on the 5/1...