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Is there a website or source to look up vacancy rates and other stats for STRs in different areas of a city? Something that would be like look up comps for home sales or rentals. Thanks for any input you can offer!
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Hey! What metrics do you personally use to decide whether a property would make a good buy & hold investment or not? Cash on Cash?Discounted Cash Flow?Internal Rate Of Return?Net Present Value? Cap Rate?A combinat...
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Hello everyone,
I’m currently exploring ways to find off-market real estate deals and would love to get some advice from this knowledgeable community.
What strategies or tools have you found most effective in identi...
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Hello BiggerPockets community! I'm so excited to be here and learn from you all. I'm a newly licensed real estate agent and I would like to sell investment properties to local investors. I eventually would like to bec...
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I recently got an appraisal done on a property that was completely rehabbed for a cash out refinance. In the appraisal report, one of the comp used is a house that was sold for $199,000 on 6/2/2020, three months befo...
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Hey everyone! Starting in August I plan to sign up for online classes to obtain my real estate license and become a certified agent. However I do plan on becoming an investor as well and been too caught up with educat...
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Hey everyone ,I recently read a few books in the prior months . I read "The Richest Man In Babylon " , "Rich Dad Poor Dad " , "Think and Grow Rich " , and currently Reading " The Magic Of Thinking Big " . All these bo...
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Hi all, we are currently renovating my moms home built in 1900. It has a 1st floor with 12 ft ceilings and basement with 6 ft ceilings. We have party walls on both sides.Our goal:We are looking to make this 2 separate...
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All,just picking everyones brain right now for ideas. If someone does not have enough money to put down on their first deal (i.e. rehab, flip, rental, etc.) what are some of the options that can be explored? Any advice?
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I bought a house thinking that I'd add a second floor, but realized that it'll take too long. So now I just want to rehab it using existing footprint. Not sure at this point if I sell or rent.Before going to my agent,...