Matt Owens
Vacation Rental Damage Deposits
Hey All,Do any of you require damage deposits from guests for booking your vacation rentals?I recently acquired and launched a new property on Airbnb and VRBO that is $500-$600 avg. nightly rate compared to other prop...
Sharon N.
Bookkeeping for Landlords
How do you keep record of your income and expenses for your rental properties?
Sydney Berman
Software for new property management business
Currently own four properties and will be establishing a property management company in Seattle this year. Any suggestions on software that is suitable / not too expensive for a smaller portfolio but will keep pace a...
Jamie Banks
MTR Tech Stack
I wanted to share some input on my current tech stack for my MTR business. I've tried several different services but had a hard time finding one that fit being both a MTR operator and property manager. I'd love to hea...
Vincent Gamboa
Which comes first? Company or the properties
Hello all,I am newer to REI as well as BP and I'm close to looking at actually obtaining my first property. I was wondering, is it better to start a company such as an LLC before I start buying properties? Or does it ...
Leonard Sanford Jr
Tenant Screening/Rent Collection Services
Good Evening BP,I am in the midst of securing my first house hack under contract! It is a 3 bedroom SFH that I plan to rent by the room located in a college town. As I begin to proactively seek out potential tenants, ...
Tyler Ferguson
Beginner House Hacker - Book Keeping
Hello!
I am in my First house hack in Austin Texas. I have two 12 month room leases and a mid term rental in an ADU.
I get MTR leads from Airbnb and do bookings through the airbnb platform.
I use apartments.com ...
Priyo Lahiri
First time getting into STR
Greetings everyone,Relatively new reader of this forum. We have been doing LTR for a while some 2000 miles away with a property manager. That is not working out very well (primarily due to the PM) and moving our asset...
Brett Rhine
Am I commingling funds?
Context: I am house hacking in my primary residence. Situation: As an incentive to qualified tenants, I have my applicants pay for their own background check and deduct that amount ($35) from their security deposit (...
Ed Chamberland
Bookkeeping for beginners
Looking for advice to get our books in order, so to speak. We now own 10 units - our first deal. Should we hire a local bookkeeper? Use a new app? Use property management software? Open to ideas. Thx