Chris Bluem
First STR Questions
Hi BP!We went live with our first two properties yesterday and have bookings in November already. Excited to start on this journey!I had a few questions.1) I have seen post about lease agreements, and how some host se...
Ryan Yio
Mobile Home in Single Family zoning neighborhood
We are considering buying a SFR for the land. After tearing down the building, a double wide will be placed on the land for rental. I believe neighbors won't complain given that1. The exisitng building is pure eye sor...
Jim Cran
Flip #5 - Bay Village, OH
I thought it would be fun to post progress as my wife and I flip house #5 from start to finish. I'm NOT posting this in "Success Stories" since the proof is in the pudding as they say and I don't want to assume succes...
Garrett Diegel
Bulletproof Base Boards? What should I use
We are putting in Smartcore flooring in a tri-plex This will be a hold property at this time so we want to make it as bullet proof as possible as we renovate. We are working on one unit and adding flooring but have b...
Laura Da Silva
203k rollercoaster investment!
Hello everyone
My name is Laura and I am a current home owner. I purchased my first 2 family home back in December of 2016.
I qualified for a 203k HUD loan and I was assigned a contractor whom took a full year to "c...
Monte Blunk
Airbnb vacation rental advice
We own a townhouse in Park City, UT and have been self managing it for the last 3 years. It rents out during the winter months fairly easily but has very little traffic during the spring, summer and fall. What sites...
Mindy Jensen
What to do with the eye-wateringly ugly fireplace?
This is my fireplace. The mortar is dark grey, the rocks are called Moss Rock (I think) and the whole room is dark because of this space. The wood has to go, my husband HATES these rocks and wants to rip them out. I t...
Alec Newman
STR in Land Between the Lakes / Western KY
Hello all, I was curious if anyone here has a STR around the Land Between the Lakes (LBL) area on the border of KY/TN. I’m currently in the military and work out of Fort Campbell but my primary residence is on the wes...
Kyle Pierrehumbert
First Rental property- when to lower rent?
Hey! So I just closed on my first rental property and have it posted on Zillow, it is in a desirable area and I priced it competitively when directly comparing it to other listings. It has been listed on Zillow for 4 ...
Noah Laker
STR in Sacramento
I'm a broker here in Sacramento, own some properties, and through our sister company we manage over 100 STR properties. We have portfolios in NorCal, SoCal, and Arizona. I made this observation last year that the "vac...