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Hi, brand new here. I have 2 Cape Cod vacation rentals. One sleeps 20 in Chatham, and the other sleeps 18 in Harwich Port. In the past we used VRBO and HomeAway for the Chatham property when they were advertising ...
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I'm thinking to buy an apartment instead of renting one in Brooklyn. One direction was to hack housing, which is to buy a 2 family house and live in one of the units and rent the other unit. But, it's really hard for ...
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I’ve really just dabbled with SFH rental properties in the past but am now looking at making more significant moves with a goal to be done with my 9-5 job in 6 years. I started looking at smaller town properties in K...
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I have a home that has an absentee owner... it was wholesaled this year... keeps getting code violations...I could live in this house as my first home and hack. It’s boarded up... still nice with needed rehabbing of c...
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Hello - is it worth spending money on boardgames within an STR? Also, what are some other low cost amenities that I can add to my STR that will yield a higher ROI?
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Economic Update
(Monday, May 31, 2021)
The one place that's rip-roaring in our economy is the housing market. In fact, home prices are accelerating, as the Case-Shiller 20-City Index shows. Year-on-year gains rose ...
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I recently got started with my first property. I don't have a lot of contractor connections and know that I am not very handy. I don't enjoy it and know my time is best spent in other areas. I used HomeAdvisor and got...
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I found a house in the Youngstown, OH area - one of the better parts of town for $9k. The home needs about $10k in work and the comps in the neighborhood range from $33,300 to $64,900.
If I pay cash for the home and ...
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I don't want to keep beating a dead horse. I know this has been a hot topic for awhile. With Biden taking office, COVID, and multi family investing being at a 'peak' - what are you and your team predicting the next 12...