Are "Medium Term Rentals" (1-2 month stays) the next big thing? I tend to think so as owners can trade max profits for lower costs, booking certainty & perhaps most importantly much lower regulation risk (most STR...

Howdy!  This might not be the proper location for my question but the people I look up to most tread this section. I recently read in Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point" (pg72) that "what separates a great sal...

I hired them last year to act as maintenance/property management for my Dubuque properties, after Cory reached out to me on BiggerPockets in response to a post I made.  I thought things were fine until recently, I had...

my tenant completely trashed my place, deposit will not even cover the junk removal service I called my insurance (USAA) the adjuster showed up and was very helpful : turns out Trashing the place is not covered BUT (b...

Headline says it: The recent emphasis on creating direct-booking sites for your STRs and MTRs is overrated. Prove me wrong.Work/money not offset by savingsThe amount of work -- and money -- to build a site and do prop...

I'm sure many have heard the numbers recently that the median net worth of individuals in the United States has dropped 39% in the last three years. I'm just curious how BP members have fared during the same three-yea...

Hello all! My wife and I are new to the Real Estate Investing world, and are excited about what could be! End goal for us is to be able to retire and drink mai tai's on the beach without a care in the world. Between n...

Hello everyone, I am in the process of buying my first real estate investment property and I am hoping to gain some insight into a particular situation that I have found myself in today.A little information about the ...