Natalie Schanne
Help!!! My spouse doesn't want to house hack and I REALLY do!
What's your advice for convincing your spouse to get interested in House Hacking?I love Scott Trench's Set for Life House Hacking mindset. Since 2009, I've owned a foreclosure-rehab turned house hack (5 BR 3 BA). I li...
Mary Ciccarelli
Cost to Furnish an Airbnb
What is the typical range to expect for coststo furnish an entire property for a STR? I know there are factors that play into that like size of the property and how high end you want to make it. But i just wouldn’t ev...
Matt Leonard
Would you swap oil furnaces for propane or heat pump in Maine
Purchasing a 6 unit property in Maine (cold, snow), 3 separate buildings, that has separate oil furnaces for each unit. All of the furnaces are 20+ years old and the tanks are corroding. There is no natural gas in t...
Adam K.
Rental appliance strategy discussion
I have been doing a lot of searches on the BP forum about appliances for rental properties. I am really surprised to see that some landlords do not provide appliances. I am located in New Hampshire and I have never re...
Phil Wrigley
Central Florida vacation rental
Is a vacation rental in Kissimmee / Davenport a bad idea? Prices seem to be rising but there is so much inventory. Is it possible to make money on a mortgaged property? I’m thinking 4 bed pool home...
Mikhailangelo L.
First investment: Invest in Bay Area or OOS with turnkey?
I am a new RE investor in the bay area and have been researching properties in the east bay that will cash flow and have found very few that make sense. Keep in mind, my original goal was to find multifamily <$600k...
Mike Eichler
Why I like STR much more than Long-Term Renting
I've been involved in Real Estate for a year now. I jumped right in with a Short term rental management company (Liberty City Living). Throughout my time it was very fun to watch the company grow from a mere60 units i...
Roy N.
Private Money - where to begin
After months ... well, maybe a year, of lurking, I've submitted my "introduction" post and made a few other small contributions to some of the fora.
Now I've sat down to raise the questions responsible for my being h...
Ken Scarbrough
How Should I Prepare For a Market Crash?!
Hello All,I've been doing a ton of research on the 2008 market crash. I feel like I've garnered a strong understanding of what happened and why, however there is one thing I feel I am missing. What steps could a sma...
Jerry Poon
Closing on houses Monday, but losing one to past judgement/liens
I am closing on a package of SF homes on 8/24. The title company calls me today and says that one of the properties is not able to be sold to me because the seller acquired the property through a quitclaim deed, which...