In todays Society, a review can make or break your business. In the vacation STR realm, on a platform such as Airbnb it is no different and often even an inaccurate review can have this effect. In my experience dealin...

Hi, my name is Taylor and I currently live in the downtown Sacramento area. I am in my early twenties and manage at a well-known fine dining steakhouse.Throughout my life, I have never been close to anyone who was tru...

Howdy Y'all,I'm not from Texas, but I really like saying "Y'all!"--- I am adding this after the fact, but I guess I didnt really realize it was such a saga of events. So many little plates to juggle. Anyway, I hope yo...

I’ve heard that people lose everything when they’re overleveraged. When would you say people lose their shirt in RE investing, when debt to equity ratios are to high or when their debt to cash reserve ratios are too h...

I selected this forum because I want my story to be a successful one. But I doubt it.. And really today I feel like I want to give up.

In 2003, I came to the US through a work visa. Apart from job, I dreamed of esta...

I think the federal government needs to start coming down with stricter regulations for mortgage banks. I think they are playing too many games with tricky lending practices, all in hopes of getting business. Too ma...

My parents own a piece of recreational property (no house, but a bathroom/shower and a cabana) on a lake. They own the property with a friend. 50/50 owners. Unfortunately don't have any more details on the agreement (...

Instead of asking a question, I would like to present what I know, or think I know, and ask if I'm leaving something out or am completely wrong. I have several properties I am trying to control and before I do so, I w...

How much time do you spend self-managing your short-term rental? Weighing the pros and cons of LTR vs STR in my market. Yes, STRs appear to have better cashflow, but unsure of the time commitment needed. My wife an...

I heard this notion 3 times in the last couple days: going to wait and safe my money until inflation is over and prices come down again, one of them a fellow investor!! It seems to me that people think inflation is ba...