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I am new to real estate investment. I am located in Connecticut. The markets I am interested in are New Haven, East Haven, Wethersfield, Hartford, West Hartford, Middletown, Glastonbury, Cromwell, Rocky Hill areas.I h...
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Everyone and their mom is doing Short Term Rentals. In fact, my mom (and dad) and I just went 50/50 on an Airbnb (my 4th). It seems like these days that EVERYONE I talk to is excited about Airbnb and STRs. Even people...
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Good afternoon bigger Pocket family! I been so busy building that I haven’t had a moment to come back on here and update you all. I hope this post finds many of you well and persevering!
Two years since ...
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1. landlord did not call this discolored ring out during initial inspection, even though it was there and our belongings were not in the way, he did not leave us a list to be fixed2. after we moved out, he did a fina...
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(a sub30kclub topic)
I'm thinking about renting a duplex to section 8 tenants. To protect myself, I'm thinking about insisting on running a criminal background check on every person who will be living in the...
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I bought a foreclosure in a million dollar neighborhood. I live there and rent out the guest apartments and part of the main house. In the next few months, we're going to start the process of renovating the place so...
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The city, of course, is bad for investing. There's crime in every city I wouldn't touch with a 10' pole.
Have you not seen the appreciation numbers? Think it was 20% last year & 10% so far this year. Plus, the c...
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Do you pay per box? By linear foot? And how much?
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I get calls to this affect from various people around the country about once a week now. It is all a part of the downcycle of vacation rentals. I am strictly speaking from a macro perspective here - certainly there h...