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Hey guys, So I’m buying my first single family rental in about 8 months and I’m debating between a 15 or a 30 yr mortgage. I love the idea of not paying as much money to the bank in interest, but I also love the flexi...
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So I have been watching the interest rates as they have begun to rise and the notional value of risk free treasuries and ten year treasury bonds are approaching 3% . Given that the CAP rates in the San Francisco bay a...
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Hello BP Community! Active Duty Army Engineer about to retire after 22 year of service. Pursuing REI fulltime now, about to close our first syndication -- 41-unit Senior apartment complex in Iowa, PP $3.7M, raised $80...
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Short Term Rental Arbitrage analysis
This topic keeps coming up recently recently and I feel like a broken record, so thought I would post about it and share how I run an analysis on a potential arbitrage deal, and h...
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So, I'm looking for a STR for an upcoming weekend, and I really don't think I have noticed this before - to this extent. Fees are way up. The nightly rates are fine, but when you look at the total, everyone is adding ...
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Hey BP, I think I might have just had the craziest idea ever, and I need somebody to smack some sense into me and tell me it isn’t possible. But if it is possible, then it would be amazing.
So not too long ago I p...
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We have a home that has been on the market for over a year now, and we've yet to get an offer, even after multiple marketing strategies have been tried.Home info:- High-end neighborhood- 4,046 sq. ft. 5+ bed, 4 bath, ...
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Hey hey hey BiggerPocketeers.I'm doing a bit of research for an article for the BiggerPockets Blog.How do you collect rent? Checks, Venmo, other software (please name names) or something else entirely?Please let me kn...