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I am exploring the possibility of buying a STR - this would be my first time owning any rental property, so I have a bunch of newbie questions. One area that has caught my attention is the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg TN ...
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Hello everyone, I am going to manage a rent by the bedroom house hack pretty soon and I am curious as to what systems some of you have used to handle maintenance request. My goal is to manage the property as if I’m no...
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Need some pointers on buying a vacation house and renting it out for most of the year. Thinking Florida. Do I have to find something close to the beach to be able to rent it out a lot? Do I use vrbo or Airbnb? Do I h...
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Hello all,
I am wondering if anyone has had experience and/or success doing rentals on/near college campuses. It seems like a great idea to me to get into a 4 unit apartment fill it with college students who are will...
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How do you deal with showing a property that filthy tenants currently live in? I hate to show the house in the shape it is in and I cant force the current renters to clean up their act... Dirty dishes, laundry...Stuf...
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I was looking into property managers like turnkey and wondering if they were strong options for managing a property in an AirBnB situation or other other suggestions.
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Hello! AirBnB automatically charges our guests their occupancy tax and that tax is on both the nightly rate and the cleaning fee. We don't do the cleaning ourselves, but have a cleaning company take care of this afte...
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Hi everyone, we are thinking of charging a monthly maintenance fee to cover our semiannual preventative maintenance inspections (where we check for leaks, clean the AC unit, replace the furnace filter, etc.) and also ...
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Anyone out there have airbnbs scattered around the country/world AND they self manage? Tell me all your secrets please!
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $285,000
Cash invested: $150,000
We bought a Bed & Breakfast to house hack with vacation rentals.