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Steven Barr How much of your cash flow should you live off of?
21 May 2022 | 24 replies

How much of your rental property cashflow should you live off of? For example, if I cashflow around $30k/month, how much of that should I ACTUALLY be spending on my lifestyle? What percentage should go towards my pers...

Joanne Basecki Another way to access funding 4 a small rehab?
27 July 2011 | 14 replies

So many lenders will not touch a small deal. Could this be a remedy and if not why not?

1. Assume there are 10 investors in the City X who purchased with their own money 10 properties. Each property has ARV significa...

Rereloluwa Fatunmbi Seeking Advice to Improve STR Performance in East Downtown Houston
17 January 2025 | 19 replies

Hello Everyone,
I own a short-term rental (STR) in East Downtown Houston and currently live in Austin, TX. I started operating the property in mid-2023. Initially, the business was cash-flow positive for the first th...

Sam Leon Tenant letting friends to stay or park
17 September 2019 | 22 replies

I have a scenerio that I have not experienced before, and doesn't even have any written rules against this in my lease agreement.
I have a single family residence 3/2 in Fort Lauderdale that I rented out to several r...

Mike Harding Short Term Vacation Rental Virgin
30 September 2019 | 19 replies

I have been flipping for 7 years and done 60+ homes but this will be my first Vacation Rental. I am pretty busy between family and work as it is but I am mostly curious about the pros and cons of self managing vs ful...

Jeremy Aldridge Vacation Rentals
20 July 2017 | 28 replies

Does anyone have any experience is vacation rentals? I'm just north of Charlotte, NC and have played with the idea of mountain cabin rentals and ocean front rentals. Good investment/bad investment? Upsides? Struggles?...

Erica Cauley What should I charge for a Security Deposit?
3 April 2021 | 22 replies

The completion of my first rehab is 3 weeks away. I have my rent set but I am still unsure of how much I should charge for a Security Deposit. I have seen different takes on this. First and last months rent. First and...

John Carbone Bonus depreciation for STR Material Participation
16 May 2024 | 22 replies

Has anyone filed taxes yet as a W-2 employee who owns only STR, rents for on average less than 7 days per rental (STR), and materially participates (usually requires 100 hours or more in a year and more than anyone el...

Abbas Jamal Eddine Renting a room in primary residence
30 November 2016 | 21 replies

Hello BP! My wife and I are thinking about renting one of the rooms in our house to one of my really good friends (my best friend) in Georgia. But I had a few questions:1) Would that increase my monthly insurance? I w...

John Mireles Anyone Have Experience With Vacation Rentals Via AirBNB.com or VRBO.com?
18 March 2015 | 25 replies

I have a triplex property where one of the units is a small one bedroom attached to the main house. I was originally going to lease this unit as a regular rental but instead I'm now thinking of going the www.airbnb.co...