I have a 5 bedroom house that I am currently renting to 4 adults and 2 children.  One of the adults wants his girlfriend added to the lease.  My question is do I increase the rent or security deposit?  If so, is there...

The SCARLETT Method
     I’ll start off this essay with a quick disclaimer, I in no way, created the idea of renting out homes by the room. All I did was formulate an acronym and implemented a few practices to keep...

Hello,I am looking at buying a vacation rental condo in Navarre, FL. My plan is to list it on AirBnB, etc. I have been using AIRDNA to get occupancy and rental amounts.  Is there a better way to do this for short term...

Temp is going to below zero for a few days here. I've got unoccupied properties with the utilities on. How do you prepare for when it gets this cold?Leave the heat on and sinks dripping?Turn off the water at the meter...

Hello Bigger Pockets!  I just purchased a vacation property that I will be offsetting the cost with some short term/weekly rentals.  I have started working with PMI as a property manager but starting to find out there...

Hello! I am new here to the BP forum and website. Have been listening and reading all their stuff for a while. Thinking about getting into the mid term rental market. I have a long term rental right now. I need so...

Hi BP Community, REI rookie here! I'll be closing on a SFH later this week, where my partner and I plan on renting by the room for medium term rentals (MTR) for travel nurses. There is one hospital within <10 min d...

hello there everybody long time no see LOL.

Okay this is exactly what's going on, I have a relly good friend of mine (in California) who got himself in a sticky situation. He was trying to help a friend of his by let...

What tools, software, or other programs does everyone use to manage/operate their short-term rentals?I have purchased and (mostly) set up my first STR property and getting to the point where I am looking at various pr...

Hi there! I have been trolling this site for awhile now, eagerly learning from all the discussions and blogs this site has to offer. I gather that most of the people who posts here has had been experienced in short te...