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Hello BP,I want to know what you think about the true costs of filling a vacant unit. I am not looking for a number here as all regions are different in this respect. What I would like to know is what are the cost ele...
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Hello BP community! I am looking for some guidance from short term rental experts who specialize in corporate housing 30 day+ monthly furnished rentals.
I have an apartment in NYC which is fully furnished in a nice ...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $708,000
Built 2022. Two x 3bedroom/3 bathroom/2 car garage/1400sqft. Two x 2 bedroom/2.5bathroom/1 car garage/1...
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Hi everyone. My wife and I run a small Rental Arbitrage business in Waikiki, Hawaii, and want to get input from other Arbitragers on how you're surviving during the COVID-19 effects on tourism. We are doing a few thin...
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Hi guys, how can you properly value apartment complexes when it seems like so many people calculate their cap rates differently? Do you include debt? Cap ex? Maintenance? Or just a straight annual gross to purchase pr...
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Hi i am looking to start a Maid service business and looking for a few ideas how to market. I am looking to work with investors landlords, & property management companies to help with house cleaning after tenants ...
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I have a house I have started to work on in one tax year and continued to the next year. I assume that I cannot depreciate the house till it is ready to receive tenants, and it is all depreciated over the 27.5 years ...
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I gotta ask. Why in the world do all these goofy commercial lenders use DSCR calculations as part of their guidelines yet so many of them calculate it differently?Why don't the moronic lenders just change the dscr num...
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I have a tenant that is going to move out in about three months and I just started advertising the vacancy. How does everyone conduct their credit and background checks on potential renters?
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How do I privately message someone on this site and what is a private note? Is that a private message or is that just something you save for memory purposes?