I want to buy a house 2.5 hours from my duty station. I watched my mom travel 3 hours to and from work (6 hours round trip) when ahe worked in NY and she wanted us to go to a good school in NJ so this is normal to me....
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I am 50 and have a goal to replace my income, or at least a lot of it by 60. My wife and I have strong W2s and are closing on a 300K HELOC this week. We are in process of building an Airbnb (Den Modern Cabin in Adir...
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There has been a lot of talk recently about short term rentals in mountain vacation towns (thanks @Avery Carl - but really your episode was awesome) but are there a lot of you who invest in beach towns? We own two bea...
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How’s folks finding new help to work on properties? It seems like even the unlicensed, uninsured, and no company name etc. is pulling prices out of the hat thinking they can get it.
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Does anyone have a few tips or things they wish they would have known etc before they started an Airbnb!? I will be starting one this summer and am curious if anyone has any cool “tricks” they’ve learned to get more b...
TL;DR should I rent a 2bed 1bath for $1200 if I can Airbnb it for ~$1600?Hello, I recently discovered BP and am extremely excited by everything I've learned over the last few weeks.I believe I found a low risk opportu...
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Hey team!I am in CT and I am looking to do a BRRR and have a duplex in contract. However, how do I do a rehab when a tenant is occupying a space? I can tell they have been there for a while and the wear and tear on t...
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Hi everyone. I’ve been researching STRs in the Smokey’s for a solid 8 months now. I owned a small business and sold it in March of this year leaving me with some cash to reinvest into something else. We own a few SFH ...
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Hey BP Community! I have two inherited tenants on one side of the duplex I am currently house-hacking with my wife. It is a mom and her 28 year old son. The mom has been great to work with since we purchased last summ...
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So for the last year or so, I have been thinking more about physical health. I’ll be 50 in less than a year. Overall I do not personally know any active, long-term investors that actually smoke. Maybe they are there I...