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Hi,I’m looking to buy my first short term rental and would love a bit of guidance. I truly appreciate anyone’s feedback!- Are there any loan programs or strategies that are better for STRs?- How do you evaluate an are...
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Hey guys!
This is my first post on the bigger pockets community so I'm a newbie. I have a couple of 2/2 houses here in the area and I was contemplating making them mid term rentals for the traveling nurse/insurance ...
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Hi everyone. My business partner (ok, let's be honest, my girlfriend) and I started Desert Garden Properties, LLC, and bought two houses. Well, we only meant to buy one, but that's another story. Why the profile pictu...
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Hi, I'm new to BP with initial contact being @Ashley Hamilton 's podcast on youtube! I inherited a stake in a property here in california, so I understand a tiny bit of the business but will be reading voraciously to ...
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After month's of educating myself with books, BP podcast and the local area I have finally started the process of creating my LLC.My Air Force career is coming to an end in January and now that my daughter is a littl...
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We have moved out of our 3bdr 2 bath house and now I would like to rent it. We left all of the furniture so it is ready to go. Unfortunately, my HOA does not permit STR. Lease minimum is 6 months. It is a 3 year old h...
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Is there any disadvantage of maintaining the same insurance company for all the rentals? I have Travellers for couple of my rentals since they have the best rates. I'm shopping for my third rental and both safeco/Trav...
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Background: I operate a 7 bed / 5 bath house hack in Las VegasMy cleaning crew found a bed bug so I hired pest control to come investigate the property. $85 later and no signs of bed bugs. Huge relief! Dodged a bul...
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Hi,This is not an STR-specific question, but I didn’t see a category for an MTR-specific one. Just wondering if anyone has tried to furnish an MTR/Travel Nurse offering in downtown Honolulu, from a distance. I live in...
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I'm considering converting my unit to a furnished short or medium term rental. Like all of us in Houston not directly in downtown/midtown, there's not much in the way of walk-able attraction which is unlike AirBNBs I'...