For those of you who practice holiday gift-giving to tenants, what ideas do you have for a gift? To start:Gift card to a neighborhood restaurant or coffee shopA book (about what?)Gift card to an airline (e.g. my tenan...

I'm currently working to determine the ARV of a 1930 brick house in Historic Collier Heights.  Naturally it's not as simple to comp a house of that age, especially in an area under slow gentrification.  Are there any ...

Hello Folks,BP has been super helpful to me as I gained lot of knowledge towards real estate investing, and this time I am specifically looking for experiences/recommendations/ideas for REI in Washington state. I work...

In todays Society, a review can make or break your business. In the vacation STR realm, on a platform such as Airbnb it is no different and often even an inaccurate review can have this effect. In my experience dealin...

Hey fellow investors! With one day left until Thanksgiving, and having a little time, I’ve been putting thought into all that I have to be thankful for in our up and down year in our real estate journey, and wanted t...

Is everyone else seeing an increase of inquiries asking for a better deal?When I started 4 years ago, it was very rare. Now a large % of guests ask for discount. In the past 24 hours alone, got 2/3 inquiries per prope...

Last year news was announced that Foxconn plans to build a large plant in Racine County, WI. My initial thought was that housing prices and rents should continue to rise nearby to accommodate the future workforce and...

Back in Feb '15 I purchased a beautiful 3 story brick office building. Quick Facts:Year built - 2007 - bank owned in 2009 - vacant for last 5 yearstotal sq ft - 10,000Build cost - $800kpurchase price - $230kReno cost ...

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I purchased a duplex (each has 3brs/1ba) last April in a city with 5+ colleges, a university, 2 hospitals, and state offices.

I decided to rent one and live in one for the first year. I advertised...

I thought I'd share some of our lessons from the past nearly year and a half of running mid-term rentals. Back in January 2022 we had an LTR turnover on one of our units. My wife and I have been super scrappy over the...