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Hello BP!I am under contract for my first investment property, a house hack with a private main floor bedroom suite. I feel strongly that it's a desirable location (private wooded lot on a river, plenty of nearby att...
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How do you guys find your short term rental Arbitrage properties when they're not close to your home? How do you research and know if an area is good for STR's?
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I'm weighing my options for buy and hold strategies and was hoping people with experience could chime in. I'm interested in learning more about Vacation rentals, what sites work the best, horror stories, success stor...
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Looking to purchase house in Minneapolis (Linden Hills neighborhood) for short term rental(VRBO/AirB&B). Does anyone have experience with this? Here are a few questions I'm struggling with:Do I need any type of r...
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What are your steps in buying rental properties if you would buy your first property?
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Very interesting BiggerPockets Podcast came out last week titled "The 2023 Bnbust: Are Short-Term Rental Hosts in Trouble?Tony Robinson and Robert Abasolo sat down with the Vice President of Research at AirDNA, Jaime ...
Does anyone have experience or would be willing to provide a referral to someone with knowledge of the Airbnb market in Grand Rapids? I am in the process of making offers on single family homes in GR and would appreci...
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Invested in a stable value fund that maintains a stable net asset value for preservation of capital. Supposed to be safe but in talking with one of the advisers he informed me they had a large position in AIG before t...
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I have one rental that I have rented out for the past 4 years using Evolve. I'm looking at self-managing and would be interested in suggestions for apps to sink calendars between Airbnb and VRBO. Also open to sugges...
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Hope this question is where it supposed to be.I have 8 propertys, 5 of which have loans.All total they clear about $7000 a month.I have a small side business and my wife is a killer realtor earning us an additional $1...