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There’s been a lot of discussion about VACASA in recent days, and I wanted to explain “how” successful (or not -- the company is bleeding red ink and the stock price is down 57% this year) this publicly-traded company...
In 2011 I took a vacation to Hawaii for the first time. The trip was something I promised my grandmother, who passed 5 months earlier I would do. I rented a condo from a woman who happened to be a real estate agent. A...
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Does anyone have experience managing a short term rental long distance? My family and I are considering using our primary Florida residence as a STR while we live in another state for a season. I researched our area u...
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As we approach the close of our second year in operation I wanted to provide some updates on our property. We purchased our STR in October 2021 and completed a rehab to place it in service by January 2022. In 2022, we...
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Hello my name is Scott, I live in Milwaukee WI. I made a decision to get into investment property last year. I own 3 duplexes and a single family. I am planning on selling the single family. It is a property that ...
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That's my goal. just getting started into investing in real estate and will have my first property under contract hopefully within the next couple of months.I'm planning on reaching this goal through buy in hold in th...
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Hey Everyone, During our due diligence period, we found that we will most likely need to bring up an older building to code in order to build out an existing structure to multifamily in Tampa, FL. This includes four b...
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Hi everyone. I know BP Podcast has interviewed at least 1 syndicator that doesn't sell the property, instead keeping it and persistent cashflow distributions. I was wondering if anyone has invested with a syndicator l...
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Hi everyone. Just wanted to quickly introduce myself and hopefully network with individuals near and far. I've been a long time lurker on BP, I listen to the podcast weekly and read the forums constantly. No time like...
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All,
I bought a house that has had cats living in it for a while with no owner. I was told about 25 cats. so you can imagine what the house looks and smells like.
the entire house has ceramic tile. I assume t...