Starting a vacation rental business is a potentially great way to grow personal wealth, even if you aren’t a homeowner or if you have bad credit. Making the business successful and maintaining good ratings, however, r...

Hi, Fellow STR investors:What is your ideal trash pickup solution for short-term rentals? Cleaners may be several days before the pickup schedule and it looks bad to put the trashcan on the roadside for several days. ...

Hi ,I have a three unit with 100amps,100amps and 60amps capacity in each unit with 60 amps in the lowest unit.Lowest unit doesn't have a kitchen so I am considering to install an electric stove there but stovesrequire...

We have a 2 bedroom house with a loft that can function as a third bedroom.  We have a king in biggest bedroom, queen in other bedroom and a sleeper sofa in the loft as of now.  We are wondering if we should put anoth...

We have been using ACH though our bank for many years and it works great for the most part. It's also free. The downside is that is a very rigid system. Some tenants also don't like the fact that they can't initiate a...

We are LTR folks and we recently stayed at an STR in Austin, TX on a getaway. The pictures of the STR were deceptive and the house was dirty (we found dip, a used pregnancy test on the floor by bathroom trashcan, floo...

Just getting ready to post my 3 bed/2 ba home as an STR in San Diego. I'm wondering how do you all screen your tenants? I believe Airbnb and Vrbo dont do credit checks is this right? If so, how do you trust you're get...

Hello Bigger Pockets, I'm a newbie. I just sold my business and in looking for ways to offset capital gains taxes stumbled across a strategy in which a STR can write off all depreciation in year one via a cost segrega...

I manage real estate for investors, and wanted to hear from the insurance brokers as to what your feel is for the growing number of "service Animals" in rental properties. The biggest concern that I have is that we ca...

Hi my name is Brianna. I’m a newbie at REI in Charlotte,nc. I travel a lot to Atlanta and had a serious thought about investing in a apartment by either renting and subletting or purchasing a apartment and renting it ...