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Hi everyone, for those of you who use smart locks I'm curious if you're putting a smart lock on all exterior doors or just the front door? My STR has 3 doors leading to the exterior of the house (front door, back door...
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For those managing rentals out of state, how do you ensure everything runs smoothly? Do you rely on local property managers, or do you have your own systems in place for things like maintenance, tenant communication, ...
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Hello, I have multiples rental 2/1 apartments Florida rented for low income tenants ($650). Most of them have central A/C but I found out that these are really pain in the neck and very expensive maintenance. The tena...
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I recently purchased a home on the courthouse steps. Site unseen. As I pull up into the home I just purchased, I see ll of the furnishings in the home. Furniture, kitchen utensils, flat screen televisions, music recor...
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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...
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I'm brand new to real estate & am looking to start investing in small multi-family in my local area when I graduate college in the summer of 2023. Before you look for a tenant, you obviously need some sort of leas...
The roof over my head sprouted a leak. (And rainy season just started...)
And right now we're having a gully-washer! Anyway, I'd like to get a steel roof, but for my house, that cost will be about 20,000. A compositio...
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I am selling my home and will have a good chunk of cash from the proceeds. My own market is very high, so I have decided not to invest here at this time. I have been obsessed with Ireland since forever, and I would be...
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Hi BP!I'm looking to do a flip in Canada sometime soon. Looking at Edmonton or possibly winnipeg. One thing I've always struggled with is looking up comps for potential flips online. Redfin works for some cities when ...
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I have a deal closing the end of October for a 4 bedroom house. House rentals usually go for around $1100-1400 in my area but rooms rent for around $450-550. The things that makes me weary about renting rooms is that ...