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Well, Minneapolis and Saint Paul decided last night that 99% of Nobel winning economists just don’t know economics as well as they do and decided to adopt rent control and save the cities. A 3% maximum rent increase e...
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I read that rents are down at least 3% in the hot markets of SF, NYC and Boston? Any landlord in these areas care to comment? If so, how does that affect the decisions to buy rental properties in these metros as the t...
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Greetings good people , Not every is going to like me or feel comfortable to me . thats normal . but what is not normal is when it is becoming the norm . I contact a seller , he r she replies to me and we agree to me...
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Hi BP!I've been heavily investing in RE for 2+ years and I often try to extrapolate the future based on my basic experience. The latest of those extrapolations is to calculate how much net rental income is needed to s...
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After running a lot of numbers, I realized it’s not feasible to invest in my backyard. I’m looking to invest out of state now, but I have no clue where to start looking for a location. How is everyone who is investing...
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Good morning everyone (it is morning for me and most likely this post will appear when it will be morning for you)... Yes I am from a far-far-away land called MADAGASCAR (and no, there are no penguins, lions, giraffes...
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Wow, it's getting to where it's VRBO is the one making all of the money. 2 years ago, the service fee was under 10 percent. If you add in the owner's portion, VRBO is carving off 30 percent or more per reservation. ...
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Has anyone ever looked at self-insuring wholly owned rental properties rather than paying an insurance company?
I've been toying with this idea for a while. Obviously it only makes sense after reaching enough...
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Hey everyone,Last year, I started looking at multifamily property in Oakland to house hack so I could live cheaply / free while building equity. While the cash flow and numbers can work with the right property, I thin...