Headline says it: The recent emphasis on creating direct-booking sites for your STRs and MTRs is overrated. Prove me wrong.Work/money not offset by savingsThe amount of work -- and money -- to build a site and do prop...

How far out in the future do you allow bookings and why? I have someone now wanting to rent my place about 13 months from now. I’’m not totally comfortable with that, but it brought up a good question that I need to d...

What are some good books to read ?

So im fairly new to BP, Have gotten a lot of great tips as i read daily. I spend most of my time browsing threw BP podcast and forums. Aside from my boring Day job(s) (3 actually) i love to read INVESTMENT BOOKS. Yea ...

I have a woman with whom I work that I'm spoon feeding financial books to!  She's young, smart, hardworking and open to real estate.  She read Set For Life as her first financial book!  Do I follow with Rich Dad, Poor...

HELLO Everybody!My name is Alex and I'm new to getting started out with Real Estate Investing, and I have to tell you, I'm flippin' excited. So many ways to go about this but I've been enjoying immersing myself with k...

I have a potential guest that would like to book the weekends next fall for all football home games. When it comes to receiving payment how should I approach this? Is it standard practice to ask for full payment, half...

We have a STR managed by a property management company. They have been managing fine, although not too busy, I guess because of the market. My question is when we see the monthly statement on the management company’s ...

I am curious if you could only read/recommend one book with actionable advice for an REI newbie what would it be and why?  It doesn't have to be a real estate book.  It could be a business book like "The One Thing".  ...

Hi all I’m curious if others have experienced this. I have gotten perhaps 20x more bookings for my STR through VRBO than through AirBnB. I would have expected the opposite through my personal experience as a traveler....