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new to REI world. Just learned about Padsplit. Searched BP for a post on topic, and there was only 1 10 months ago. Does anyone have experience with it. 14% service fee...would that substitute for Prop Management fee,...
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Hello BP,I just purchased a piece of property for the purpose of building a new single family home. The lot is 2.5 acres, and has frontage on two streets. We are trying to figure out the best orientation for the hou...
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Hi! We have 150 plus units and we would like to know what's the best property management platform we should use to collect rent, get maintenance requests, and screening tenants. We both owe and manage commercial and ...
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Quick Q: We're looking at a cabin for STR. It has been completely rehabbed. I think it looks great, but by painting much of the interior, they removed much of the cabin feel. Anyone have experience with renting cabins...
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Hi, we are closing on an out-of-state property that we want to use as our first Airbnb. And we're thinking, from an investor's perspective, what kind of improvements would give us the most bang for our buck.
The hous...
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I have about 120k in my 401k and 100k in equity at the moment and would like to use it towards real estate investments. I've been researching different services to move my 401k money , such as Whole life Insurance or...
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Hello everyone,I am a long time lurker around here and am happy to finally jump into activity! I am starting to personally join into the real-estate investing game mostly utilizing rental and Fix/Rent strategies. One ...
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I have this beautiful old victorian house. The exterior needs major work, the paint is peeling and given the age of the house I have to assume there is lead paint. So far my options seem to be:
1) Scrape old chips +...
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A while ago I posted when we purchased this house so I thought it would be good to do an update here in the Deal Diaries forum. This house was purchased for lot value (I LOVE THOSE btw) for $60k. A few months and abou...
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As I'm looking at properties to turn into an AirBnB and running numbers using AirDNA, it seems like the market is still pretty strong down here. How have your properties been performing? In general, are the numbers pr...