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Here is a quick take on what I've noticed on what separates successful businesses or individuals in the short term rental space vs. those who fizzle out, end up closing up shop or end up getting results they're not ha...
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I am interested in finding out if anyone would recommend a reverse 1031 exchange?... If you have an investment property you want to purchase and take the profit from one you own but you purchase the desired investment...
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We (my wife and I) just submitted our first offer and it's a bigger deal than we would have expected for our first one. We made an offer on a rental portfolio (14 properties with 95 units). We are doing a JV with my b...
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When a wholesaler is having an interaction with a non motivated property owner who is looking to sell at a retail price - are there any industry standards, norms, or practices when it comes to referring that property ...
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We are debating between selling our first primary residence or keeping it as a rental. It's a beautiful custom home, one of the biggest and easily one of the nicest homes in a so-so neighborhood of Oakland, CA (i.e. "...
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Hello everyone,I’m a Canadian looking to buy a short term rental vacation home in the Kissimmee area.Currently we own a long term rental home in Winter Garden which we bought some time ago, and will be paid off comple...
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There is a lot of discussion about how to approach appreciation in RE investing, but say you got lucky. Then what?My specific situation is that I have a property that I purchased for $300K, is now worth $600K, and sti...
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Thought it would be fun to see what credit card you guys like for your real estate business. I am not a flipper, I am only looking for a card to use solely for my RE business expenses (buy and hold), nothing else. Boo...
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Hey everyone, I am looking for information about Florida market, seeing how the houses are so pricy (Dania beach, Hollywood, Miami area) what would be the best strategy to start a STR with out having to fork out all m...
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Hello all,
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I have one full-time person who helps me in managing my business. I also have a part-time maintenance person. I have been thinking of hiring the part-time person full-ti...