Matt Owens
Vacation Rental Damage Deposits
Hey All,Do any of you require damage deposits from guests for booking your vacation rentals?I recently acquired and launched a new property on Airbnb and VRBO that is $500-$600 avg. nightly rate compared to other prop...
James Wright
Contracting and IT Services in Real Estate
Hello - I am an investor in Louisville Kentucky that also owns a licensed and insured general contracting company and a small IT company. So aside from investing, I have the ability to rehab others investor's project...
Heath Jones
What has been a game-changer for you?
I just wanted to open up a discussion for people to share anything (software, strategy, hiring someone to help, etc.) that was a game-changer for them.
Jordan Meyer
Why do property managers charge 8-10%?
In a day where technology is pushing down transaction fees for purchases (i.e. Redfin, Homie, etc.) is this happening in property management anywhere? It seems like there should be a tech-first property management com...
Mindy Jensen
Do You Want to Work With Me? BiggerPockets is Hiring!!!
Do you love real estate AND programming in Ruby on Rails?Do you love real estate AND Assuring Quality products are pushed out?Do you love real estate and know that we need you, even before we do?I want YOU!We are curr...
Chase Hoover
Vacation Rental Bookkeeping
PMs - How do you keep up with the whirlwind of bookkeeping involved with vacation rentals? I've tried different vacation rental softwares that feature "integrated accounting" without much luck. For years I've used s...
Nicholas Arzner
Evolve for Managing STR's?
As I work towards my first STR I have spent some good time on researching the management side. I'm wondering if if anyone has had experience with Evolve? I had a 30 min conversation with them and they appear to be a...
Javier Cuevas Santos
Tips on using quick books for self management of rental?
Currently reading Brandon Turner’s book on Rental Property Management. Wanting to manage my first rental myself, budgeting in management so that I can outsource it in the future. In regards to book keeping, what are s...
Grant Shipman
CoLiving Property Management- let's not fail like HubHaus
If you are doing multiple renters under one shared roof w/common living areas like a kitchen/etc, then do yourself, your investing dreams, and your renters a MASSIVE FAVOR by learning & implementing coliving pro...
Josh P.
Quick Question about the 50% rule.
When I'm using it to figure my monthly payment and therefore the max I should pay for a property, am I to go by the monthly payment amount for a 15 year or a thirty year mortgage?