Sean Bramble
Have any of you lived through a full STR market cycle?
Were any of you investing in STRs back in '07/'08/'09? I'm trying to understand how much (%) revenues drop in a down market so that I can factor this into my underwriting. Seems like most of us on here are relatively ...
Alex Silang
"Biggest mistake" was to do out-of-state turnkey investing
So I'm in the process of looking at turnkey investing. I even made a post about it on BP but it didn't get many responses. A blogger I follow is "FIfighter". He's pretty reputable in the financial independence blogosp...
Babek Sandhar
Are We Headed for a Great Depression 2.0?
I have talked about markets correcting for quite some time (actually began posting more in anticipation of a my fears of us spiraling into a depression like crisis). Here and here are two of the previous forum posts w...
Michael H. Cook
"Shenandoah" STR: What to know
In this blog I explain the confusion with the location of "Shenandoah", regulations, numbers, and an overall introduction to the "Shenandoah" STR market:
Short Term Rentals in the Shenandoah Valley What You Need to...
Garrett Nuzzo
Saving for down payment
Newbie here.... How have you seasoned vets been holding your cash when saving for a down payment? I am about a year and a half out from my goal and feel like having cash sitting in a savings account is a horrible way ...
Jason Dalka
Confused in Cleveland! Is gentrification a thing?
I've been back in Cleveland for about a month after spending 12 years in Chicago. I'm back here for a variety of reasons but a big one is to invest in small multi. What has me confused is that any "gentrification" hap...
Mike B.
New Austin Landloard - What to do now?
My wife and I got married and move to the Austin suburbs back in 2017. Right away she started pressuring me to buy my first house, so we drove out to Leander and picked up a new build for $230,000. It was the FIRST ho...
Nate Erez
First steps as an out of country investor
Hi Everybody,I am Nate, and this is my first forum post. I have been investing in stocks for a few years now, and I would like to start investing in real estate as well. I currently spend most of the year living in Is...
Anthony Finelli
Pay Off Second Home or Leverage into New Property
Looking for feedback from folks who have been in similar situations and have lessons learned or advice, as I am just getting started and this is literally my first post.Wife and I moved out of our first townhouse and ...
David Morgan
Self-directed Roth 401(k) questions
I have a few questions about investing in real estate with a Roth 401(k):
1.) If at age 45 I buy a vacation rental, and at age 59.5 I want to start using it for family vacations, would I first need to distribute the ...