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New investor here. My first property was a multi-family in Iowa. I got it for dirt cheap, and now I see why. The former owner (LLC) was rather lacking on upkeep of the units. And now after a year, the utilities are ea...
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Since yesterday a company called Nvidia is valued higher than Apple. Yes, you have read that correctly. 3 Trillion $ market cap. Nvidia is now the second biggest company in the US. Ask 10 random people today about Nvi...
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We get a lot of this, and sometimes, it really does baffle me. As my profile says, I'm an affordable-housing handyman landlord running a small outfit out here in Pittsburgh and doing what I do is NOT EASY. It's signif...
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Hi, I’m relocating in a few weeks to the Sacramento, CA area. Looking to connect with local real estate investment groups as I navigate buying my first multifamily property.
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Both Democrat and Republican presidential candidates have found common ground in the idea of using federally owned lands to address the U.S. housing shortage. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald T...
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I'm sad to say I don't see how Airbnb can survive this.
Airbnb.com says that Brian Chesky is making an announcement tomorrow (4/28/20) at 3pm pacific. We were hoping for good news. I guess we can assume this is the...
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Wow, it's getting to where it's VRBO is the one making all of the money. 2 years ago, the service fee was under 10 percent. If you add in the owner's portion, VRBO is carving off 30 percent or more per reservation. ...
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Is anyone else experiencing slow bookings? I am in 3 different vacation heavy markets and my April & May calendars are at about 25% occupancy.
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Breaking my left hand in a bad accident has taken me out of the real estate game for longer than I hoped... I've recently started looking again and have quite some interest in this one particular property. Numbers:
B...
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Would anyone refinance their home and hold the equity of it to have enough money for when more affordable homes come up (possibly during the down turn of the market)?