I've recently bought a couple of early 1990s houses with very little access through the dining/kitchen/living room areas.  In fact to go from the kitchen to the dining room you had to go through the den, into the foye...

So, I am about to purchase a 3 family home in which my family will live on the first floor and rent out the 2nd and 3rd floor.  I am currently living in a 2,400 sqft single family with 4 rooms 2.5 baths.  My plan to h...

Hi! I currently have a large 1/1 with a ton of space in a highly desirable location in Chicago. With interest rates being so high and it being a condo I pay just under 3k/month. The condo surprisingly has no limit on ...

So I'm about to close on a house that is currently a 3/1.5. I'm expanding that .5 on the ground floor into a full bath, but I don't know if I should turn the room that the entrance is in into a small master bedroom (w...

Hello,The house I am in contract for is 2BR & 2BA with a little under 1700 sq. ft. on paper. However, the house has 3 BR, 1 Master BR, 1 I describe as office area, and two weirdly designed tiny BR.The whole back s...

I recently purchased a SFH (~2000sf, 3br, 2.5ba) in Maryland (good deal on a fixer upper with no major problems).  At first I was excited about all the renovation possibilities, but since I don't really see myself liv...

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Recently purchased a turnkey rental property. There are currently 5 students living at the house with leases through July '14. Prior to me purchasing the house, the previous landlord secured leases f...

Besides location, I am convinced that the amenities that you provide in your vacation rental can change the demographic / audience of guests drastically.  Example: I had a pool table in the dining room of my airbnb (o...

I am under contract on a property that I want to turn into a short term rental with a backup option of a long term rental or flip if things go south. It's about 900 sq ft and only requires a moderate cosmetic reno. My...

Phoenix is the largest metropolitan area in Arizona and 5th largest city in the country with a population of 1.6M people. When you include the entire Phoenix Metropolitan area it triples that and is right at 5M people...