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Economic Update
(Monday, January 25, 2021)
There aren’t many people—apart from, say, Elon Musk—who are going to look back fondly on 2020. It was a year of illness, pain, uncertainty, an...
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What do you do when you purchase a house, rent it out and then the market crashes and the house is no longer worth paying such a high rent rate to potential renters comaparing them to other houses but you are still s...
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What's your biggest struggle when it comes to designing your vacation rental? I'm a designer that likes sharing advice/hacks/resources specifically for investors looking to maximize their ROI.I'd love to hear your de...
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Hey BP,
My wife and I currently own a town home in a small college town in Idaho that we bought in 2021. We have a couple hundred thousand saved and want to invest as we have been watching all of our friends make out...
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I have waited two years to post about this. Well, make that 2 years and 2 months but who's counting. About two years ago I had sent out some mailers that proved to be very successful. I know we had a couple of deals o...
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My husband and I bought our first property in July. We researched, read books, went to meetups for about 8 months before we made our move. Bought a half occupied 4 plex in cinci. It had been a money pit from the get g...
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I am interested to see how far people are predicting residential real estate price valuations to drop during this crunch and period of great instability.
I see it as being massive personally. If you look at inflatio...
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Anyone investing in the Elijay/ Blue Ridge, GA area willing to share their experience. How are your vacation rental(s) performing (occupancy, average nightly rate) ? We love the area, but are not sure how the occupanc...