For those following a STR rental arbitrage airbnb strategy, what are some of your best tips for convincing property owners / landlords to let you lease their place and then use it for STR / airbnb / homeaway / vrbo? (...

I’ll keep it short, I am 22 as of now own 4 doors, my grandfather has several small apartment buildings he is selling off and I am buying one of his 18 unit buildings and it will be done under seller financing terms. ...

I have just begun to look into purchasing some sheriff sales. I jumped through all the hoops and registered for the upcoming monthly auction. Once I got on, about 85% of the properties did not actually up for bidding....

Me neither…….

I have had too many CPA's in the past 4 years and have not been incredibly impressed with any of them. They're all very established and comfortable, which is by no means a bad thing. However, ...

It is my first time going thought the process. Tenants have no lease contract, they were related to seller somehow and then just took over the house, and trashed it. I’ve meet with them today, said that I’ve bought...

Hi everyone,I've had some success Airbnbing a property in my hometown of Austin, Texas. The market for short term rentals here is obviously pretty high and exacerbated by the squeeze in our longer term rental market.I...

Hello BPers,As we all spend time analyzing deals and determining “flip” or “buy and hold” I was wondering if anybody here currently runs their numbers anticipating another major market correction. I am not sure if an...

So the numbers on the job market came out today and they aren't good. I am sure things like Japan and some of the domestic disasters hurt the numbers, but they are still horrible by all accounts. The following link ...

There's a house near me that I'd love to buy and flip. It's a great neighborhood (I live there - of course I say that). To give an idea of the neighborhood, houses like this one usually go for 500-600K. This particula...

A single mother who work part time has asked me about renting my unit. My docs have a 3x the rent requirement. She says she is a preschool teacher working part time and her parents help her with the rent. She said tha...