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http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/22/technology/airbnb-...from the article"This week, Los Angeles started to take action against rent-controlled apartments that have been illegally converted into short-term rentals The cit...
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I have a project that is about to start, a single property home in Maryland. After seeking the estimate of several contractors that mostly turned out to be less than professional , I have chosen the one for this proje...
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I'm about to start renovating my rental to get ready for appraisal and refinance. Trying to get top dollar appraisal. Should I go all out and make it like new again with high quality expensive material or should I go...
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Hello - the rolled linoleum needs replaced in the kitchen of my SFR.I love tile, but want something warmer. I'm looking at vinyl floating floors. I would like (if possible ) to replace damaged tiles w/out disturbing ...
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I want to buy property use as air bnb but I’m clueless on how to get started. Someone please point me in the right direction.
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Hey all! I’m just starting my first BRRRR. I bought a great house from the foreclosure sale. It’s just cosmetically ugly. I was figuring on painting everything and laying all new floors as it has some ugly blue 80’s c...
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Hello all-
I am looking at a few properties, one in particular is fully remodeled, has tenants but after asking questions about the area on a facebook group I am told that gunshots are heard in the area and police ar...
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Hello,As I am researching multifamilies I am finding most sellers seem to understate their expenses in order to elevate their properties value. When determining an accurate ARV do lenders appraise based off the 50% r...
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Investment Info:
Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $1,000,000
Cash invested: $200,000
Purchased a 26 unit apartment building in Little Italy, (downtown Omaha), ...
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I've been considering a strategy of buying properties that I can rent out (with minor rehabbing), continue improving the property while it is a rental (taking advantage of the business expense tax deductions) and then...