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I am a full-time marketing manager and I JUST wrapped up my first STR remodel after 6 LONG months. I went over budget of course but my husband and sunk in a good 60K on property renovations and took on extra debt to r...
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What are folks thinking about Puerto Rico these days? Yeah, I know they're into it with hedge funds over government and utility company debt. Is this an opportunity? What is lending like there? Is this area tenant ...
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I've been looking into getting a vacation rental up in the Bear Lake area? Anybody on here have a property up there that they rent out year round? Just curious how successful it has been, how often is it rented out an...
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My family is from Alaska & we're looking for a city in Florida that we can purchase a "legal" vacation rental that we can list on AirBnb and the other sites. Our goal is to get out of AK and warm up a few times p...
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I was wondering if anyone on here has experience or insight with this. I would like to build a unique tiny house on a gorgeous location and rent it out as a vacation rental. So any suggestions, comments, insight wou...
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From afar, It's been wild seeing the price of homes in Joshua Tree absolutely skyrocket in the last few months. Homes are selling for 2-3X their prices in 2019. I started monitoring the area at the end of 2020 and it ...
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Hey all! I started my REI journey in Q4 of last year and have since picked up 2 properties. They are local long term rentals with very little if any cash flow. But it got me in the game and they’re in great areas🙏Tha...
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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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My wife and I are looking to purchase a beach vacation property where we can take the kids once or twice per year and then rent most of the year. We are not tied to a particular coastal market, since we understand tha...