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Just like the title says, Im wondering if it is illegal to accept payment for connecting a buyer and a seller? If this is not illegal what is the correct way to go about this? If this is a legal issue what is the pena...
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I am looking at the Sandy City code and it says that a short term rental has to be owner occupied and only rented out for 180 days in the year. What do you all do on the other 180 days or does it not rent out that of...
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Hi Everyone,
After hurricane Sandy there have been tons of gutted, water damaged homes that have come on the market at the Jersey shore. I am 24 years old and I see a huge opportunity for an investment with a great r...
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Las Vegas is looking highly desirable for a move after i graduate next year with the huge hit to its housing market (and its local economy doesn't affect me because I work online)
The drastic...
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I noticed the bulk of the post about short term rentals is in the Mid west region to western u.s. There doesn't seem to be any post coming from the east coast (north east) Does that mean that the north east market is ...
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Not looking to get political but I’m curious how others think, from a real estate perspective, how the new SAFE-T Act that goes into effect on January 1st in Illinois will effect real estate across the state especiall...
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I have been researching real estate cycles and found real estate economist Homer Hoyt theory of 18 year real estate cycle in the 1930's. In the early 90's economist Fred E. Foldvary predicted the real estate crash in ...
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I’m starting my first house hack, and I have one more room to fill. I gave a friend a good deal on the first room, but I just put up the listing for the other room two days ago. Since then, I’ve had 9 inquiries about ...
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Hello everyone!My wife and I recently bought a fixer house (3/2 with two car garage) as our primary residence in Hialeah, FL and want to get into house hacking to offset our monthly payment. As it's pretty common in M...
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Market is strong and continues to improve. Everybody likes speculate on how long the rally will last, how much steam is left in the market, and how bad next crash or correction is going to be. It is entertaining but l...