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Hello All, My husband and I are looked to buy a short term rental in the Smokies in the next few months. I have gotten pretty good at analyzing long term rentals but have a feeling I am leaving things out when analyzi...
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Hi all! I’m looking into the Tamarac area in Florida to do short term rentals/AIRBNB. I’ve never been to that city before so I’m trying to find out if it’s a great place for an Airbnb. Anyone currently investing in th...
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Any good books or resources for creating operating systems for managing STRs? Most of the books I have read are geared towards the absolutely new investor. We have three properties up and running and we are now looki...
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Hello BP Community. I’m kind of in a weird scenario here and I’m looking for a little direction.
Six months ago my wife kids and I moved out of our owner occupied duplex and purchased our second property single fa...
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I have a potential agreement with my family in the works for a 2 year interest only payment loan with a balloon payment after refinancing..My question is the way to calculate this? These are not real numbers just exa...
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I am working with buyers on a short sale and they have an accepted offer with the seller and the short sale negotiator informed us that bank accepted offer as well. Short sale negotiator office was suppose to send buy...
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Hey everyone! I am out of state and I'm looking into the short term rental market around the Orlando area and I had a question regarding financing. Is it better to look for a local lender in the area I want to buy as ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Beaufort.
Purchase price: $295,000
Cash invested: $2,300
Purchased with a partner that currently owns one STR in the ...
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I put a house under contract at the end of May. It was a short sale so we specified a closing date within 60 days. We also specified that the 8 day inspection period would begin after the bank approved the sale. Af...
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Foreclosure vs short sale.....pros and cons, ease of purchase, time to close, negotiating price, obtaining financing, etc etc..looking for as much feedback as possible.