Alex Valdez
Help: Buying possible first home with cash only
So the opportunity to buy a house in my area has come to me from a friend who's a realtor. The house is a 2 family home that is being sold for $140k cash only and the after repair value is close to $450k. The house is...
Chase Keller
Vacation Rental Theft and Damage
My family and I are about to buy our first STR in Florida. We are purchasing in a nice community, so I'm making the assumption that the possibility of theft from outside parties (non-tenants) will be low. But what i...
Joe Kim
Rental Arbitrage -how to do airbnb without BUYING
Lots of people have asked me how to start doing a "Rental Arbitrage" in STR (short term rentals - Airbnb is most popular but VRBO is another way).Rental arbitrage is you as the investor rents a home and becomes the te...
Mindy Jensen
4 bedroom house - what is the best bed layout?
I'm prepping for my first AirBnB and want to get your advice on the best bed plan.
4 bedroom house, one queen-sized murphy bed in the upstairs bedroom. (Upstairs is a bedroom, 3/4 bath, and living space)
2 bedrooms...
Pat Jackson
What if I don't want cash flow?
I just listened to the August 1, 2018 podcast "7 paths to financial independence". Really great episode. They talked about the following method for those who don't want to be super active in real estate:Buy one hous...
Frank Nguyen
SECTION 8 Tenant help
Hello all, I'm seeking advice for a multi unit property. I inherited a high maintenance tenant. She pays on time but she recently asked me if I would accept section 8. I told her I would in order to continue receiving...
Gary Harrell
Total Information Overload
Newbie with no prior real estate investing experience other than buying my own homes over the years. I have been scouring this site for the past couple weeks since joining. I've ordered some real estate investing book...
Brice Poole
Starting out: Buy One a year or Pay One off?
I am 21 and would like to start building wealth with passive income. My cousin and I are going to partner to start building a real estate empire. I personally would like to continue buying properties to rent out every...
Paul Sandhu
Do you put things you find on the side of the road in your STR?
Was driving through the ghetto by the refinery and saw a grill in a yard by the side of the road. There were a couple of crackheads working on a broken car in the back yard. The woman crackhead had more tats than th...
Kelly Cohane
What do I need to know before doing a live-in flip?
There is a single family home built in 1935 that is for sale by owner. We want to seller finance the deal. The house is a single story 1,532 sqft with 3 beds and 1 full bath. The lot size is 7,840. We would like to bu...