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What would be key factors that would point out what your market would best would with before you could even start to invest to reduce loss?? Such as California los angels area.
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Thinking about getting an STR place in the desert in Indio California. Wanted to know what % of monthly gross rent you should figure for the electric/heat and water bill.
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We are doing a tear down of our long time weekend place and working with a builder on a decent sized home.. His numbers keep going up for the construction and I think his allowances are very low. This is a mid t...
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How do you come up with the Annualized return? What is the calculation, and what are the #'s used?
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I received a lead on a 6 unit STR property that the owner wants to sell. It has been established for several yrs now and seems like a great performing property but lacking in a few areas like some technology and moder...
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Here's my situation: I just graduated college in May, started my new career in June, and have been working there for around 7 months. I get paid on straight commission. I have saved up enough money to put a down payme...
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September will be 2 years ago that I started this process. My first purchase was a house I learned that trying to use family to do the rehab is a bad idea. That process only took me about 2 months I know I'm slow my w...
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Found an off-market deal in Northern, NJ and trying to make it work. I've made plenty of calls and ran plenty of numbers but would love to hear others' opinions; mostly in the financing field to see what my best fina...
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Hello, I'm wanting to get into the short term rental game, and just like most rookies, am concerned that if I purchase a place it wont rent enough days to cover the expenses. Is there anywhere I can look to see the s...
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I find disruptive technology fascinating. So far in June, Opendoor has bought 37 houses, townhouses, and condos. This compares to 45 in the comparable period last month (May) and 37 in April. With 2253 deed transfers ...