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Economic Update
(Monday, November 23, 2020)
When COVID-19 arrived, all of us were confronted with an unexpected pandemic that upended the plans we had for 2020. But the pandemic is only part of our story. Whe...
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If you had the capital, would you wait for the correction or still invest now?I understand local markets will drive the ultimate decision, but it feels like every market I look:1) unemployment is through the roof in t...
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Hi BP! We just acquired a house we are fixing up and may use as a rental.I found out that the city water/sewer bill AND electricity both stay with the propery. I am used to water/sewer being attached only. Has anyone...
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I was looking to connect with people who currently own a few vacation rentals in any market or people who are looking into it. I have a short term rental in Tybee Island, GA and Weaverville, NC that have both been act...
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I have a wealthy friend who owns numerous businesses. He is a hardcore believer in stock piling gold. Anyone here mess with it?
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In the spirit of the Holiday today I've always been curious if there are any operators of short term or vacation rentals that are specifically or intentionally serving the 420 community? Obviously there are many stat...
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2012 my seem like a long way off, but 28 months isn't that far away. This Business Week article is a couple months old and it predicts a couple more down years followed by a return to normalization. Of course it hed...
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Hi Everyone,
I am looking to invest in a Short Term Rental near all the attractions in Orlando. I was looking at Vista Cay but the prices are just so high for the rates that they get. The other communities that pea...
Fannie Mae is predicting a serious change in the multifamily real estate market. Ever since interest rates began to rise, multifamily has been on a downward spiral. Higher rates made profits fall, and as a result, buy...
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Hi BP,This is a long overdue intro post. I'm Ryan and I'm a victim of recency bias. See the thing is we all either got slaughtered personally or had friends/family get slaughtered in 2009 when that once in every ~70-y...